HOW TO CREATE A BLOGGER BLOG

In my previous post I wrote on how to create a successful blog, in this post I will be sharing with you on how you can create a blogger blog.

There are several blogging platforms, but going through some of them I came to realize that blogger is one of the best blogging platforms. It is simple to use and doesn’t require any programming knowledge. 

Anyone can follow these simple steps to create a blog:

1. Log on www.blogger.com

2. You will see the blogger homepage, click on “CREATE BLOG” button.

3. You will be taken to “Create account” page, where you will need to input your blogger username and all that…

 

4. After which you have filled out the required details, tick on “I accept term of service” to sign up and then click on “Continue” to proceed your registration.

5. You will then see the “Name your Blog” page. Fill out the necessary information on the page and click on “Continue” button

6. You will then see the “choose a template” page where you will need to choose your blogger template, select a template that correlate with your blog niche and click on “Continue”

7. You will see a confirmation page, confirming that your blog has been created.

8. Click on “start posting” to start blogging.

9. You have successfully created a blog!

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HOW TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGER BLOG AND TIPS

I can vividly remember when I started blogging, I knew nothing about blogging. I used to think blogging is as simple as ABC. Then, all I blogged for was to get money but, not knowing that there is much to blogging.

I have made several mistakes in the past which I wouldn’t want pre-bloggers to make. Either you own a blog or you’re planning to own a blog, it is necessary you read this.

What is a Blog?

A blog is a term derived from two words Web Log. It is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style. Blogs often provide commentary, or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, sport, or local news; some function as more personal online dairies. A typical blog combines text, images and links to other blogs, web pages and other media related to its topic.

Examples of Blog

www.freebrowsingnews.blogspot.com

www.freebrowsingnews.mobstac.com

www.tech2inform.blogspot.com 

Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software on regular web hosting services.

Blog platforms

There are various blog platform which include:

• Wordpress.org
• Blogger.com
• TypePad
• WordPress.com
• Drupal
• CustomMade
• TextPattern
• LiveJournal
• B2evolution and others…

The most popular blogging platform right now are WordPress and Blogger.

I would recommend that you blog on blogger, because blogger is absolutely free and provide reliable service. You can start your own blog freely on blogger after which you can then pay for hosting and domain (if you wish…

Some blogging terms

There are terms you need to know, some of them are listed below:

• Title: this is the main title or headline of your blog post.
• Blog post: these are the individual articles published on your blog.
• Body: this is the main content of your post.
• Post date: this is the exact time your post was published on your blog.
• Permalink: these are the url links of your articles
• Comments: these are the comments added by the readers.  

Reason NOT to blog

1. Money: when I started bloging, I blogged all because of money. After some years I later on realized that it is absolutely wrong of me to blog for money. I was fed up because I couldn’t make any money. It is wrong to blog for money. If you do, you won’t focus on writing great post, you would rather take it as a job which is very wrong. It is not a doubt that you can make your full term living online blogging, but that should be your aim, Blog because you have passion for it.

2. Traffic: some people blog to get traffic to promote their  products and services. It is very wrong, you shouldn’t blog for traffic. If you blog for traffic, you will only work more traffic not your content and when the traffic comes, they would browse through your blog and go away. But the most important thing is to change your visitors to your readers.

3. Fame:  some people blog for fame. If you’re blogging for fame, it is better you don’t waste your time coz it is absolute very wrong.

All these three things are what you can get from blogging, if you’re passionate about blogging. You can earn full term income off your blog, get good traffic and as well be popular.

Don’t blog for money, fame or traffic; rather blog because you have passion for it.

Things you need to know about blogging
1. Niche: some people blog without even knowing what’s called “Niche”. It is important that you choose a Niche before blogging. Look for something you have passion for and then write about it. You can choose technology Niche just like me, health, News, gist and so on.

2. Identify your Ideal Reader: after you’ve found your Niche, it is also important that you know people who are to be reading your posts (articles). For instance, I’m on technology Niche, and I write about blog tips, wapka tricks, computer and mobile phone secret info, computer and mobile phone tutorials and all that… my ideal readers are pre-bloggers, youths and students. If you want to write about the latest gist in campus or a particular course you offer in school, that’s cool! Your ideal readers are students. Or you may even decide to write on sport, that’s cool also! Your ideal readers are sport lovers. Tailor your writing to your Readers, you will definitely find readers coming to your blog continuously.

