What I Need To Start A Blog.

Everybody..and I mean everybody can have their own blog,if you have access to a PC or laptop with Internet connection.These day everybody want to have a blog,especially when they know that somehow you can earn money just blogging.I don't mind if they have these on their mind when they start a blog because it is up to you for what reason you want to start a blog and what your blog is about.My concern is the lack of knowledge.Knowledge Is Power..but what kind of knowledge?You know what a blog is,you know it can earn you money..is that enough?Is that the only knowledge you have to help and guide you in your journey to earn money blogging?

I always like to look at blogging as an ongoing learning process,meaning you will learn more when you get involve,knowing other bloggers,looking at other blogs,reading other blogs,updating yourself with the latest news,but this doesn't mean you don't need some knowledge when you want to start.The most important reason people start a blog is because they want someone else to read it,they want lots of people to read it.That is why bloggers are concern about traffic,about their page rank,wanted to exchange links and so on.

I want to share some of the question that I came across in forums that I join,and you decide if knowledge is important to bloggers or not.

• What is traffic?
• How do I get targeted readers to my blog?
• Why no one visit my blog?
• I've been updating my blog regularly,but I still haven't got any Page Rank(PR),and by the way,I just started blogging last week.
• Why my blog is not indexed by Google?
• How do I get people to subscribe to my blog and can someone tell me how to do it.
• What should I write in my blog?
• How do I get a counter for my blog?
• I want to start blogging,can someone suggest where I can get a free blog,I'm a bit tight on budget but really love to write.
• What is the best topic to blog about?
• What is AdSense?
• What should I do to get my blog approved by AdSense?
• I'm using blogger,please suggest which template is suitable for AdSense.
• What other ads can I put on my blog other than AdSense?

OK..I agree..some of these question do sound funny,but remember,this are real question posted in forums,not one that I created.I'm not an expert,but I do my best to answer to all those question based on what I know,what I've read and what I've done personally,and some other forum members share what they know too.

I learn a lot by looking at other blogs.If I find an interesting buttons or widgets,I just put my cursor there,and look at the website URL down on the left hand corner of my PC,write it down and when I have time,I'll visit the site to know more about it.

Basic things you have to know.

• What is blog?
• Which blogging platform is popular and free.
• Set a topic for your blog about things you know.
  
• How to bring traffic to your blog.

There are actually lots of things that you have to know like search engine,SEO,blog directories,links,social media and many more.Prepare yourself with knowledge,and keep on adding this knowledge if you're serious about blogging.The most important knowledge is how to get traffic to your blog,and to achieve this,you have to know lots of things..and one other major thing you must have is..PATIENCE.

How Do You Use Forums And Write Comment.

It is quite disturbing to see the trends in forums now,especially from new members.They use forums to advertise their product or service,or just to promote their blog,this is what spam is all about.Most of them are too eager to show off their blog that they don't even bother to read the rules set by the administrator of the forums.Some just being ignorant to what forums is suppose to be.These are three current trend that I see in forums these days.

• Too eager in wanting people to see their blog or website.These kind of forum members will simply use almost all the thread available to do it,sometimes even using other people threads.By doing this won't get them the exposure they want,instead they can get banned or other forum members just ignore them.If you want to show your blog,use the proper thread and wait for response from other members.If you see other members start commenting about your blog,give response,thanking them for their time and consider whatever suggestion that they give.
• Using forums to advertise.Instead of showing off their blog or website,they simply advertise.Nobody response to this sort of thread and it only make you look bad.There are certain forums which allow you to advertise your service or product,but in a thread that they provide.Being a new member and posting your first post,but by posting nothing but advertisement won't do you any good.
• Members who response to every thread in order to gain as many posts as possible.There is nothing wrong as long as your response can help and give value to what is being discussed.By posting I agree,Yes you are right doesn't mean anything and doesn't help in building your credibility.One other thing is posting question that has been discussed maybe a hundred times before.If you take your time,look at other thread,I'm sure you can find answers related to what you want to ask.By posting,Help me to get traffic,I need traffic.. just because you wanted to start a thread..will make you..well..look stupid!

Comments.

Forums and comments are two things that can certainly help boost traffic to your blog,or website,but only if you do it right.If you're doing like what I said above in forums,do you seriously think people would want to visit your blog or website over and over again?We are not talking just any visit,but people who like your blog and would certainly come back to read,even subscribe to it,unless the thing you only care about is the number on the counter of your blog.Leaving comments on other blogs meaning you leave your signature,your calling card.By reading your comment,the blog owner will feel intrigue to get to know you,what kind of blog you have.If you comment I like your post..Nice blog..Very good..what does that tells you?If you ask me,I will simply say this guy is doing it simply because he reads somewhere you have to comment on other blogs to get traffic.It is not only about traffic,it is about networking,about friendship.Do you want the only traffic from that particular blog owner or you want to build friendship and later build a network of traffic from that blog to yours?If you build a good relationship with certain blog owners,giving insightful comments and your own blog itself is interesting,I won't be surprised if you will start getting that blog readers to yours.

Forums and comments can help increase traffic to your blog,but you must do it the right way,take your time to do it,build your reputation and credibility in forums,build relationship with other blog owners.All this takes time,but you will certainly find the results very satisfying.People can judge who you are by reading your forum post,your comments and by visiting your blog so don't let all this ruined your online reputation that you only just started to build.