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Building a Successful Blog
By Pinal Dave
In this introductory course on blogging we will go over a few of the basics of blogging and show the way to get started with blogging immediately.
Course info
Rating
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 13, 2013
Duration
2h 5m
Table of contents
Introduction
Blogging Concepts, Ideas and Motives
Introduction
1m
Blog is a Webiste
1m
What is a Website?
2m
What is a Blog?
2m
Blog vs Website
3m
Why People Blog?
2m
Quiz: Are blogs right for you?
5m
Single Author vs Multi Author
2m
Points to Ponder
2m
Getting Started with Blogging
Introduction
1m
How to Choose a Blog Host
2m
Blogging Applications
1m
Wordpress
2m
Demo: Wordpress
3m
Blogspot
1m
Demo: Blogspot
1m
Tumblr
1m
Demo: Tumblr
1m
Typepad and Live Journal
1m
Choosing a Blog Host - Points for Considerations
4m
Various Hosting Options
2m
Domain Names
4m
Good and Bad Domain Names
2m
Custom Theme
5m
Design Elements - Readability
4m
Design Elements - Color, Fonts, Menu etc
3m
Demo: Good Designs
2m
Design Elements - Background
3m
Parts of Blogs
2m
Title - Best Practices
4m
Pages, categories and Tags
2m
Comments
1m
RSS Feed
1m
Points to Ponder
1m
Writing an Interesting Blog
Introduction
2m
Identifying Topics
7m
Writing an Irresistible Title
5m
Demo: Irresistible Title
3m
Title Writing Don'ts
2m
Writing a Great Intro Story
3m
Making Blog Scannable
4m
Writing an End to a Blog Post
1m
End to End Blog Post
2m
Overcoming Bloggers Block
2m
Points to Ponder
1m
Blogging Rules, Ethics and Etiquette
Introduction
1m
Legal Issues
2m
Creative Commons
1m
Blog Etiquette
2m
Comments Etiquette
3m
Blogging Do's
2m
Blogging Don'ts
2m
Points to Ponder
1m
Frequently Asked Questions
Checklist for Building successful Blog
Description
Course info
Rating
Level
Beginner
Updated
May 13, 2013
Duration
2h 5m
Description
Expressing yourself is the most common behavior of humans, and blogging has made it easy to express yourself. Just like a letter or book has a structure and formula, blogging also has structure and formula. In this introductory course on blogging, we will go over a few of the basics of blogging and show how to get started with blogging immediately. If you already have a blog, this course will be even more relevant, as it will discuss many of the common questions and issues you face in your blogging routine.
About the author
About the author
Pinal Dave is a Pluralsight Developer Evangelist.
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