3. Add value: when writing for your blog always make sure that it add value to your readers’ live. The sure way to get great quality to your site is by adding value.

4. Be honest: when writing on your blog, make sure your articles are real and genuine rather than posting fantasy articles.

5. Time: when starting a blog, there is one thing you should know about blogging, Blogging takes time. Just like building your own company, you keep developing the company before it gains it strength. People like Jide Ogunsanga of Ogbongeblog started just like everyone does but never quitted till he gained his stand on Blogosphere. I have spent several hours at front of my computer learning about blogging and as well developing my blog. It takes a lot of time.

6. When to update a blog: it is not compulsory you update your blog every time, but you can make it daily or weekly. Just like me, I update my blog at least four times a week. You’ll determine when to update your blog.

7. Keep your post simple: one of the easiest ways to make your readers keep coming is by keeping your post simple. Write articles that are easy to comprehend.

6. Picture: when writing for your blog, it is advisable to update your post with pictures for quick understanding.

7. Video: if your blog is a tutorial blog, it would be nice embedding your post with video for quick understanding. People find it easier watching video than reading text.

Recommendation:

I would really recommend that you read on how to create a blogger blog.

That’s all!

Hope it helps…

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Solution to Protect Your Blog From Spam Harvesters

Are you tired of getting a ton of spam everyday? I am too but unfortunately there is no solution to eliminate it 100% but there are smart ways to avoid and reduce spam. The method I’m going to talk about is aimed at bloggers and how they can easily implement a preventative measure to reduce the amount and chances of spam being sent to them.
With the popularity and ease of setting up a blog, the number of people blogging increases daily. This is great but one main problem is most of these people aren’t usually educated in proper techniques such as spam prevention.
Did you know that putting your email address anywhere on your blog or website is an open invitation for new spam? Yes, you heard me right. Little do you know that trying to be nice and provide a method for your readers to contact you only causes you more harm than good.
Let me give you an example. The usual way to include your email address on your blog is to use the mailto: tag. This is the case if you use Blogger and any other blogging platform. Unfortunately for you, spam harvesters use “web spiders” to troll the internet and look for email address links on websites and blogs. When they come across your site they will look at the html code and grab your address.

Prevent Spam Harvesters From Getting Your Email Address

The best way to beat spam bots as well as giving your readers a way to contact you is to use a contact submission form. That way your email address is never displayed and a script handles the entire mailing process. This is a great option if you use WordPress but for people using Blogger, it’s not an option.
You don’t know how many Blogger blogs I’ve come across and just rolled my eyes. There it is…their email address listed right on their site. Look out spam, here it comes! So my quick solution to protect all blogs (especially Blogger users) from spam bots is to replace your email address with an image.
There are several sites out there that can create free email icon images for you but I like using this email icon generator site because it provides several cool options. My favorite is the branded email image based on your email host provider.
Here are some examples of email images I created in a few seconds:







As you can see, it supports all the popular email domain addresses as well as an option to create your own custom email address. It even hosts the image for you if you don’t want to copy and upload it to your own server. I recommend uploading it to your Blogger site so you’ve always got it available regardless.
Make sure after you use these images you do NOT turn them into a mailto link. If your email address is anywhere in the html code, spam harvesters will find it. I had a friend that I shared this trick with and he replaced his email address with this image but didn’t remove the mailto link! He might as well of not even used the image.

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How To Convert Online Web Pages Into PDF Files

Have you ever think of converting a web page into a pdf format to read later on your mobile or pc when you are less busy, if you don’t know these let me tell you that it is possible to do that. If you see any post you like on this Blog and you don’t have enough time to read it, You can convert the specific post/page/article to read later including images, links & others.

How To Convert Web Post/Page To PDF Online

- Make sure you are on the post/page where you want to convert and copy the direct url/link of the post.
- Then Go to web2pdfconvert.com

- Then Insert the Url/Link and click on convert.
- Wait for some minutes to convert the webpage depending on the size of the page.
- Then Click on Download PDF.That’s All.
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