Blogging help and tips

[snowgoose]

I just started a blog to show the progress of my website, but have no blogging experience.

Does anyone have any good tips or tricks to get a blog really nice and popular?

Should posts be professional looking or look like your just talking to a friend?

How long should a post roughly be?

etc,etc

just general blogging tips please

BTW the blog in question can be seen in my sig.

Thanks

Jake

[Cognition]

I just started a blog to show the progress of my website, but have no blogging experience.

Does anyone have any good tips or tricks to get a blog really nice and popular?

Should posts be professional looking or look like your just talking to a friend?

How long should a post roughly be?

etc,etc

just general blogging tips please

Hi Jake,

I'm including some resources from other credible bloggers who either make money online primarily from blogging and/or from individuals who blog about 'blogging'.

Enjoy!

Starting a blog:

1. What is a Blog?
2. Blogging Tips for Beginners

Promoting a Blog:

1. How To Market Your Blog in 2007

Blog Monetization:

1. Blog Income Report - November 2007 | John Chow dot Com
2. How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs

Free Ebooks on Blogging:

1. I Make Money Online by Telling People How Much Money I Make Online - John Chow dot Com

[snowgoose]

thanks for the tips, ill read them later and see if i can get some help and ideas.

Cheers

[Cognition]

^You're welcome.

Here are a couple of more resources for ya [complimentary ebooks]:

1. Blog Profits Blueprint
2. Seth's Blog: Who's There? the new ebook (free for now)

[zoobie]

Nice tips from CDAllen. More importantly, your content. Readers look for different, non-generic content. Best of luck!

[BOG]

Unique content is king. By unique content im talking about blogging on subjects that are rare and hard to find. Unique content does not mean writing it yourself. Blogging about how to make little neat electronic devices in your home will draw more organic traffic than a blog about how to make money.

Also using the Wordpress subdomain is amateurish and shows you dont take your blog too serious. Get your own domain and hosting if you want the big hits. Using the Wordpress subdomain and hosting is like renting an apartment. If that complex gets sold, your domain is going to be homless and all your work and posts down the drain.

Buy your own, don't rent.

[snowgoose]

im purposly not buying my own domain and hosting just for my blog as its not serious yet its only something i can show people when they ask how the sites coming along and such.

When the sites fully done we will have a 'proper' blog on, but for now im renting

[webbie]

Hey you should try Entrecard, I signed up for it and have gotten over a thousand unique hits to my blog in about a month

[rejoice]

Entrecard doesn't work with a free wordpress blog. My advice is to keep posting and use keywords that people will find the content with. Have fun with it, especially since you are renting, and post often as that will help with generic traffic.

[allysa]

thanks for the resources guys. I like using blogspot & wordpress to create a blog.

[snowgoose]

Thanks,

the blog gets updated as ofen as i can, with usefull information.

Im also think about making a seperate page just for 'personal' posts,