Newbies Guide to Blogging: Part 2

Image via Wikipedia Previously I've discussed the first step in starting a blog and that is Decision making. Once you've decided what type and concept of blog you are to make the next in line is the Preparation.
Preparation . Preparation means you have three things to consider in starting your blog: Content, Design and Hosting. Content would mean that to have a blog obviously you need articles as a content of your blog and this must be related to the kind of blog you are about to create. Your first blog content I suggest, should be one that you originally created and that would be either an introduction of yourself or your the general concept of your blog. You must at least prepare 3-5 original post for your blog as a starter and the rest would follow suite as you go along.

Selecting a design for your blog is a must. If content is what makes a blog, a blog then, design adds beauty and appeal to your blog. A good design can drive visitor and readers but, off course content it a necessity in a blog. There are lots of free blog design template that you can use and here is one that I recommend eblogtemplates.com . You can choose your own design that is compatible with blogger.com or wordpress blog.

After selecting your design hosting your blog is the next thing to consider. There are two option when it comes to hosting, one is a free hosting and the other is paid hosting.You can opt with a free blog hosting like Blogger.com if you don't have enough financial capacity to maintain a paid hosting though in free hosting your blog gets only the subdomain that means you get www.myblog.blogspot.com and not www.myblog.com. Also in a free hosting you don't have full control of the technical side of your blog. If you opt for paid hosting that would mean you have enough financial capacity to maintain your blog then I suggest that Wordpress.com is the better blog platform you can use you just download the whole wordpress software and it is free and use it in your paid hosting. Now you are prepared to start your own blog. Next would be how you are to execute your first blog. See you next post.

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