Newbies How to build your own blog website

What makes an article special? It is something that speaks to the reader to either provoke an emotional thought, is entertaining, interesting or is informative. Successful writing comes from following a few proven principles and using skills that can be learnt through study and perfected with practice. Here are 8 pointers on how to get your article or blog started.

1. Write on what you are passionate about.
This way your enthusiasm will shine through, and it is this that will in turn infect your reader with your exuberance. Remember it is your vibrancy and speciality that will make your piece stand out from the crowd. When you are busy with your feature, keep in the back of your mind that it is for your readers benefit, it is their approval you want. It is your audience, that will decide and judge if your offering is excellent or not…This is what gives the greatest satisfaction, getting their approval.

2. Be comfortable with your subject.
You must have sufficient knowledge or experience in it. If it is a set piece, approach it from a angle that you can relate to. This will mean that you have a firm grasp of the facts, information, terminology and have enthusiasm to carry through to your presentation. From this you can articulate your delivery in a flowing, interesting and informative way.

3. From the outset cultivate a positive attitude within your self.
As a writer you must decide that you are going to have fun, will enjoy this experience and will reap self satisfaction in successfully completing it. Now imagine your completed article that you are proud of. Plant this emotion of gratitude and satisfaction of a job well done within you. Nurturing this positive attitude goes a long way towards helping you creating your masterpiece.

4. Build from the foundation up.
Lay out, organise your thoughts to build some sort of structure. Jot down how you will build your thought piece. This means planning the sequence, from your introduction, to fleshing out the body for your content, followed by summing it all up with a well constructed conclusion. In other words your intro will explain what you are going to give your reader. In the body tell them what you got using supporting points, (When writing use these to benefit your reader that reflects the energy of your essay), then tie it all up with a conclusion.

5. Keep to the point.
Only write what is necessary, don’t ramble on or take a detour. Everything you put down needs to contribute and add substance to your build. No need for extra pieces sticking out, BUT make it unique. This means putting a little bit of your personality it to your creation. Some humour, whit, controversial idea or mystery could do the trick. This gives it warmth and life that touches and engages your audience.

6. People love stories, secrets, tips, tricks, mysteries,unexplained coincidences.
Share new ideas or answers . A story of some sort shrouded in mystery. To do this, promise to reveal some secret in your intro and only give it towards the end. This creates suspense and intrigue which is much desired.

7. Layout and presentation…
Start with an introduction where you inform your readership what to expect, then give them your message, body or meat followed by a conclusion. This is a summary to tie up your thoughts. Keep it simple. Use clear, crisp, concise sentences in a coherent manner. Your text should flow in an open and easily followed manner. Keep each sentence short and to the point, without making your paragraphs too long.

8. Express and inject some of your personality into your write-up.
Be generous with your information, methods, strategies, secrets, tips, tricks, wisdom and thoughts or ideas. Be bold and take a stand to be the “expert in your field”, if this is your passion then you would want to be that. The more you write so your skills as a writer will improve. No one was ever born a prestigious literary prize winning writer, these skills evolved and are honed through practice.

With these 8 pointers, writing excellent and successful articles will come with practice.

**Rod Saunders**

Hi Everyone

I just became a shareholder in me2everyone and I never had
to pay a single penny for the shares! It can only be described
as the gold-rush for 2009. This company is going to be huge
and shares will soar in value over the coming months! You
can register for free and it never has to cost you a single
penny!

me2everyone is going to be a cool new virtual world where
you can meet friends, chat, shop, play, watch videos, create
an art gallery, open a virtual newspaper, play the free inworld
lottery and make money from your own online store! You and
everyone you know make the decisions, shape the world,
create real incomes and share in the profits. It’s a new place
where you meet new people or invite your friends. Learn new
skills or expand your business. Find the love of your life or
help the planet.

Membership is free and every member automatically
becomes a shareholder in me2everyone Limited. Personally I
have 1000 shares in the venture I’m going to increase my
shares very soon. This is an excellent chance for all of us to
make some real progress in 2009 and beyond! Please don’t
miss it.

If you are looking for something really good in 2009:
something that changes your view on the world, then you
really have to spend just one minute and look at this website.

Please click visit http://www.me2everyone.com/121058 for the details.

**Christina Saunders**

PS: More than 350 people signed up every hour during the
first 2 days and the owners expect 100m+ over the next 3
years!! Be in now and get ready to share the wealth!

www.Twitter.com has grown into an awesome community of interesting people leaving short messages that you can follow and then you add your tweet. So is it a waste time?

Despite all to the contrary it depends on how you use it.

If you decide to join twitter, a great site to book mark is www.Twitscoop.com
This is to pick up a few tips on how you can choose your words and have them eating out of your hand.
Finding out whats popular!

You can use twitter as a social tool like Butterfly Marketing to “Attract People” to your blog with a Butterfly Effect. Just don’t spam. Leave good content and it will create interest in your profile in which for example you could put: Thanks for following me . I would love if you could follow me on: Warning! 7 biggest blogging mistakes you don’t want to make. 

Presumably you’ve chosen your twitter friends carefully so that they are those who are interest in the subject which your blog represent.
Don’t waste your time talking about internet marketing if the twitter is about Obama and expect to get much of a positive response

Well with this being said , I hope you get the opportunity to use Twitter as it is really becoming a tool of the future for Blogging Marketing.

Why not join the Squidoo community? It’s refreshing to finally
find a place where you can be part of something: www.squidoo.com 

Build a lens on something you are passionate about.

I’ve just been learning more about it myself and
I love everything I’m seeing about it:

–> It’s free. Always.

