The document outlines a personal blogging assignment in which students select a niche, create a blog on WordPress.com, and generate weekly content using Meltwater for finding relevant articles. Students are encouraged to reflect on their blogging experience and participate in class discussions. It also includes tips for successful blogging and instructions for tracking blog performance through WordPress statistics.

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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

3. 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

7. 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

9. 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