Sunday, October 14, 2007

6 things you must know before starting to blog

  I was just thinking about the various things that are required if you are going to blog regularly. Basically if you want to be a successful blogger you have to have some priorities, otherwise it'll be difficult in the long run. Many people are there among you who start blogging without having any goals. Eventually what happens is that you just leave the blog and after sometime it is gone and you don't even think about it.

Well, I don't want such a thing to happen with my blog so I am proceeding with a fair bit of caution. Here is a small list that I have brainstormed which will give a good momentum to continue blogging.

1)Blog post Ideas 

This is the single most important thing you need while blogging. You are not going to leave the 
blog after making 20 to 30 posts, definitely not. You will want to continue to some 200, 300 and more posts. So basically you need some 300 and more ideas for interesting posts.
The good news is that there are infinite new ideas out there. The only thing you need to do is jot those down as they strike. One thing you can do is keep a small book with you, so that whenever you get any idea, it can be noted. Remember the saying 

The palest ink is better than the sharpest mind

Another idea is to keep sometime everyday for brainstorming new ideas. You can probably sit in a quiet room for half an hour and try to get as many ideas as possible.

2) Knowledge

The second thing is what you know and how much. Frankly speaking you can only write about 
something when you have knowledge about it. If somebody asked questions on a topic you never heard about, you cannot tell anything about it and you'll be clueless. 

It is very important for you to have the latest and workable knowledge about the topics you blog about. One thing you can do is keep the feeds of the topics in a feedreader and read the latest feeds regularly.

3) Time management

This is another factor which will help to blog regularly. Decide clearly before hand, when you will be blogging, how many times a week you will update your blog, how much time you can spend on it etc. This will definitely be a plus point. You can take half an hour every week or month to decide and stick to it. 

4) Read some great blogs regularly

You can find some really great stuff from top bloggers like stevepavlina, problogger, johnchow 
etc. These people started blogging just like you and me but they have been here for more time 
which obviously implies that they understand the world of blogging far better than you and me.
Observing how they post, how they generate revenue, what they post etc, will help us to go 
forward and after one or two years we may be just like them.( Just imagine making so much 
money by blogging after some time)

5) Concentrate on real work

One of the biggest hurdles for people like you and me, when we start something on our own is 
that we worry about the results even before completing(wait a sec) even before starting the work. I have this thing in me for sure. Whenever I think of doing something online, even before starting to work on it I start thinking things like how will I be able to complete it, even if I completed what if it is not good and blah blah stuff. You can definitely progress if you just stop thinking about the result and concentrate on the work.

This will make it alot easier for you to do the real work

Take a piece of paper before starting something and write clearly what you are going to do and for how much time you will be in it before you go for other works. For example if you are writing for a blog make a note like

The next 30 minutes you are writing a blog post, nothing else....

Just use your imagination and write what works for you.

6) Build a community

The last point for this post but equally important as the other 5 is to make a community of readers by giving some quality information. Mind it that the community will grow slowly and you have to work on various methods to get your blog known to people out there. Make contacts with similar bloggers and exchange links, go to forums and increase contacts, make quality comments on popular blogs and link back to your blog, address specific issues which others have missed or clarify posts which are difficult to understand. All these things will increase the traffic to your blog.

The above 6 are what I think the most important things for a blogger who wants to continue 
blogging. If you have some other things do share them in the comments section.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

This is my online venture

   This is my first experiment at blogging from the bottom of my heart. Many people online are doing what they like most. I also thought about it but never did it in real. Some of the blogs that have made me do this are 


As I was searching online I came across more and more people who just blogged about their life's experiences and made some really great blogs over time.

I don't know for sure how much success I will be seeing but from the heart I feel that I am gonna succeed at this. I just started it out as an experiment and will just see how often I will be able to make posts. A blog should be regularly updated, that's for sure and I will make it a point to update as often as possible.

One of the most important things to succeed is to make goals. But goals setting will not give success, you have to follow and make things happen to achieve success. Also it is important to make some attainable goals. If you can make goals which after some time are achieved will increase the momentum and you can go for higher goals. 

The other thing that you should do is make the goals as specific as possible. 

From the above things this is my goal for my blog

  1) What is this blog about?

This blog is going to be about how I go about my life's endeavours( got to find what that means) so that it may help you and me to go towards success.(will make it clear afterwards)

 2) How often is this going to be updated?

I think that some 3 to 5 posts a week is a good start.

This is it folks, I am gonna do it and you will definitely find some useful things for your own self.