What is Blogging / what is a blog?

A blog is an abbreviated version of a weblog (website log), which is used to describe sites that contain an ongoing chronicle of information. Blogging is the activity of creating short articles known as blogs.. A blog features diary-type commentaries and links to articles on other website or locations within that website. Blogs are used in many areas of life, professions and vocations. They are best described as interactive articles laid out in chronological order that can be shared on an endless stream of other social media platforms. There are two types of blog, a free blog and a paid blog. A free blog mostly have an extension after your chosen website name and there are different providers of free blogs . Google’s owns a free blog known as blogger with their extension (blogspot.com) added. A good example of a free blog is
my blog www.naijawealthportal.blogspot.com .  Another example of a free blog is wordpress blog with their extension (wordpress.com) added. The main edge of a paid blog over a free blog is the full customization ability of a paid blog and mostly a paid blog gives you the advantage of elimination the free blog’s extension thus it will be www dot you or your company / product name dot com.

Do's and Don’ts When Blogging!

Blogging in short has often been equated to an online diary of your business that is able to be viewed by the public. There are some tips however you need to be mindful of when constructing a blog in order to get that 'personable' edge to develop followers and business associates.

Have Some Fun But Don’t Forget To Be Factual

Writing blogs doesn't have to be a formal affair. It can be very creative and fun to do. By all means pay attention to your grammatical and cohesive nature throughout your posts but there is no need to get heavy and too 'full on'. A relaxed tone and information ready style is very fitting. Remember you can write about anything you want and you want to bring 'You' across to your potential customers and readers. Writing in this manner will make you more approachable and easier to develop a relationship with.

Make Your Information Sought After & Reliable

Like any writing, words that have no action behind them are empty. Your role as a blogger is not to only provide information but to provide value and weight behind every paragraph. Establishing your credibility online is easy if you stand solid on what you are saying and show that you can deliver. If you say you are going to provide such and such on a certain date, do it! If you are stating you will offer free memberships, do it! The more meaningful blogging you do the more credible you will come across. If your products and services perform to the standard that you are saying, you will have entered into a new state of reliability and success in your business. People will see it and be attracted to it.

Make Your Blogs Rich in SEO Keywords

Learning the skill of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a goldmine to any blogger. You can write in ways that can get your blog or site highly ranked on the search engines if you include the right content and trigger 'keywords.'If you know about seo I’m sure it shouldn’t be a surprise how my blog www.naijawealthportal.blogspot.com can have an alexa ranking of less than 2 million in just 2 months, if you doubt or for the novice install the seoquakr toolbar from www.seoquake.com after installation visit my blog and check my ranking on the toolbar.  The more blogs you write doing this, the more popular your blog will become and will generate extra traffic. Blogging can be fun indeed but even more fun if your content is SEO friendly. Learning SEO or SERPS can be really expensive and time consuming but I can train you effectively one on one for just a token. If you are interested you can drop a comment or mail to naijawealthportal@gmail.com

Regular Exciting Communication Keeps Customers

Effective communication is the key to any successful business venture. Non-effective communication is often said in the industry as being so important that it can shut down companies in twelve months or less. Ensure that your message is simple, direct and with a purpose. When you are writing blogs make them easy to understand. There is nothing worse than getting mixed messages or information that becomes lost in translation. Before writing any blog, establish your objective! Just as mine is to teach you how to make money online legitimately in Nigeria or from anywhere in the globe from workable work from home jobs / opportunities. What are you aiming to achieve? Then do it in the most simple and effective way that you can. Let your writing be favorable to your business and not an obstacle.

Never underrate the Power of Images

If you look through a host of blogs that are on the Internet you will see that the most popular blogs use images to add that extra bit of 'oomph' and 'edge' to their look. It can also add power to the message of the post. Let's say you are writing about a new floor cleaning product. You aren't just going to write about it and then leave the reader to use their imagination as to how the solution or finished product would be. You can eliminate this hard work by placing a powerful image of a spotlessly clean floor on the top right or left hand corner of your blog post. As your readers sift through your text they will keep that positive product image in their minds and will be able to get the full power and descriptive nature of your writing.

Blogging can be fun and very beneficial to your business or personality. There are some companies out there that use blogging because they have to as part of being in business. A good blogging presence can do wonders for your business and can leave a mark on the search engines for many years to come.

Learning the art of blogging entails much more, I can guarantee you. Stay tuned for additional materials on 'Article Writing' and 'Blogging' and how to make money online legitimately combining them!