5 Thing You Should Know Before Blogging
A little while back, I posted 6 Simple Steps to Blogging. This post was designed to help those who have decided to reap the marketing and SEO benefits of blogging get some direction on how to approach it. Well, writing for AIMS Canada, online marketer Rebecca Muller has decided to share the top 5 things that no one told her when she got started out.
Indeed, in hindsight, you always realize how simple things are, but until you've experienced something first hand, the simplest aspects of it can seem strange and complicated--even if they are not. As she writes:
1. Feedburner, although not all that intuitive at first, is your best friend. Don’t get your RSS (little orange button) subscription set up from anywhere else. (Feel free to read my post for a more detailed explanation of what went wrong and a good laugh.)
2. Most “free” stats have additional tracking that you can turn on if you know how to find them. Really take some time to surf the admin settings in your account.
3. Most free stats are usually a day behind and often aggregated, unless you pay for the additional packages – so don’t despair if it looks like there’s no one reading at first.
4. Set up a Technorati account and claim your blog! This gives you access to more (yes, more) tools to help increase your blog’s visibility.
5. Start taking ginseng – or something else to help you remember the multiple passwords and accounts you need to set up for tracking and tagging among other things…
Of course, this is all just the tip of the ice-berg. All in all, if you're planning to blog, there is so much more to know. Consequently, I've linked some sources below to help you start exploring the vast, but simple, expanse of information.
Learn More About Blogging...
...from SearchAnyway
...from Online Marketing Blog
...from Healthy Web Design
Comments
Let me add one more password to your list...get an account with coComment!. It's a service that allows you to track the comments you leave on blogs. It's great for carrying on conversations and has saved me TONS of time.
Posted by: Dawud Miracle | February 21, 2007 1:05 PM
Thanks Dawud, I'll have to check that out. I love following responses to comments I leave, but I despise e-mail notification, even if I have the Gmail storage to handle it.
Posted by: Chris | February 22, 2007 10:22 AM
Thanks for picking up my post. I sure wish I had read yours before I had started my own blog! But first-hand eperience really is the best teacher. I know I still have a lot to learn!
Posted by: Rebecca Muller | February 24, 2007 12:44 AM