Thursday, 8 December 2011

A blog can be a useful tool for an individual and an organization. You can use your blog for several purposes such as:-

  • To market your products by having a blog for your business. Many companies create blogs while they also have websites.
  • To express your ideas and share information by posting information that you want to share with people and encourage others to comment or post their own ideas too.
  • As a business project where by you can run a blog and welcome companies, businesses to advertise on your blog, and you earn a certain amount of money as advertising income.

Things you need to note about blogs:
  • Major sources of blogging are Wordpress and Blogspot. In our lessons, we will be learning how to design blogs from BLOGSPOT.

  • You do not have to pay for any charges of hosting your blog, or name of your blog. The costs of blogging for you will be access to internet service.

  • Blogging is not an easy task, you need to have passion, love to learn new things and stay competitive because there are so many blogs out there, why would one come to visit your blog ?

What are the basic things you need to have so that you can do blogging by blogspot:
  1. Have a google mail (gmail). If you do not have one, CLICK HERE to sign up for your gmail account.
  2. You must have the knowledge of dealing with text, pictures (uploading, downloading), etc.
  3. If you want to post Youtube Videos, you must sign up for Youtube account. CLICK HERE

Then Don't Miss this series of How to develop your blog. 
We will continue tomorrow.