How Do I Start A Blog

is a part of culture now. Anyone with a keyboard, a dream, an opinion (for better or worse) and the ambition of starting an online blog can be a blogger, but there is a right way and a wrong way to go about it (I was going to say there is a "write" way, but I don't have the guts to use terrible puns, at least not without pointing them out shamefully). But if you've no previous experience yourself, you're no doubt asking yourself, "How do I start a blog?".

Over the years I have used social networking sites to blog about TV, movies, random things that go through my head, and other banal minutia of my daily life. I even attracted a small following, or groupies as my wife would call them. Problem is, these sites aren't built to cater to the blogger the way a site dedicated to solely blogging does. Which leads me to Wordpress.com. Starting an online blog there is free, easy to setup and dive in, and it allows the user to customize their blogs to their liking. Whether you are a computer whiz or a beginning, you can start blogging in minutes.

As far a bells and whistles go, there are tons that I have never even gotten to yet (or cared to), but the one thing I like about "real" blogs is that you can actually get people to read your blogs with a few simple words. For example: If I write a blog about a television program, when I am done I will add tags, keywords that refer to the content of my blog, separated by commas. So I would tag the show title, actor and character names, the subject of my blog, perhaps the episode title, anything you feel is relevant, and click the handy Add button for tags. Now, when people search for blogs about that show, or actor, or characters, etc, your blog will be among the list. The more Blogging specific you are, the more likely you will find people with similar interests that will (possibly) appreciate your blogs. I mean, you still have to actually write well.

The basic purpose of a blog is to say something, and you are free to say whatever you want, but I would strongly suggest attempting to say something original. There are thousands...millions of blogs about what political party you are affiliated with and how the other party is totally wrong, while you remain (as always), totally right. Try blogging about weird little things that strike you as amusing, or odd pet peeves, or anything you think someone besides you and your mom would find interesting. At least try.

The worst thing you can do is blog about an average day, basically logging your daily tasks. If you're bored with your own life, odds are it's not going to rivet Joe Blogreader either. So if you want to be a blogger, more power to you, but if you want people to actually read it, follow a few simple rules, post a few blogs, and see what people think.

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