Blogs, Blogger & Blogging

Michelle Post, Ph.D.

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Summary What are blogs? What is a blogger? What is blogging? Types of Blogs The Blog Content A Few Blogging Tips How to make money blogging on the Internet: 5 Tips How to make money blogging on the Internet: See How Blogging sites (FREE) Where to Advertise Your Blog Selling Space on Your Blog Examples of Blogging Sites Web Resources

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What are blogs? A weblog is a blog. “A blog is a type of website that is usually

arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom.”◦ Rowse, D. (2005, February 5). What is a blog? Retrieved from

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/ “A blog is a Web site that functions as a journal,

or a diary, or a place to post your thoughts and opinions pertaining to a particular subject matter.”◦ Atomic Learning. (2009). Blogging workshop. Retrieved from

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/blogging/

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Types of Blogs “Personal blogs: The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an

individual, is the traditional, most common blog. Corporate blogs: A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for

business purposes. Question blogging: is a type of blog that answers questions. By Media Type: A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising

links is called a link log, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog.

By Device: Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to compose it.

By Genre: Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs (often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs.”◦ Wikipedia. (2009). Blog: Types of blogs. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Types

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The Blog Content “A main content area with articles listed

chronologically, newest on top. Often, the articles are organized into categories.

An archive of older articles. A way for people to leave comments about the

articles. A list of links to other related sites, sometimes

called a "blogroll". One or more "feeds" like RSS, Atom or RDF

files.” ◦ Wordpress.org. (n.d.). Introduction to blogging. Retrieved from

http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging

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A Few Blogging Tips “Post regularly, but don't post if you have nothing

worth posting about. Stick with only a few specific genres to talk about. Don't put 'subscribe' and 'vote me' links all over

the front page until you have people that like your blog enough to ignore them (they're usually just in the way).

Use a clean and simple theme if at all possible. Enjoy, blog for fun, comment on other peoples'

blogs (as they normally visit back).”◦ Wordpress.org. (n.d.). Introduction to blogging. Retrieved from

http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging

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How to make money blogging on the Internet: 5 Tips Sell advertising. This is likely the most common means of

leveraging a blog to generate income. Help sell others' products. Here is another click-through

opportunity. Affiliate programs enable your. Solicit contributions. Ask for contributions. If, for instance, your

small-business blog supports a cause or issue in some fashion. Market your services in your blog. Many people associate

blogs exclusively with a cyberspace-based soapbox — a place to shout your opinions and little more than that.

Use a blog to deepen your existing customer relationships. Nor does any marketing material inserted in blog content have to be limited to bringing in completely new business.◦ Wuorio, J. (2009). How to make money from your blog: 5 tips. Retrieved

from http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/marketing/online-marketing/how-to-make-money-from-your-blog-5-tips.aspx

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How to make money blogging on the Internet: See How ProBlogger:

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/11/15/how-i-make-money-blogging/

Steve Pavlina: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/how-to-make-money-from-your-blog/

DoshDosh: http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-make-money-blogging-seven-strategies/

Grizzly’s: http://makemoneyforbeginners.blogspot.com/2007/02/blogger-basics-making-money-online.html

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Blogging sites (FREE) Blogger: www.blogger.com WordPress: http://wordpress.com/ TypePad: http://www.typepad.com/ FreeBlogIt: http://freeblogit.com/ Technorati: http://technorati.com/ LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/ Check this Article Out:

http://mashable.com/2007/08/06/free-blog-hosts/

And this one: http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Blog_Resources/

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Where to Advertise Your Blog Blog Catalog: http://www.blogcatalog.com/ Blog Top Sites:

http://www.blogtopsites.com/register.php TopRankBlogs:

http://www.toprankblog.com/rss-blog-directories/

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Selling Space on Your Blog InLinks: http://www.inlinks.com/ Compete: http://blog.compete.com/ Google Adwords:

http://www.google.com/ads/

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Examples of Blogging Sites Problogger: http://www.problogger.net/ Steve Pavlina:

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/how-to-make-money-from-your-blog/

Search Engine Journal: http://www.searchenginejournal.com/20-essential-blog-directories-to-submit-your-blog-to/5998/

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Web Resources What is a blog?

http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/

Atomic Learning Workshops: http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/blogging/

Blogs in Plain English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI

Introduction to blogging: http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Basics-A_Few_Blogging_Tips