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Blog Writer - Resources
Resources
16 Top Tips for Beginners
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This post on Buffer describes 16 tips that blogging experts have given to beginners. Each tip has useful examples to help you understand how the tip can be applied on a real blog.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
17 Blogging Mistakes to Avoid
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It’s good to know several tips about how to write a good blog, but it’s also equally important to know what mistakes you should avoid. This article explains 17 mistakes that you might make while blogging and what you can do instead.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
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22 Wildly-Successful Bloggers
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This list of 22 successful bloggers analyzes each blogger’s success to show you what you can learn from them. The article provides information on each blogger’s revenue over time, blog statistics, monetization strategies, expenses, and the major takeaways from all these numbers. This is a great article to read if you’re looking for strategies that have been successful historically.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Blog Engage
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Blog Engage is a community of bloggers. You can post about anything pertaining to your blog, using tags and categories to make it more accessible for other bloggers writing in the same category. The site also has chat and private message features so you can connect with other bloggers.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
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Blogger
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Blogger is one of the most common blogging platforms available. It’s simple and easy to use, with special design templates, tags, and website analytics. You can even make a profit with enough traffic because of Google AdSense, so you can write about whatever you want while ads generate profit for you.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
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Blogging Basics 101
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Blogging Basics 101 is a website with tons of tips on blogging. Content ranges from a beginner’s guide to starting a blog to what kind of mistakes you should avoid as a blogger. Definitely check it out!
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
DoSplash
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DoSplash is a website where bloggers can share blog posts, how-to guides, and other blogging content. By submitting your blog post to DoSplash, you can let other people in the community become aware of your blog, increasing traffic and attracting attention to your blog.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Medium
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Medium is also a site where you can write posts, but it’s a little different because you don’t have your own site. Since you publish stories to the entire audience on Medium, it’s easier to gain a following and introduce your stories to more readers. Medium also offers publications that you can publish your story to in order to attract readers interested in the specific category.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
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peterme.com
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If you want an example of a good blog, why not go back to “the guy who coined the word ‘blog?’” On his blog, Peter Merholz has tons of essays that cover various fields. Although his essays might not be relevant to the topics you’re interested in, maybe you can learn something useful from exploring his page.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
Robot Wisdom auxiliary
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Jorn Barger, the creator of Robot Wisdom, coined the term “weblog,” which was shortened to just “blog” later in 1999. Robot Wisdom auxiliary has plenty of writing that you can look through and potentially learn from. The site, with lowercase titles and a casual tone, is an example of one style you could use in your blog.
Category: Other Books & Resources
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
ShoutMeLoud
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ShoutMeLoud is a platform with a mission to help individuals grow as bloggers. Community members make helpful posts about how to start up a blog, why you should blog, how to monetize a blog, etc. The following link takes you to all their articles that are related to blogging.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
The Blog Starter
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This website guides beginner and intermediate bloggers through starting a blog, from setting up the website to making money from it. Scott Chow breaks the process into seven steps, clearly explaining each step to help make setup as easy as possible.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
WebsiteSetup
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WebsiteSetup offers a guide on starting a blog in 7 steps. It explains everything from choosing the topic your blog will be about to adding design to the website. This guide uses WordPress to explain the process of setting up, so it is especially helpful if you decide to use WordPress to host your blog.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
Weebly
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Weebly is a website builder that can easily be used for blogging. With theme templates, user-friendly builders, and integrated analytics, Weebly is a useful tool for building any website, including blogs. You can choose different levels of pricing, ranging from free to $26/month, based on what features you want access to.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
WordPress
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WordPress is a general website builder, but it is often used for blogging. This is a great option if you want control over exactly how your blog is displayed, but you don’t want to code. It does get more expensive the more freedom you want, but there is a free option that gives you basic features.
Category: Other Apps & Websites
Skill Levels:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
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