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Blogging for beginners

Posted on 29. Sep, 2009 by Divya Uttam in How To Guides

Here is a small but useful checklist for all the beginner bloggers. The list has been divided into 4 stages.

Preparation

• Fix a day to post – to be regular
• Simple Keyword Research on the topic (One can use Google Keyword Tool)
• Keep in mint the target audience of your post while deciding the topic
• Check if the topic has been written before. Only write if you have something unique to say
• Register your blog on Technorati.com, Blogcatalogue.com, Bloglines.com
• Fix RSS feed with feedburner
• Open accounts on Social News sites like Digg, Reddit, Del.icio.us, Furl

Writing the post

• Keep in mind the point you want to make out of the post
• Make the Blog Title attractive yet explainative
• Try to use your primary keyword in the post
• Use Positive Voice
• Invite Comments at the end of the post. Leave enough for people to comment
• Double check your links. Do not lead people to dead links.
• If you quote somebody, give a link to the page you quoted from
• Check the post for actionable insights
• Double Checke Spelling and Grammar

Posting

• Use Related Keyword in the alt tag of the pictures you use
• Link to Related Posts on your blog and offsite
• Check the vibe and the flow of the post
• Put in relevant Categories and Tags

Post Posting

• Ping – Use any of the following services for multiple pinging-
• http://pingomatic.com/ – Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated.
• http://www.pingmyblog.com/
• http://pingoat.com/
• http://ping.in/

• Share on:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• MyBlogLog

To read more about Blogging chaeck out the following links –

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/14/blogging-for-beginners-2/

http://www.chrisbrogan.com/23-essential-elements-of-sharable-blog-posts/