blogs

Okay, it's time to start your blog. A day or so ago I touched on one idea for it, but you may have others. However, get one thing straight about blogs. Do not simply write religiously for a week or even a month and then abandon it because no one seems to be taking any notice, or, if they are, they are not making their presence felt.

Some people have their blog up for months before something in it hits home with a viewer or two. There are no hard and fast rules about when your blog will be discovered. But it is fair to say that, if by say three months it has not attracted even one viewer, then it is pretty safe to kill it off and start again.

You do not have to post every day. You might want to only post once a week. But should you leave it for any longer, it will get buried in the pile of new ones that are being established and have a far harder time getting any viewers at all. Every day is good to start out, even more per day if you have the content. There is time, when you get established, to drop back to once or twice per week.

Give your viewers new stuff to think about. If you rehash and rehash, everyone, including you, will get thoroughly sick and tired of it and all scramble to find something else to take their attention. If you have been blogging about your one-year-old, have a little change and talk about the dog or the cat and the interaction that goes on between the toddler and the dog or the cat, and incorporate a bit about how all three interact.

If you are using your blog to try to sell items, have a look at some of the successful ones before setting up your own. I know, there are a stack online already doing that. That's fine. Why not develop your own style? Fiddle around with it until it is what you want, not what you are told is needed. It does not cost you anything to read a blog usually, and, if it does, you should be able to glean an understanding without forking out any hard-earned cash to buy a subscription you really don't want.

Let me know how it goes!