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| Blogging for beginners by Okwuagbala Uzochukwu Mike |
Many people started writing online when they were still undergraduate students in their tertiary institutions. It started as fun but transformed into something that adds good cash to their bank accounts later in life. They made money through what they put on the internet and are happy.
Sometimes we smiled and our hearts filled with joy when someone commented on our blog and said they like our articles. Sometimes we are happy when a reader calls from abroad saying some sweet things on what they read on our blogs. But no matter how it is, their are things you need to know as a beginner in blogging before you can be stronger in the area of online writing.
Things to Know in Online Writing
Writing requires certain things. As a beginner, there are some things you have to know before you can develop to certain level in online writing
These hosted sites have employees that cover specific areas to make their users grow. When you sign up for any of these sites, they assume you are new in the field of writing online and because of this send you weekly updates. If you follow their tips, you will become an expert with time.
Examples of hosted sites you can write on are Google Blogger, Wordpress and Hubpages. These platforms allow you to sign up for blogs freely and start writing anything you want the world to know about. With time, you monetize those your contents and you get paid by the company that place adverts on your site.
Among all the three hosted platforms I listed, I will advice you to sign up for Hubpages.com first. It is difficult to write on Hubpages but the platform will really guide you well on other tips about writing. On that platform, you see a lot of other authors from different parts of the world. You can develop yourself very well using that platform.
Though publishing articles on the platform it sometimes difficult because they have employees that review your article to know if they are of good quality, but once they are published, they usually rank high. So, consider it because you will learn how to publish quality articles through it. Also, they pay you once you earn up to $50 unlike Adsense that pay when you have earned up to $100. When you are paid within short time, you are motivated to write more.
If you are using Blogger free hosted platform to write, ensure you write quality articles for search engines to be able to see your topics. Also, there is something important you have to do for search engine to still consider your posts and index them quick. I learned this recently.
When you finish writing you post, in the "Post Settings" section, ensure you add words in the "labels" and "search description". "Search description" introduces your article to people that search for topics related to yours in search engines. It is a powerful criterion search engines use to rate blogs.
See the caption of post settings below:
Maybe you want to write on the topic "unemployment", carrying out a keyword research on that word will tell you the number of phrases or clauses people search for on monthly basis in respect to the parent word "unemployment". When you type the word "unemployment" in the research tool, you may see things like "causes of unemployment", "how to stop unemployment", "unemployment in Italy". These come with the number of viewers that search for them every month or week. With these statistics, you then know how to form your subheadings.
There are some keyword research tools to be used on the web. You can make use of Bing Webmaster Tool or Google Keyboard Search. You can sign up for bing. Under the "Diagnostics and Tools" click on "Keyword Research". Then you enter the work you want to search for.
Even if all your articles are not lengthy, you can create some articles of average 1,000 words. Articles like this can cover for other short ones. Though not all articles must have that length, but still create some to be of that length.
There are many abandoned blogs on the web. Why are they like that? The reason is because the managers of the blogs left the platforms. They are not happy with what they were seeing. Initially, they thought that once they started blogging they would be getting many views and clicks within a short time. But they were disappointed.
Sometimes it takes up to three years of hard work before you are ranked by search engines. Be patient and write articles that you know will last on the web. I will not advise you to start publishing news as a beginner. Just take your time and write mainly evergreen articles.
Start from already Existing writing Platforms (Hosted Sites)
Yes, you have to start from already existing platforms as a beginner in the world on online writing. That will help you to learn the way and ground you on the right tips to use to get the right result. One thing about starting on already existing platforms is that the companies will sometimes send you weekly updates on how to grow your writing skills. |
| Writing on already hosted sites can be helpful |
These hosted sites have employees that cover specific areas to make their users grow. When you sign up for any of these sites, they assume you are new in the field of writing online and because of this send you weekly updates. If you follow their tips, you will become an expert with time.
Examples of hosted sites you can write on are Google Blogger, Wordpress and Hubpages. These platforms allow you to sign up for blogs freely and start writing anything you want the world to know about. With time, you monetize those your contents and you get paid by the company that place adverts on your site.
Among all the three hosted platforms I listed, I will advice you to sign up for Hubpages.com first. It is difficult to write on Hubpages but the platform will really guide you well on other tips about writing. On that platform, you see a lot of other authors from different parts of the world. You can develop yourself very well using that platform.
Though publishing articles on the platform it sometimes difficult because they have employees that review your article to know if they are of good quality, but once they are published, they usually rank high. So, consider it because you will learn how to publish quality articles through it. Also, they pay you once you earn up to $50 unlike Adsense that pay when you have earned up to $100. When you are paid within short time, you are motivated to write more.
If you are using Blogger free hosted platform to write, ensure you write quality articles for search engines to be able to see your topics. Also, there is something important you have to do for search engine to still consider your posts and index them quick. I learned this recently.
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| Writing on blogger platform |
When you finish writing you post, in the "Post Settings" section, ensure you add words in the "labels" and "search description". "Search description" introduces your article to people that search for topics related to yours in search engines. It is a powerful criterion search engines use to rate blogs.
See the caption of post settings below:
Do Keyword Research
Keyword research is another way to know how people search for a particular area of interest you are writing on or you are about to write on. Keyword research has really helped many bloggers choose their topics right before developing them to form a full article.Maybe you want to write on the topic "unemployment", carrying out a keyword research on that word will tell you the number of phrases or clauses people search for on monthly basis in respect to the parent word "unemployment". When you type the word "unemployment" in the research tool, you may see things like "causes of unemployment", "how to stop unemployment", "unemployment in Italy". These come with the number of viewers that search for them every month or week. With these statistics, you then know how to form your subheadings.
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| Keyword research; source: Search Engine Land |
There are some keyword research tools to be used on the web. You can make use of Bing Webmaster Tool or Google Keyboard Search. You can sign up for bing. Under the "Diagnostics and Tools" click on "Keyword Research". Then you enter the work you want to search for.
Write lengthy Articles
Search engines believe that lengthy articles must have something useful to offer to readers unlike short ones. So, you can make your articles be as lengthy as you can. You can break a particular topic into subheadings. Also, search engines like Google, Yahoo, and Bing believe that lengthy articles result to readers engagement. |
| Search engines optimize lengthy articles |
Even if all your articles are not lengthy, you can create some articles of average 1,000 words. Articles like this can cover for other short ones. Though not all articles must have that length, but still create some to be of that length.
Be Patient
As a dummy in the field of online writing, do not always be in a haste to make money through online writing. The reason is because if you are like this, you will not make any cent from online articles writing. It is a job and you have to be patient before you can get it done.There are many abandoned blogs on the web. Why are they like that? The reason is because the managers of the blogs left the platforms. They are not happy with what they were seeing. Initially, they thought that once they started blogging they would be getting many views and clicks within a short time. But they were disappointed.
Sometimes it takes up to three years of hard work before you are ranked by search engines. Be patient and write articles that you know will last on the web. I will not advise you to start publishing news as a beginner. Just take your time and write mainly evergreen articles.
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