–> You can make an interactive, Web 2.0
webpage in about 10 minutes (these are
called “lenses”)

–> The philosophy behind the site is collaborative.

–> And you can use it to promote whatever
business, expertise, service, or hobby you wish.

Now although it’s free, and relatively easy to
get started, it’s great to have help in making
sense of everything you can do with the
site.

I’ve been learning how to use the site a lot
faster with the help of Bob The Teacher.

==>squidoosecrets
 Bob really knows what he’s talking about.

He’s had a lens hit #1 on the site, was picked
for Lens of the day a couple of times, and was
even highlighted in the New York Times for
his expertise in a really weird topic.

With Bob’s help, I’m learning how to take this
free service and use it for affiliate marketing,
list building, expertise branding, and promoting
my business.

Would that help you out, too?

He’s offering a full blown video tutorial course
for an awesome price, but even better…

You can check out Squidoo Secrets first
for free — and see if it’s the kind of thing
you’d like to pursue.

Download Bob’s 7 Secrets To Success With Squidoo
Apprentice Program.

I can’t believe how much content is on this
free course alone!

Although this one interview is worth the
paying for, Bob’s giving it away during so you
can understand why Squidoo is such a big hit.
squidoosecrets

After you’ve listened to it and built your
first lens, let me know about it!

**Christina Saunders**

p.s. This is really great stuff.

Grab your membersh|p now and unleash the
power of Web 2.0. You’ll be amazed at how
quickly you can learn the advanced strategies
of this site with Bob’s help.

==>squidoosecrets
p.p.s. If Bob offers you a deal on an upgraded
membership, look it over very carefully. Since
he’s a teacher, he’s made sure it’s affordable.

We all have to start from some where. The decisions we make at the start as a newbie may have a huge influence on the final out come.

For most of us getting our toe into the water is the easy part. Making the decision to dive in and swim is another. We could be afraid because we do not know how to swim or may feel that the water is too crowded?
If you want to learn to swim, getting in the shallow end would be best to gain confidence. A few people once in the water decide that this is not for them and never swim again, others just love it and have great fun enjoying the experience. A swimmer may find a certain style that they are good at, they focus on that discipline to go on to be Olympic super stars and win gold. No one for sure knows how it will all pan out, surffice to say all the champions  work and train very hard perfecting and honing their skills. They need persistence, dedication, determination and resolve to do well.

For the blogger signing up to Google Blogger for a free Blogger.com or a WordPress.com blog would be an easy learning to swim way of starting. The instructions are very simple to follow and in no time you could be on your way blogging. This is where you learn by trying different styles to see what suits you best. Remember the true saying “Incorrect action is better than no action to find your style”.
To become a blogging super star though, this is not the pool to be swimming in, so do not stay too long here.

These “newbie” free sites are definitely the easy way to learn but do have many draw backs for the long term blogger. 
1. The site does not belong to you so would be difficult to sell at a later stage.
2. You have little control and if the site closed down, all the hard work put into your blog could be lost.
3. It takes time to build your blog name, to make it something special but it will still look amateurish.
4. Your hosts may want to put advertising on your site and capitalise on your hard work.

In the long run and if you want to be a serious blogger the best advice would be to decide on your blogging topic, think carefully about a short catchy domain name and register it for your self.                                    

1. This name becomes your personal possession.
2. You will have complete control over everything from choosing your web host, developing the site, adding advertising and content, right through to selling it if you want. Just look what the name Google means today.
3. Having your own domain name will also give a feel of professionalism to your blog.

To help you set up your own blog, a membership site I recommend is the one that helped me get this one going. Your first months membership cost I think is $1. Try it out and see how easy it is to follow from step by simple step video instruction. If you do not like what you see- cancel your subscription.                         

If you are any thing like my there is so much to learn you will get stuck in to never look back at your amateur blog status. Newbie List Building Club.

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill

Incorrect action is better than no action. Take heart.

**Christina Saunders**

 There are some people who choose to create a blog on their own, whereas others prefer to hire some pro to set things on the right track. First of all, before starting the actual blogging project, you’ll need to create a detailed plan in which to include: objectives, investment with the analysis of cost (time and money), targeted audience, blog updates and administration and monitoring tools.

Blogging is a very accessible thing to do for both business and personal reasons, nevertheless, its real value is obvious when it attracts relevant visitors/traffic.

 There are all sorts of issues you need to take into consideration; search for special software that helps you track the best keywords you should include in the articles posted on the blog!

This means of attracting traffic by identifying the keywords that are the highest in demand goes hand in hand with special devices that help one evaluate the keyword performance over a specific period of time. Thus, all Internet users interested in blogging, particularly business owners who use blogs for promotion campaigns, need to learn as many SEO secrets as they can, since they have to optimize not just the blog content as such but the ads that appear on it as well.

 Another important issue when starting a blog is the content; keep in mind that the best sites of this kind are the ones with highly interesting information. Search engines love great content and visitors linger more on your blog as well if the articles, the videos or the pictures are catchy.

For those bloggers who are also running their business online, a good word of advice here is the combination of informational articles and e-news letters. The users that subscribe to periodical informative bulletins should be offered all sorts of promotions and special contests to keep the interest vivid. More such tricks can be learned if you take the time to learn something on Internet marketing, it could mean a great deal for any new blogger.

The mentor that got me into blogging and helped me get this site up and going (I had no computer or marketing skills at all) was a 27 year old ex knife sales man that explains all this. He has a membership site that teaches (using clear video instruction all the in’s and out’s) that even I could understand. You can access it here if you are serious in getting into internet marketing. Ex knife sales man makes good in internet marketing.

**Christina Saunders**