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The Number One Question about Getting Started with Blogging
June 6th, 2008 by StephenPosted in Blog, Communication, Follow Your Dream, Productivity, Web 2.0 |
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SpaceAgeSage has a guest-post at Liz Strauss’ Successful Blog about finding ways of reaching customers that do not blog, or perhaps do not read blogs. I have been thinking about those of you in my own community of readers that are not bloggers…
In Search of the Elusive Non-blogging Customer
Liz is on a quest to bring blogging enlightenment to non-bloggers who are a vast and mainly untapped population of potential readers and customers. She recently asked in a post, “How would you help a new blogging business connect to customers in the offline world?”
Getting Started with Blogging
What I have been pondering is this:
How many of you that read these posts and articles on a daily or weekly basis are not bloggers yourselves? And out of that group, how many of you are kinda interested in finding out more about blogging but do not want to spend a lot of money or time to do it?
Would you be interested in learning about how to get started sharing your thoughts or promoting your business or starting an on-line business? This is not a sales pitch, and it isn’t leading to an affiliate link. I am all about providing value to my readers (that’s you) and helping you expand your productivity and improve your life. If getting started with blogging is a topic that you are interested in learning about I’d love to know.
Lessons About Blogging
Over the past year-and-a-half since I started doing this I have learned a lot about the subject, most of it the hard way. I have purchased dubious products, tried marketing programs, experimented with affiliate links, and the most important thing that I have learned is to be authentic and to provide value first and foremost.
If you are interested in learning these blogging lessons for yourself please let me know in the comments or by e-mail.
What is the number one thing about blogging that you are most interested in learning, and how might it help you?
If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/5akjth. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen
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June 6th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
What would be the first steps in finding a blog site and customizing it (to look different from the stock skins that are privided)?
June 6th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Hi Dave, Good question! The first step is to figure out if you want to host your own site, or use a free service. If you are looking for customizing your site you can best do that on a self-hosted platform.
If you are not sure about making that kind of investment, I recommend using Blogger.com. It’s free and you can play with the HTML and CSS coding to make it look unique.
Take some time to surf other blogs on blogger.com, there are a lot of good ideas there that you can get inspiration from. Good luck!