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What To Think About Before You Start Blogging…
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One thing is certain, blogging isn’t rocket science. But… (there’s always a but) you do need to think about what you want and how you want to do it.
On the frontage of the site I’m talking about taking a journey thru the Blogosphere and it really is a great trip. Let me correct that; it’s a fantastic journey! You’ll meet great and remarkable people. You’ll see some amazing things along the way and you learn so many new and interesting things.
But you can’t step out of the door and drive to the airport and take that trip, you do need to plan a little ahead and if you really want to get the most out of trip without any detours or extra costs and if you don’t want to miss out on anything then you need to plan your trip very thoroughly.
Let me give you an example; a couple of years ago I went to Cyprus with one of my best friends Roger. We had a great holiday. Cyprus is a fantastic island, the Cypriots are very friendly and nice, the Cyprus/Greek kitchen is to die for and the weather beats the Dutch climate every day. Although it was one of the best vacations I’ve ever had, I regret one thing. The only thing we’ve planned/booked ahead was the hotel and the flight and that’s it. At that time we were only interested in the sun, the beach and places to go out to. When we were there we rented a Jeep and taken a tour thru the inland of Cyprus. What we’ve discovered there was amazing. We’ve been to great historic little villages; we’ve seen an amazing wildlife and very cool things like beautiful lagoons and waterfalls. This road trip was just before we’ve left for home. If we knew this in advance we would planned so much more trips to the inland and we would have enjoyed Cyprus even more.
Blogging is something great and I guess that you want to get the most of it so you’ll need to plan your journey ahead. They might seem obvious but here are some things that you need to think of which are quite often overlooked.
Why are you Blogging?
Is it for fun and to have some sort of online journal for your friends and mates? Do you want to write for your dog club and you want to attract other dog lovers and create some sort of community with it? Do you want to create a recipe blog and you want to earn a few bucks with it. Or do you want to create some sort of online magazine and you want to be financially in depended so that you can quit your boring job. Don’t forget with blogging everything is possible!
Before you start Blogging or taking that vacation you need to know where you want to go on your trip.
Let’s take a closer look to those examples…
What to think of before you start ….
an online journal for your family and friends. This is the easiest option. You open a free account with wordpress.com find a theme that you like, maybe pick up some cool Wordpress widgets and you are ready for your trip.
But if you want to take it a bit more serious you’ll definitely have to think about a few things before you start blogging.
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Attracting visitors and creating a community and earning a few bucks along the way is a whole other cup of tea.
For creating a community with “loyal” readers and earning money you’ll need to think upfront of many things like SEO, Blog Promotion, blogging etiquettes, site usability etc. etc.
But I’m now not going to bore you with this. We just want to have a fun and exiting trip;).
The 4 most important questions to think about before you start blogging are…
Why do you want to blog?
Who do you want to reach with your blog?
What do you want to do with your blog in a year or so?
And do you want to make money online with blogging?
Once you figured out exactly why you want to blog and where for, then you’ll need to continue with the next page. Now that you know these four very important questions you’ll need to think of a name for your club, magazine or community. If you are serious in building a successful blog then picking the right domain is almost essential.
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Have a fun trip and don’t forget to send me a postcard when you’re on the way!!
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