Blogs

A specific log of your own news and thoughts - shared with "followers". Blogs keep people tuned-in. They're a great vehicle to supply general "Dynamic" web content to engage your audience. Can be used well in conjunction with static pages on a website and as a news-feed for your website.

Tips for successful blogging include:

a) Determine "what your blog is for" and sticking to it.

b) Make use of the SEO facilities if your blogging platform has them

c) Grab readers' attention with intelligent placement of graphics and video

d) Ads shoudl not crowd-out content or noone will read your blog

e) You should post at least once a week

f) Don't over-advertise yourself in your own blog - it's a turn-off

g) Answer people who ask you questions and participate in your community

h) Circulate your content across social media

Blog Promotion:

Try blog promotion via:

Feedburner

Technorati.com

blogcatalog.com

slashdot.com

blogads.com

adbrite.com

phedo.com

kalsey.com/textad

Add your blog's RSS feed to the header section of your website to alert Firefox & other browser users of the availability of a feed.

It is good etiquette to list other blogs you follow on your blog (have a blogroll). Take a look at bloglines and blogrolling for how to generate a blogroll.

Notify blog indexes when you publish. Look at:

- weblogs.com

- bb.gs