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Lormito 09-22-2016 03:32 PM

Starting a blog
 
Could some help me? My sister asked for my help starting a blog. For this, I am clueless. I love reading them, but I know nothing about them. Is there a charge? How does one learn how to do this?

joe'smom 09-22-2016 04:42 PM

I am also clueless on this subject, so will read the replies with interest. I'm not really clear on how to follow a blog, much less create one.

slbram17 09-22-2016 04:51 PM


Originally Posted by Lormito (Post 7659060)
Could some help me? My sister asked for my help starting a blog. For this, I am clueless. I love reading them, but I know nothing about them. Is there a charge? How does one learn how to do this?

Here's a start maybe..https://www.blogger.com/about/?r=1-null_user

letawellman 09-22-2016 05:22 PM

Here's a link to a site that describes the top 11 FREE blog sites, and tidbits you should know about them:
http://stylecaster.com/best-free-blog-sites/

If you're going to be a "success" at blogging, you need to have something to say, at a minimum, once a week, if not more often. Once you get set up, and get a "following", you may want to consider having ads on your site. You get paid so much per click - this varies by ad stream provider.

I had a blog several years ago... but got tired of it, as I'm too ADHD to stick to just one subject for very long. I personally tend to go in "cycles" as to what my current primary focus is on life. Right now, it's quilting... and fixing up our farm that we bought last year. I also now have two grand-babies, so as they grow old enough to come stay on the farm for a couple weeks at a time during the summer, that might would take center stage.

At one point,I was couponing... horse training... quilting... and gardening. With that much stuff going on, a blog would loose "followers" because there's not a single primary focus.

Good luck with both your search as well as the blog itself!

bkay 09-22-2016 06:31 PM

The first question is, what does she want to get out of her blog? Why does she want to make a blog? That will tell you a lot about where you put your blog and what it will look like.

bkay

Doggramma 09-23-2016 08:06 AM

I know one thing that someone told me: really think about your blog name because you'll have the name for a long time. The person who said this named her blog something cutesy when her son was a baby, and now he's grown and the name doesn't suit her anymore.


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