How to Start a Blog?

I have been blogging since 2006 and looking back, i’m feeling euphoric that i had picked up this hobby. But time and time again, i come across people who doesn’t have an idea what a blog is or how to start blogging. They are particularly clueless where to start. The fact is that they all know that blogging involves writing, but they don’t know where to start. Today too, i was asked twice by people as to how to start blogging.

So i finally decide that its time for me to do a writing as to – ‘How to Start a Blog?’. Don’t worry, its EASY! Its a 2 step hassle free process -  blogger How to Start a Blog?

Step – 1

Get youself registerd at one of the blogging sites like – WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, LiveJournal, Rediff etc.

Step – 2

(this is from a WordPress perspective) Click on “NewPost”, Enter a title for your post -> write -> Add this under a category -> Publishtypepad How to Start a Blog?

DONE!!!

Couple of things that u need to be aware of -

  1. You are not a star overnight – unless of course you are Aamir Khan / Amitab Bachan – Be patient and keep posting
  2. Don’t worry about the way you write, trust me, no one is a born Shakespeare (please don’t ever ever write like Shakespeare) – Keep writing, you will improve
  3. You wont get comments as soon as you do a post, for that u need to look at point 1 – Be patient and keep writing
  4. Read others blogs and comment and reply – This will lead to point 1 and 3 and help you with 2
  5. Don’t hesitate to write and be prepared for any comments.

The only way to get noticed is to keep writing and commenting, build you network in small steps. If u dont want to get noticed, its ok, still keep writing for what ever reason it may be – Bitching about you boss, writing about your love – to anything…logo How to Start a Blog?

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I had done couple of Blogging sessions at WIPRO and at BIMTECHhere is the link to the slides

Blogathon India 2008

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Does Bloggers hold any responsibility? Are they just mere writers in the cyberspace who cannot make a change? What ever they blog about does it just confine to the reader as a ‘good post’?

Hell NO!!!

Bloggers in India have decided to make a change. They are uniting for the event Blogathon India 2008 which is going live on April 20-26. Quoting straight off their home page :

Like the name suggests, Blogathon India is an event where these bloggers can get together and raise their concerns, ideas and suggestions on different social issues through the medium we all love: blogs.

Blogathon India is a creation from the desire to:

  • Instill a mass awakening amongst citizens and bloggers alike towards issues of social importance that affect our day to day lives.
  • Building an interesting and close-knit community of bloggers to learn, share and socialize with a larger purpose.
  • Motivate NGOs and other experts to embrace the net and start blogging with their invaluable ideas.
  • To provide a platform for thought leadership for ideas to emerge, to get discussed, improved and implemented.
  • Introduce citizens to blogging and help them to adopt Blogging platforms and tools to express their views.
  • Encourage people to blog in regional languages including Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Bengali among others.

Come lets join in …

Blog about it, read, comment, spread the word – Be a Part

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