Phew. I just completed my second month of blogging. Here are six things I learned about starting a blog:
- There are widgets. I didn’t even know what they were two months ago, let alone how to install one. But look over to the right-hand side of the screen, I managed to install some. Hold on a minute, Geek Squad just called and they want me to come work for them.
- Social networking might just suck the life right out of me. It’s useful and entertaining, but it completely dries up all my productivity. I like the good-old-days when people use to leave comments for each other on posts.
- Making connections with other bloggers is cool. That’s right, I like finding people who share mutual interests and I’ve found some really interesting blogs to entertain me. I wasn’t really reading a lot of blogs a year ago, and hey, look at me now.
- Your mom will find your blog for the first time on the very day you publish a post entitled Grandma-Friendly: Charles M. Schulz Museum. Heeheeheee…true story.
- If you write about sand castles blowing up, Google will lead people to your site when they search: sandcastles blow up. Nobody has searched for kick-ass sand castles, yet.
- You remember the people who are there to support you from the very beginning. When I’m a famous travel writer, jet-setting all over the world, I will bring along those of you who are reading this right now. So just hang in there with me, and soon we will all be lounging on the beaches of Côte d’Azur. French sandcastles are way more sophisticated.
Love this – so true! And always good to have new job opportunities with the likes of Geek Squad! Who knows, they might need Twexperts.
Lorraine, you are the lucky winner. You’re definitely coming to the French Riviera.
7. Your best ideas for posts come to you at a time when you are nowhere near a computer or ink/paper. So you make a mental note about the really cool thing that you know you’re going to forget about later. So, always have paper and pen on hand. or at the very least, a pen so you can write on your hand. congrats on month #2!!!
I just invested in little notebook for my purse, for when the muse strikes. Oh and Ms. You Know Who, I hope you like French sand, because you’re coming too.
You sound a lot like me after I’d blogged a few months…I’ve yet to make a year, though.
It never ceases to amaze me what the most popular searches are that bring folks to my blog, or what posts seem to draw the most traffic.
I’ll add #8–always take photos of the signs/historical markers of places you think you may write about later. I’ve done this for years (well before I started blogging), and you’ll be surprised how often it comes in handy when you wonder how to spell something, look up a date, etc.
Hey, thanks for the ideas? Can you give the tips, resources that helped you, etc. just to start a blog up.