HOW TO MAKE A BLOG AND MAKE MONEY BLOGGING.
What is a blog? Well, well, well, so you're also interested to know what a blog is. This is exactly the question several of my friends asked me just a few months ago. Just last month, mere days ago, I discussed my blog sites, only to be quizzed once again "What is a blog?" So before I answer, let me finish my story.
Last night I was asked the very same question by a network marketer trying to recruit me. And again this morning a colleague who overheard my conversation with a girlfriend, about blogging sites, also inquired as to What a blog is. I had no idea that so many people haven't heard the terms "blog, blogs, blogging or blogger" before. The same people also don't know that they could make money with adsense blogs, by blogging at blogspot, let alone how to start a blog.
Its the biggest thing since email.
Anyway, this gave me the impetus to write about blogs and blogging and explain finally, "What a blog is!" or rather "What blogs are". Fortunately for me, I was able to secure the domain name blogspot @ blogspot.com at Google blogger. Cool hey? So to answer the initial question, the word blog is a "portmanteau" of the two words, web and log. Restated, web and log are joined to form weblog and somehow, the "we" of web was dropped and "b" attached to log or in its plural form logs to form "blogs". Ok, I know that doesn't answer the question completely but I will get there.
A blog is essentially a page of information, much like a diary entry of your personal thoughts written on a page, or anything interesting that you wrote or rather anything that you can write about, that you think someone else or other people would find interesting. Celebs are blogging about their lives for the benefit of their fans. Artisans are writing DIY blogs about their professions. Teachers are writing blogs about teaching methods, even housewives are writing blogs about daily events. But, instead of writing all this on a page or pages made from dead trees, you write it as an entry at a blog site, like Blogger.com. Blogging is fun, it's hip, it's cool, its controversial, its popular, its entertaining and its the biggest thing since email. My next blog will tell you how to make money with google adsense.
How to make a blog.
Meanwhile I suggest you start a blog site, and start blogging. You don't have to be technically inclined or to know a programming language, not even HTML, blogging is EASY! But, I will certainly help you with, how to start your own blog. Blogger is a Google initiative that allows you to create free blog sites. Yahoo also has blogs similar to Google Adsense, Wordpress also has blogs. In fact there are thousands of professional blogging sites, publishing platforms on which to blog. If you want to start blogging instantly, you can create free blog, just go to Blogger.com and select blog and this is what you will see.
So, choose this name carefully, choose a name you can develop your theme around. For example if your Google blog, is going to be about movies you've watched, call it "Movie Critic" perhaps or "Movie Buff" or "Movie Maniac" or anything along this line that tickles your fancy. Next, you have to choose a domain name for your blog site, this is essentially the name you going tell your friends and family to type into their web browsers in order to view your blogs initially. But whatever name you may have in mind may already be taken, so be patient a try a few, and click the check availability button if its available. It will spew out a few suggestions, if the name you'd like for your blog is already taken. Don't just accept a name that is spews out, give it some thought, try a few more, then decide. Have a look at http://expowp.blogspot.com.
Next is word verification. There would be a colourful nonsensical word written in disfigured characters (verification code) that you need to type into the box below it. Look at the word carefully, type it in, then click on the orange arrow, complete is written on it, in white script. The screen will change and you'll see numerous templates. Select one that appeals to you, click on the orange arrow and the next screen will change to this.
Start typing in the large area, and begin to make money from blogging, when done, do a spell check, click the orange button which says Publish Post. The screen will change once more to this, and
Voila, you're done... for now. Time to go to the dashboard..... Happy blogging! Click here to read the next blog on how to monetize your blog in order to earn Money by blogging.
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