This presentation is about blog, bloggers, and blogging.

1. Michelle Post, Ph.D.

2.  What are blogs?
 What is a blogger?
 What is blogging?
 Types of Blogs
 The Blog Content
 A Few Blogging Tips
 How to make money blogging on the Internet: 5 Tips
 How to make money blogging on the Internet: See How
 Blogging sites (FREE)
 Where to Advertise Your Blog
 Selling Space on Your Blog
 Examples of Blogging Sites
 Web Resources
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3.  A weblog is a blog.
 “A blog is a type of website that is usually
arranged in chronological order from the most
recent „post‟ (or entry) at the top of the main
page to the older entries towards the bottom.”
◦ Rowse, D. (2005, February 5). What is a blog? Retrieved from
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/05/what-is-a-blog/
 “A blog is a Web site that functions as a
journal, or a diary, or a place to post your
thoughts and opinions pertaining to a particular
subject matter.”
◦ Atomic Learning. (2009). Blogging workshop. Retrieved from
http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/blogging/
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4.  “Personal blogs: The personal blog, an ongoing diary or commentary by an
individual, is the traditional, most common blog.
 Corporate blogs: A blog can be private, as in most cases, or it can be for
business purposes.
 Question blogging: is a type of blog that answers questions.
 By Media Type: A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising
links is called a link log, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a
sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog.
 By Device: Blogs can also be defined by which type of device is used to
compose it.
 By Genre: Some blogs focus on a particular subject, such as political
blogs, travel blogs, house blogs, fashion blogs, project blogs, education
blogs, niche blogs, classical music blogs, quizzing blogs and legal blogs
(often referred to as a blawgs) or dreamlogs.”
◦ Wikipedia. (2009). Blog: Types of blogs. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog#Types
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5.  “A main content area with articles listed
chronologically, newest on top. Often, the
articles are organized into categories.
 An archive of older articles.
 A way for people to leave comments about
the articles.
 A list of links to other related
sites, sometimes called a "blogroll".
 One or more "feeds" like RSS, Atom or RDF
files.”
◦ Wordpress.org. (n.d.). Introduction to blogging. Retrieved from
http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging
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6.  “Post regularly, but don't post if you have nothing
worth posting about.
 Stick with only a few specific genres to talk
about.
 Don't put 'subscribe' and 'vote me' links all over
the front page until you have people that like
your blog enough to ignore them (they're usually
just in the way).
 Use a clean and simple theme if at all possible.
 Enjoy, blog for fun, comment on other peoples'
blogs (as they normally visit back).”
◦ Wordpress.org. (n.d.). Introduction to blogging. Retrieved from
http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging
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7.  Sell advertising. This is likely the most common means of
leveraging a blog to generate income.
 Help sell others' products. Here is another click-through
opportunity. Affiliate programs enable your.
 Solicit contributions. Ask for contributions. If, for instance, your
small-business blog supports a cause or issue in some fashion.
 Market your services in your blog. Many people associate blogs
exclusively with a cyberspace-based soapbox — a place to shout
your opinions and little more than that.
 Use a blog to deepen your existing customer relationships. Nor
does any marketing material inserted in blog content have to be
limited to bringing in completely new business.
◦ Wuorio, J. (2009). How to make money from your blog: 5 tips. Retrieved
from
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/resources/marketing/online-
marketing/how-to-make-money-from-your-blog-5-tips.aspx
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8.  ProBlogger:
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2007/11/1
5/how-i-make-money-blogging/
 Steve Pavlina:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/ho
w-to-make-money-from-your-blog/
 DoshDosh: http://www.doshdosh.com/how-to-
make-money-blogging-seven-strategies/
 Grizzly‟s:
http://makemoneyforbeginners.blogspot.com/2
007/02/blogger-basics-making-money-
online.html
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9.  Blogger: www.blogger.com
 WordPress: http://wordpress.com/
 TypePad: http://www.typepad.com/
 FreeBlogIt: http://freeblogit.com/
 Technorati: http://technorati.com/
 LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/
 Check this Article Out:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/06/free-blog-
hosts/
 And this one:
http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Blog_Resources
/
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10.  Blog Catalog: http://www.blogcatalog.com/
 Blog Top Sites:
http://www.blogtopsites.com/register.php
 TopRankBlogs:
http://www.toprankblog.com/rss-blog-
directories/
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11.  InLinks: http://www.inlinks.com/
 Compete: http://blog.compete.com/
 Google Adwords:
http://www.google.com/ads/
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12.  Problogger: http://www.problogger.net/
 Steve Pavlina:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/
how-to-make-money-from-your-blog/
 Search Engine Journal:
http://www.searchenginejournal.com/20-
essential-blog-directories-to-submit-your-
blog-to/5998/
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13.  What is a blog?
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/02/0
5/what-is-a-blog/
 Atomic Learning Workshops:
http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/blogging
/
 Blogs in Plain English:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXjXI
 Introduction to blogging:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blo
gging#Basics-A_Few_Blogging_Tips
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