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(Still) New to Blogging? Better Make Your Own WordPress Site Instead

By Christian

With the rise of the blogger generation over the past few years, it is not possible that somepeople may still be new to the topic of making your own blog or website. Do you want to setup a blog but are not sure where to host it? There are certainly numerous options for you to choose from but we of course recommend using the WordPress platform to host your blog. User experience wise, it is completely free and it offers features that many blogs either do not have or do not have in abundance. Below are our reasons you should host your own blog using WordPress.

1 – You Own Your Blog

The number one reason to choose WordPress over the others for your blog is that with WordPress, you are in charge of what you want to feature, and how you want to do it. By downloading a number of useful plugins at WordPress.org, you can install them yourself on your own web server and then you are free to do whatever you want with the content.

2 – Easy Bookmarking and Social Media Integration

It is well known that WordPress is a preferred blogging platform for bookmarking sites such as Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit and for social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Blogger and other blogging platforms are not nearly as favored and WordPress has become somewhat of the global standard for social networking sites.

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3 – Easy Customization Via Themes

Hands down, WordPress far exceeds Blogger and other platforms with regard to the number and style of themes available to users.  There is a theme available for just about every style and themes are fairly easy to install. Just find the theme, click install, then click activate, and you’re done.

4 – Easier to go forth with Search Engine Optimization

WordPress far exceeds other platforms in regards to SEO. The program has a very robust built in system, and this can actually be improved via the use of additional SEO related plugins. SEO is very important if you want the right readers to find your site and the ability to optimize your site via SEO is among the most important things you can do to boost traffic.

5 – Blog Reselling

If your Blogger blog has become popular and you want to sell it to make money, you can do this. Google owns Blogger and does not permit the sale of Blogger sites. On the other hand, WordPress does not have restrictions when you host your own site. If your blog becomes popular and you want to sell out, you are free to do so.

6 – Mobile Customization

WordPress has perhaps the best options for mobile customization thanks to both plugins and themes available to users. Using the WPtouch plugin, simpler sites can be automatically rendered for most mobile devices. For those wanting to reach the greatest number of mobile users, a responsive design template is best for your site as your content will automatically re-size and rearrange based on the device it is being displayed on. You can check also check out an easy video tutorial on how to make a mobile friendly WordPress site, like this one, to know the steps on how you can do it yourself.

Lastly, having your own blog reflects on how you are moving forward with your passions in life. With a wide variety of topics to choose from, in time, who knows? Your blog might stand out among the rest of them all over the world. This is the most important factor that you have to consider, so feel free to explore and start making your own website instead.

 

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: Blogging

What is a Blog Editorial Calendar and Do I Need One?

By Christian

Question: What is a blog editorial calendar? Do I need one?

An editorial calendar is a tool many professional bloggers use to keep track of and organize their daily blog posts. It can be as simple as a grid of post-it notes on the wall or as intricate as an Excel spreadsheet. A dated Excel sheet, but a good resource can be found on Andy Wibbels’s blog.

The month is broken down into days, and each day is assigned a particular category of blog posts to help the blogger think of topics for that particular day. Underneath the days are different blog topics you have written or intend to write.

Another page on the spreadsheet could contain all of your blog ideas for future posts. When you are ready to write and publish a post, it goes from one spreadsheet to another.

Many bloggers don’t use an editorial calendar, but it can definitely be useful if you are having trouble finding a blog topic for a particular day or to keep track of possible topics for future posts.

Organizing different blog topics for different days can help overcome the dreaded “what am I going to write today” obstacle. For instance, on a web design blog you might have assigned the following topics to the days of the week:

  • Monday: jQuery examples
  • Tuesday: Site of the day
  • Wednesday: Tips and Tricks
  • Thursday: Cool Tools
  • Friday: News from around the web
  • Saturday: Off
  • Sunday: Off

Categorizing your main toipics this way will help direct your posting, plus it will also provide consistency for your readers.

Whether you use a formal editorial calendar or its all in your head, breaking your blog into definite categories for different days of the week can greatly increase your producitity.

Filed Under: Blogging, Content, Writing Tagged With: blog posts, Blogging, calendar, word press

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