Blog Writer Guide – how to write a great blog
The Blog Writer's guide on how to write a blog. Weblogs, or Blogs for short, are taking the online world by storm, and just about everyone seems to have their personal online journal on which to communicate (“to blog”) their knowledge and opinions these days.
According to Technorati there were about 50,000,000 blogs in the summer of 2006, then 112,000,000 in December 2007. With the number continuing to grow at a rapid rate.
The nature and content of blogs varies greatly from informal and personal to targetted and professional.
Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. However businesses may have a team of bloggers authoring stories.
Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. The word Blog can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
Most blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other via widgets on the blogs and it is this interactivity that distinguishes them from other static websites.
The comments are particularly useful as it not only gives you free extra feedback, but new users can see that your blog is relevent to your followers.
Writing blogs for fun and money
For personal bloggers it as an opportunity to document their lives and to keep a close group of contacts abreast of latest activities. Blog writing is also a popular way for people to showcase their travels and adventures, posting the latest information about their trip whilst they are still away so everyone’s kept informed.
For those with more serious businesses, blogs offer an opportunity for you to share your thoughts and expertise on a wide range of topics from financial news to government policy review.
Blogs can help to establish an expertise in a subject that supports your career development and even generate a new income stream for the writer.
Nowadays blogs come in every shape and size but the principals of what makes a great blog are common throughout.
Effective writing is the key; the ability to entertain and engage your audience is what will keep people coming back to your blog week after week and will help you more than anything else to build a substantial following.
Blog writing is very like journalism: you’re writing for a specific audience and you must grab their attention and keep them interested in reading further rather than drift off and click to another site.
