BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL BLOGGER IN 2018

Hi Potential, New and Experienced Bloggers.

Starting a Blog is easy but going the extra long way to maintain your blog that's the hard part?

2018 is a wonderful to get started. You just might never know how someone out there needs your voice to answer all of their troubles and heart's desires.

First off, I want to begin by giving you 10 Blog Techniques to become a Successful Blogger this 2018. Because I trust and believe in your ability to make a yourself known out there

Before we start

Ask yourself these reasons

Why do you want to blog?

Is it to reach out to an audience?

Is it to make money?

Is it to answer a need?

What might set me apart from other bloggers?

Or is it simply a means of wasting time,energy and resources?

If you have or haven't got this covered then we may proceed...

Let's start with Lesson

No 1. Choosing a domain name

"civicissues.com, me.com, you.com..."

For many of you who don’t really understand what a domain name is. 

A domain name is simply a web address name which you have chosen to be identified with.

For example if your name happens to be “John Stanley”, you could buy a domain name called “johnstanley.com” from any of the web name registrars.

Now you need to understand, who a web registrar is – a web registrar is simply a authorized holder of almost all imaginable combinations of letters and alphabet to form any domain name imaginable.

A web registrar is simply responsible for giving you the license to use a domain name.

Web registrars can sell any given domain name at any value depending on the popularity of the word.

And that is where the word Keyword comes from.

If you’re not familiar with the word “Keyword” don’t be amazed – Keyword is simply a word that is popularly used by anyone looking for that item in the search engines of web browsers. Its a focus word.

For Example the name “Trump” could be a keyword because people who generally search for the name are familiar with who or what that word is associated with. Hence the value.

Keywords could be two or more words – For instance. The Word “Donald-Trump” could be a keyword.

Popular words like these are usually registered by users in the past and are generally sought after words on search engines which makes them valuable the more, hence the different pricing when it comes to buying of a domain name.

On one hand though you could form your own keyword around you domain name and use aggressive media branding techniques to make it generally popular. – For instance “scugger.com, google.com”… Note that the word “Scugger” doesn’t even have any meaningful spelling but if you could aggressively focus your brand advertising around such a coined keyword then in the nearest future your domain word name would have a high rise in value.

After establishing the name of your domain, we will focus on the next subject and that is 

No 2. Choosing a Blog Platform

Wordpress, blogspot...

There are different paid and free platforms for starters, mid-level and experienced blog users.

Just google online and you’ll get a tone of them – wordpress.org, blogspot.com, wix.com, ghostblog.com etc they are countless.

The difference between free and paid blogs is that on free blogs you will be definitely limited to the terms and conditions provided by the blogs hosting service while if you’re paying for a domain name and host, you will have all the rights, privileges and freedom to do with your blog as you see fit.

This brings me to

No 3. Hosting

Hosting, hosting, hosting

What is hosting?

In simple terms, Hosting is the life source of your blog. Once you buy a domain, hosting is necessary.

Hosting is simply launching your blog on an internet server so that the whole world can see the information online. For free blogs like hotspot.com – hosting is free and you don’t have to pay a dime, however you must retain the domain name suffix like – “blogspot.com, wordpress.com etc” according to the terms and conditions of the blog.

This gives both traffic to blogspot and you.

Bringing me to

No 4. Traffic

What is Traffic?

Sure you must have known from experience walking or driving on a road that traffic simply means movement. And this movement can be measured in numbers.

The Numbers indicate how many people visit your site, the number of visitors indicate if they find your site and it’s contents interesting, engaging and even worth reading.

If people are not satisfied with whatever you’ve decided to bring on board to your blog, then I’m truly sorry your blog will fail.

You need to create something of value so that even if in the next 3 or 5 to 10 years people will still visit your blog to get information on stuff, this is only if you plan on monetizing your blog except maybe you just wanna blog for fun then it doesn’t apply to you.

Bring me to

No 5.  Quality Content

What is Quality Content?

Quality Content are nothing more than words, essays or a certain amount of writing that possesses value to the reader. I cannot over-emphasize this enough. You need to write quality contents if your main purpose is to make money from your blog.

For instance – You know how to publish a book. And your blog’s main focus is on books.

You can create a content with the title – “How to Publish a Book at the Press”

This kind of content is what people generally look for online if they want to publish a book.

A good writing on – “How to Publish a Book at the Press” will deliver such a great and quality content that even years after you’ve written it, you’ll still find new users acquiring knowledge from your ideas.

And that’s what people value the most. A quality content such as this one above leads to my next sub-topic

No 6. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

In simple terms an SEO or a Search Engine optimization is the use of your ability to revolve your article or contents around certain keywords so that you can be ranked better on google’s search engines.

Like I Illustrated with the “Book Publishing”. If your content mainly writes with the focus word as Publishing with its natural occurrence in many places on the article then you are optimizing your page for that word.

SEO takes special skill and ability to manipulate especially in your writing titles and meta tag descriptions. But that's another topic for another day.

You just have to be good in writing an event or an article which should contain a certain amount of not so often repetitive words but with different ideas.

Writing a Good Quality Content Article with a Nice Search Engine Optimization Technique cannot be complete if you don’t have the last and most important item of all.

And that is

No 7. Your Theme or Visual Interface/Marketing

You know human beings are very perceptive. On a physical and subtle level, humans are more than conscious about colour, picture and design.

How do they see your blog?

Is it well designed? What kind of pictures do you post there? Are they quality enough?

Does it have the right colour, spacing, font, tone?

Is it a replica of someone else’s or is it unique?

Does it appeal to those who are not even colour sensitive?

You need to ask yourself and others around you? Ask your friends what they think about the tone and feel of your blog. 

Get responses because you may feel your blog is the most amazing thing you’ve ever chosen while they may be put off. – You never know!

All integrate your theme with valuable Plugins,.

No 8. Plugins

What are Plugins?

Plugins are simply packaged codes which are easy to install into your blogsite. Codes are programming languages that allow users determine the functions and activities on that website.

For instance there’s a plugin for music players, security passwords authentications, videos, widgets, uploaders, downloaders, anti-malwares etc they are limitless with different uses.

Plugins can be great when you need to integrate any kind of function with your blogsite but it can also be devastating when they are too many or conflicting with the other same plugins that possess similar functions. Some plugins do slow down sites so you have to take caution when feeding em in.

No 9. Persistence/Schedule Posts

You need to be persistent and schedule your postings according to the times that are available to you, this gives your blog a track record and a track record is what stands your blog out from among the crowd. 

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Don't be the type who posts 4 days in a week and post once in the next week, it could adversely affect your blog. 

If you know you need to post once, twice or thrice a week, stick to the plan, but remember to always keep your blog fresh and cool especially if you need to be ranked on the higher up ladder. 

And Finally

No 10. Time

A a new blog cannot be rushed! It cannot be swayed! It cannot be moved! Time is the happen stance of us all. Give your new blog time, dont be obsessed with it

If you do all these things I’ve said then I assure you this 2018 You will make Net Profit Margins beyond what you ever thought you would. 

#Cheers!