Best Ways to Learn About Blogging or Improve Your Blog

Technorati (a blog search engine)  lists over 1,600 homeschool blogs.

Why do homeschoolers blog?

A blog allows you to quickly and easily create a place on the web where people can find you, learn about you, and interact with you.

A blog creates a conversation between you and the people who matter to you. A blog allows you to have an ongoing conversation about topics that are important to you. It also allows you to:

chronicle homeschool journey promote business share family news share photos share a passion meet friends vent its therapeutic

share special needs info share book reviews post support group news share political views heal learn write etc. etc.

Considering Blogging?

• Is a Blog Right for You? 23 Questions for Prospective Bloggers – ProBlogger
• Pros and Cons of Blogging – Blizzard
• Considering Blogging? – DesiringGod
• 25 Things You Need to Know Before You Write for a Living – SuccessfulBlog
• 10 Essential Legal Points for Bloggers – DailyBlogTips

Blogging Tips for Beginners from ProBlogger

• What is a Blog?
• Blogging Tips for Beginners
• How to Write Your “About Me” Page
• How to Choose a Niche Topic for Your Blog
• Choosing a Blog Platform
• Choosing a Domain Name for your Blog
• Blog Tools

Blogging Books

Top 10 Blogs on Blogging

1. Problogger
2. Copyblogger
3. Lorelle on WordPress
4. Blogtrepreneur
5. Daily Blog Tips
6. Quick Online Tips
7. Dosh Dosh
8. Bloggers Blog
9. Build A Better Blog
10. I Help You Blog

How Do I Keep Up With all These Blogs?

You can browse all the blogs above in one place (and sort by category) by using a Blog reader. See Optimize Your Blog Reading Potential

Tips for Writing Content for Blogs from ProBlogger

• Useful and Unique Content
• Post Length
• Granular (One pic) Posts
• Using Titles Effectively on Blogs
• Scannable Content
• Basic HTML Tags
• More on Writing Content for your Blog Read the rest of this entry »
• Forget About Page Rank and Build a Better Blog

Blog Mistakes

• Ten Design Mistakes by Jakob Nielsen
• Do You Make These Mistakes With Your Blog? by Brain Clark
• Twelve SEO Mistakes Bloggers Make by Stephan Spencer
• My Blogging Mistakes and Their Outcome by Thilak
• 18 Stupid Mistakes Bloggers Make in their First Year by Christine Kane
• Don’t Underestimate the Commitment by Andrew
• The Biggest Blogging Mistake I did was not Blogging by Francesco
• Learning from Mistakes: Opening Links in New Windows by Nirmal
• Common Blogging Mistakes by Vijay

Must Read Post

• Blogging Addictions/ Blogging Balance – HeartofWisdom
• 11 Time Management Tips for Bloggers – Technospoty
• 5 Tips to Make Your Post More Readable - Natewhitehill
• How Write Magnetic Headlines -Copyblogger
• Five Grammatical Errors That Make You Look Dumb -CopyBlogger
• Why Use Word Press?-BlogOhBlog

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