When starting a blog there are many things to think about. Some of those thoughts are, what should I right about, what blogging system do I use, how do I get traffic to my site and how can I get people to comment on my sites. There are some many different things you can do you help your site become successful, I good blog should be researched, outlined and prepared before the site goes live.<\/p>\n
When you decide you are ready to start blogging, think about what niche<\/strong> you want to write in. I have been writing blogs on and off for several years now and none of them were all that successful until now. I found in those failed blogs, I did not have the passion to write those blogs, find content or work on them more than a few times a month. My current blog Evolutionary Designs<\/a>, has only been around for about two months and it averages about about 40 to 50 new readers a day with minimal effort. One of the reasons this blog is doing so well is, I have the passion for the subjects related to this blog. I enjoy writing for this blog so much I write a new article almost every day and on a slow day I might be able to write several articles.<\/p>\n There are a lot of blogging systems to use. The top blogging systems are WordPress<\/a>, WordPress self hosted<\/a>, and Blogger<\/a>. Each one has their pros and cons; this will be something that you need to research and decide for yourself.<\/p>\n WordPress.com<\/strong> blogs are hosted on the wordpress network and has large community of users. WordPress is free to setup and you will have a domain xxxxxx.wordpress.com. The downside to using this bloging system is the WordPress.com limits the amount space you use, what templates you can use, and the plugins that you can install on the system. Another thing to think about is, if your site becomes popular and you switch to self hosted, you will have start over with search optimization and you will lose some of your readers and incoming links.<\/p>\n Blogger<\/strong> blogs are hosted by the blogger network and has a large community of users. Blogger is a great platform for new users and the causal blogger. As a blogger user you have more options, themes, and plugins to choose from than WordPress.com. But the downside to blogger is you are limited to types of plugins and themes you can use, SEO<\/a> optimization is a joke, and many users complain about the comment system that blogger users. Another issue to think about is, blogger uses a domain xxxxxxx.blogspot.com as well and this can be difficult to transfer to different blog system and keep your users. But they do allow you have your own domain name. So if you plan to move to a self hosted blog system, you want to go ahead and purchase and setup your domain from the start. That way when you move systems, there should not be any issues with your users and search engine page rank.<\/p>\n WordPress Self Hosted<\/strong> is a blogging system that uses the same system as WordPress.com but you host the system on your own web server. As a WordPress self hosted user, your themes are only limited by the imagination, tons of plugins to choose from, system is easy to optimize for SEO. You can set your blog to be a DoFollow and CommentLuv system through plugins. The downside to use a self hosted system is, you well have to purchase a domain, web space, install and configure WordPress. You should be able to get a blog started fairly cheaply. If you are interested services please contact me, I can help you any all issues with starting a blog and help you configure your new system.<\/p>\n After finding your niche and deciding on your blogging system, you need to work on strategies for driving traffic to your site. If using WordPress Self Hosted, it a little easier if you have your system configure properly and you have the right plugins installed. Once you have your plugins installed, you can then work on adding keywords.<\/p>\n The best way to drive traffic to sites are; SEO plugins, Keywords, constant creation of content on your site, and commenting on your site.<\/p>\n Let say you decided to go with WordPress self hosted. The first thing you want to do is go to the plugins tab and search for your SEO plugins. The plugins you want to install and configure are:<\/p>\n After you have your system configured for SEO, then you want to start adding content. You want add original content<\/a> daily. As you create your blog postings, and update your various pages throughout the site, make sure add keywords to your Titles, tags, and throughout the actual posts. Karl Foxely at FMS SEO<\/a> wrote a great article about keywords<\/a> and beginner information about SEO. I high recommend reading up on this article before you start your SEO campaign.<\/p>\n Part of every blogger\u2019s blogging life, is commenting. One of the fastest ways is to gain traffic to your site is to comment on other high traffic blogs. The reason why you want to comment on other blogs is its free advertisement. Every time you leave a comment, you can leave a link back to your website. Studies have shown that to get the most out of commenting, you need to comment on fifty blogs a day but if you can’t do that many do not worry, even I can not do that. Just comment on as many you can daily. By doing this you will start your link building campaign. Every time you leave a link, this gives the opportunity for a regular reader of the other blogs you comment to visit your site. For a better understanding of link building check out Kelly-Anne Foxley at FMS SEO <\/strong>post <\/strong>What Are The Best Links For SEO And How To Get Them?<\/a><\/p>\nWhat Blogging System Should I use<\/h4>\n
So How Do I Drive Traffic and Comments To My Site?<\/h4>\n
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