Thought & Planning

To do an impactful blog, you need to have creativity, persistence and pure hard work.

Thoughts & Planningare required for creating, publishing, managing and promoting a blog website.

Creating a dedicating following for your blog will take extensive (and ongoing) marketing and promotional efforts on your part. It could take days, weeks, months, or even a few years for you to begin generating hundreds, thousands, or even millions of hits (visits) to you blog on a daily or weekly basis. You'll also need to take steps to ensure that the content of your blog stands out in a positive way from the countless other blogs already out there.

So, if you are thinking to create a blog, whether for business or for pleasure, you need to know some tips that could help you get through and make your blog one of the interesting blogs online.

Here’s how:

1. Consider your audience

Even if your blog is generally personal, still, it would be better to consider the minds of your readers. You have to think of something that would interest them. After all, most of the reasons of people who write blogs are not at all confined to their own personal motives. Most of them would love to be “heard” (or read) and would love to be known, in some way or another, even for just a minute. Hence, it is very important to come with a write up that everybody can understand, not necessarily that these people can relate to it but they can understand it.

“Stories constitute the single most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.”
~ Dr. Howard Gardner, Prof. Harvard Univ.

“You’re a great story teller! You should write about your experiences.”

You’ve heard this so often that you decide to use those experiences to create a blog.

2. Pictures speaks a thousand words

To make your blogging worth the browsing effort of your readers, it would be extremely nice if you will put some pictures in it. It does not necessarily mean you have to place a picture of yourself. Any photographs will do as long as it does not pose danger or insult to anyone who will be reading your blog.

3. Make constructive and beneficial blogs

Even if you are free to write anything you want to say to the world, still, it would be better to create some write-ups that would be beneficial to your readers. After all, its information technology that you have there so better is inclined to provide information rather than sheer quirky entertainment.

4. Avoid making multifaceted and complicated blogs

In order to have an interesting blogs, try not to use some highly technical and highfalutin words. After all, it is not a science discourse or a debate that you are making, so better stick to simple facts and short blogs. Bear in mind that most people who use the Internet usually do more scanning than scrutinizing each site word for word. Therefore, it would be better to come with blogs that will not bore your readers just because you have these lengthy articles.

5. Make it interactive

As much as possible and if your capacity will allow it, make your blog interactive. You can do this by placing some video or audio clips in your blog. You can even place an area for comments or for some feedbacks. In this way, you can get some impressions or reactions of other people. Who knows, you might even gain some friends just by making them feel at home in your blog site.



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freedomforus Premium
Many great points! Thanks for the post! I recently finished my first two at http://disabledfolks.com. Like to take a peek? Thanks. Larry. Freedomforus
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reubenong Premium
Hi Larry,
Nice work at your Disabled Folks website, to help the disabled to lead a more mobile and productive lifestyle and to provide helpful resources for the caregivers and disabled alike. May be good to provide some visuals of items mentioned and clickable links so that readers could explore the various options in depth.
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freedomforus Premium
reubenong,

Thanks for your feed back. Good points. Check back to the site in two weeks. It is now a work in progress.
Thanks Larry

PS What did you think about the video?
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reubenong Premium
Hi Larry,
Thanks for the reply.
The video of Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham, overcoming his fears and physical limitation (which confines him in wheelchair), to become a professional in Dare Devil sport is very inspiring. You may want to follow up with more commentaries/update on him and others who have done well in their own specialty in spite of their disabilities, Real life motivational stories will help...
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Labman Premium Plus
Thanks for sharing.
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