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Personal Blog Assignment

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Project Overview
You are Now a Blogger
Choose a blogging niche and generate a
new blog post each week
Generate Content
Use Meltwater’s news and social search to
find new content each week.
Reflect on Your Experience
Each week we will have a class discussion
about the blogging process and environment

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Select your Niche

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What will your blog be about?
• Choose something
that you know and
love
• What are your
hobbies?
• What things do you
like and enjoy
doing?
• How do you spend
your free time?

5.
Create Your Blog

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Create your Blog on
WordPress.com
Go to https://wordpress.com/
1. Select “Get Started”
2. Choose a theme
3. Create a domain name
4. Select the free account type
5. Plug in your email and create a
password
6. Go to this link to access free
WordPress tutorial videos Click Here

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Find Content

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Find Content with Meltwater
Tag relevant
articles
Export Relevant
Articles and
Graphs
• The link below
shows how create a
detailed news
search in Meltwater
• Watch This!
• Create a dashboard
using tagged
• Analyze trends
• Watch how to tag
articles here!
• Include hyperlinks to
relevant articles in
your blog
• Embed Meltwater trend
widgets
Create news and
social search’s in
Meltwater

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Begin Blogging

10.
10
Tips for a Successful Blog
• 16 Tips from
Blogging Experts
• 7 Essential Tips
for a WordPress
Begginner

11.
Analyze your Blogs
Results

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Review the WordPress Stats
Page
• This page provides important
statistics; views, visitors, likes,
and comments
• Track this analytics to measure the
success of your blog posts