5 Days To My Blog - Day 1 - Introduction To Blogging

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What is A Blog:

A Blog is a collection of articles written by individuals for the readership of others.

Such collection of articles is one that of a necessity addresses certain needs of the readers with a view to offering solutions to perceived and/or identified problems or some palliative measures.

Types Of Blog

There are as many types of blogs as there are writers.

There are Personal Diaries which serve as blogs in which the writers avail the reader of their everyday life - what they did for the day, where they went to, what they ate, who they hung out with e.t.c. and with pictures to buttress the activities.

There are Specialized Blogs dedicated to certain human needs e.g Health Blog, Food/Nutrition Blog, Fitness Blog, Fashion Blog, Hi-Tech Blog, Sports Blog, e.t.c.

There are Generalized Blogs in which the writers combine all the above. Such blogs may have several pages dealing with different topics.

To be successful in issue based blogging, you need to find out what you are passionate about, what you can discuss with ethos and empathy and then write on it.

If you want to succeed in generalized blogging, then you have to have a flare for picking out hot news and serving it fresh to your readers.

If you want to run an issue based blog e.g health, you might want to write on a specific area of health - that is called a niche - it could be reproductive health, it could be sexual health, it could be geriatric health, it could be paediatric health. You can still choose a smaller niche under the big one to blog about e.g. under reproductive health you could choose to blog about female reproductive health and systems.

Like I said earlier, you have to have passion for the area you choose to write on.

Choosing A Name For Your Blog

A name for your blog is the front office of your blog because it serves as the inviter to your blog.

So the name you choose for your blog should have direct bearing to what your readers expect to read when they come visiting.

If it's a Personal Blog, then your name would suffice e.g. drjerrythefirst.com - a personal blog of Dr. Jerry - the First. So anyone coming to this blog would expect to read about the activities of Dr. Jerry - the First

But if it is an issue based blog e.g. health, a personal name would not suffice, rather a name related to the niche you want to write on would suffice e.g. femalehealth.com or menshealth.com or sexualhealth.com.

If it is a generalized blog, then the name does not need to be specific e.g Online Business Solutions can accommodate all types of pages.

Description of Your Blog

After choosing the name of your blog the next thing is to describe the blog.

This is just a one sentence super-executive summary of what your blog stands for. It is not the place to write an essay.

To wrap up:

Today we have introduced you to blogging, its definition, the types, how to choose a name, how to describe your blog and the ingredients for becoming a successful blogger.

Assignment

1. a. Brainstorm with yourself, do a self analysis (SWOT) and find out what makes your heart to beat faster - that is your passion

b.  Create a name out of your passion

c.   Write a one sentence description of what it is all about.

2.   If you don't have a gmail account then open one.

     Go to http://www.gmail.com and create an account; it takes only 2 minutes.

Submit your assignment on this blog before 12 noon tomorrow 14.04.15

God bless you

Dr. Jerry - the First Oguzie

Lead Resource Person

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