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How do you get started in blogging?

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Yolanda Brown

Content Writer, Strategist & Editor | Founder, CopyWrite Brown℠ | Turning content overwhelm into ease

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Answered on July 15th, 2018

Cathy,

Choose a blogging platform, domain name, and hosting option.

Design your blog using a simple theme for first. You can always level up.

Modify your blog to get your desired look and feel.

Select the best plugins for your blog.

Write compelling content that adds value to readers.

ReseRch your industry and the niche market you want to serve.

Follow blogs that you find may be parallel or perpendicular to your market niche. Look at what your peers and competitors are doing with their blog.

Create a profilevofbyour deal reader. Write to the reader/client only.

Be conversational... coffee talk tone works well...

Create an editorial calendar that lays out what you will share, the dates you will publish content, decide on a mix of content—pictures, copy, video...

Get an editor if grammar and spelling are an issue

Pay attention to your comments on the blog. Be responsive and interact with the readers.

Read and use the analytics

If you hate to write hire me.

All the best Cathy!
Yolanda

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How do you get started in blogging?

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Yolanda Brown

Content Writer, Strategist & Editor | Founder, CopyWrite Brown℠ | Turning content overwhelm into ease

Join Yolanda and 11+ million other Small Business Owners

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How do you get started in blogging?

Answered by:

Yolanda Brown

Content Writer, Strategist & Editor | Founder, CopyWrite Brown℠ | Turning content overwhelm into ease

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