Building a Successful Blog

Pluralsight

Course Summary

In this introductory course on blogging we will go over a few of the basics of blogging and show the way to get started with blogging immediately.

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Course Description

Expressing yourself is the most common behavior of humans, and blogging has made it easy to express yourself. Just like a letter or book has a structure and formula, blogging also has structure and formula. In this introductory course on blogging, we will go over a few of the basics of blogging and show how to get started with blogging immediately. If you already have a blog, this course will be even more relevant, as it will discuss many of the common questions and issues you face in your blogging routine.

Course Description

Expressing yourself is the most common behavior of humans, and blogging has made it easy to express yourself. Just like a letter or book has a structure and formula, blogging also has structure and formula. In this introductory course on blogging, we will go over a few of the basics of blogging and show how to get started with blogging immediately. If you already have a blog, this course will be even more relevant, as it will discuss many of the common questions and issues you face in your blogging routine.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction
- 1m 28s

—Introduction 1m 28s

Blogging Concepts, Ideas and Motives
- 19m 17s

—Introduction 0m 39s
—Blog is a Webiste 0m 39s
—What is a Website? 2m 15s
—What is a Blog? 2m 25s
—Blog vs Website 2m 55s
—Why People Blog? 1m 55s
—Quiz: Are blogs right for you? 4m 35s
—Single Author vs Multi Author 2m 16s
—Points to Ponder 1m 38s

Getting Started with Blogging
- 51m 25s

—Introduction 0m 57s
—How to Choose a Blog Host 1m 55s
—Blogging Applications 0m 48s
—Wordpress 1m 43s
—Demo: Wordpress 2m 42s
—Blogspot 1m 0s
—Demo: Blogspot 1m 27s
—Tumblr 0m 46s
—Demo: Tumblr 0m 39s
—Typepad and Live Journal 0m 49s
—Choosing a Blog Host - Points for Considerations 3m 59s
—Various Hosting Options 1m 46s
—Domain Names 3m 36s
—Good and Bad Domain Names 1m 33s
—Custom Theme 4m 41s
—Design Elements - Readability 3m 35s
—Design Elements - Color, Fonts, Menu etc 2m 54s
—Demo: Good Designs 2m 7s
—Design Elements - Background 3m 7s
—Parts of Blogs 1m 57s
—Title - Best Practices 3m 49s
—Pages, categories and Tags 1m 56s
—Comments 1m 17s
—RSS Feed 1m 17s
—Points to Ponder 1m 5s

Writing an Interesting Blog
- 31m 8s

—Introduction 1m 48s
—Identifying Topics 7m 21s
—Writing an Irresistible Title 5m 2s
—Demo: Irresistible Title 3m 16s
—Title Writing Don'ts 1m 30s
—Writing a Great Intro Story 2m 31s
—Making Blog Scannable 3m 30s
—Writing an End to a Blog Post 1m 14s
—End to End Blog Post 2m 24s
—Overcoming Bloggers Block 1m 52s
—Points to Ponder 0m 40s

Blogging Rules, Ethics and Etiquette
- 12m 49s

—Introduction 0m 47s
—Legal Issues 1m 59s
—Creative Commons 0m 50s
—Blog Etiquette 2m 20s
—Comments Etiquette 2m 33s
—Blogging Do's 1m 52s
—Blogging Don'ts 1m 45s
—Points to Ponder 0m 43s

Frequently Asked Questions
- 8m 10s

—Introduction 0m 30s
—Frequently Asked Questions 7m 13s
—Do you have any more questions? 0m 27s

Checklist for Building successful Blog
- 1m 42s

—Checklist for Building successful Blog 1m 42s

Course Fee:

USD 29

Course Type:	Self-Study
Course Status:	Active
Workload:	1 - 4 hours / week

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Course Fee:

USD 29

Course Type:	Self-Study
Course Status:	Active
Workload:	1 - 4 hours / week

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