Tuesday 22 May 2007

Blogging for Beginners

What is the blogging thing that seems to be taking over the internet? It's is a growing phenomenon which is fast becoming a means of sharing information where there is a gap in establishment media outlets. It's fast and it's accurate, it's light and breezy and it's easy to do. There are posts on almost any subject under the sun. This blog is focussing on women in ministry.

The blogging phenomenon is still challenging people to think and some are still coming to grips with it. There are plenty of guidelines out there on how to write a successful blog and some of them are well worth taking a look at.

The post includes links to a few that are out there otherwise you can google and take a look for yourself.

Blogger.com which hosts this blog has its very own blog for bloggers gives lots of guidance on bloggers. They have tips and tricks and there are quick tips here.

There is a bit of an art to getting people to read your blog and, apart from telling family and rriends there are a few simple things that can be done. There are all sorts of ways to draw people to reading the blog and one mechanism is called
tagging. These really should be place on all entries once written as this will drive traffic. Increasing traffic has its own advantages and, unless we only want to talk to ourselves, it is an important step.

There are other simple tricks such as Technorati and
del.icio.us which we are now registerd to and or on our sidebar.

There are many more little things that can be done to make the site a success and I will continue to give you pointers as we develop and grow!
Carole

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