3. Express Yourself
Market or Promote Something
Help People
Demonstrate expertise
Connect with People Like You
Make a Difference
Stay Active in a Field
Stay connected
HAVE FUN!!!!
7. Read other blogs
Read other blogs
twentybridges.blogspot.co.uk/
twentybridges.blogspot.co.uk/
adilhossain.wordpress.com/
adilhossain.wordpress.com/
Blogging tips from lorelle.wordpress.com/
Blogging tips from lorelle.wordpress.com/
8. Setting up the
Setting up the
blog
blog
Think about your spelling
Think about your spelling
and grammar
and grammar
Consider your headlines
Consider your headlines
Choose simple words
Choose simple words
Publish regularly
Publish regularly
Keep sentences short
Keep sentences short
9. An interview….what
did your friends think
of…..what did you
think……
Getting
noticed….start
your headlines
with……..
Use listings…help others
to find things….make it
interesting…..
Ask questions…..people can then answer
to build engagement……give your
opinion….asks others for theirs….carry out
your own film reviews…..get creative...
Be quirky……think of the
key search terms for
London….what would
other students love to
know…..
10.
11. Think of a snappy title for
your blog
Give it a name
Accessing your blog is
always
Be quirky……think of the key search terms for London
your domain.com/wpadmin/index.php
http://mikedohsays.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php
12. PAGE - These house
static content for your
site that shouldn’t
have a publish date such as About Me, or
a Contact form.
POST - This is the most fundamental type
of content that will form the majority of your
blog. A post consists of a title, the content
text itself, a publish date, a category, tags,
and associated attachments (such as
pictures).
TAGS - Tags should
describe the post more
specifically than
categories, and may be
used by search engines
to consider page
relevancy.
CATEGORIES - Generic
terms to classify posts.
Posts can have one or
more categories, use for
ease of browsing.
WIDGETS are little blocks of functionality that you
can add to your blog - generally in the sidebar
13. Header Images: This is the most prominent part of any website, so using your
own images, immediately gives it a personal touch. From the Appearance ->
Header section it’s so easy to just upload an image and then crop it to the right
dimensions.
Background Image:
Instead of a plain grey
background, you can even
customize your site with a
background image.
Dynamic resizing based
upon screen size - it
completely negates the
need for special mobile
sites and ensures a
consistent look and feel
across devices such as the
iPad. Try it now by opening
your blog homepage and
resizing it to a really thin
browser window.
The theme includes both
dark and light basic styles
to start customizing.
Choose these from the
Appearance -> Theme
Options.
Support for Tumblr-like
image only / quote /
“aside” post-types. In
cases where you don’t feel
a whole blog entry is
appropriate, just change
the post-type. “Aside” and
“Link” type posts can then
be shown in your sidebar
on the “Ephemera” widget.
15. Header Images: This is the most prominent part of any website, so using your own
images, immediately gives it a personal touch. From the Appearance -> Header
section it’s so easy to just upload an image and then crop it to the right dimensions.
18. Curate content
Curate content
But do link to where it
But do link to where it
came from
came from
But think before you borrow
But think before you borrow
A master class in blogging is not about the technical, it is about tapping your creativity to create great (and valuable) connections
Women make up the majority of bloggers, and half of bloggers are aged 18-34
Bloggers are well-educated: 7 out of 10 bloggers have gone to college, a majority of whom are graduates
About 1 in 3 bloggers are Moms, and 52 percent of bloggers are parents with kids under 18 years-old in their household
Bloggers are active across social media: they’re twice as likely to post/comment on consumer-generated video sites like YouTube, and nearly three times more likely to post in Message Boards/Forums within the last month
Difficult to be heard hence search terms etc
Lets start with the building bricks of your blog, with London as your theme you can choose any number of the things London is good at, such as culture, night life, food, diversity the arts, fitness you name it, choose the subject that suits you as a person. Then you need to look at who will be interested in it, from your perspective it is people back home and across the globe who may be thinking of studying abroad, but are just not sure what it would be like. Aim the content for the right audience. Planning the content could include short videos with you talking with your friends on your first impressions, building a diary as you go through. Whatever it is you need to plan it for continuity.
This is one of our bloggers from last year, so you will be writing about London, but you need more than that. You can keep blogging if you are interested so start there with your passions.
There is one principle to blogging. It isn't about the tech, nor is about having great copywriting, photography or video skills.
I am now going to talk you through the basics of setting up a wordpress site. How many of you have blogs already? OK I will keep this bit short.
Page – about you, where you live, interesting facts, my passions are etc. The post itself, tags help people find your content, if you are into web optimisation there are links on the last slide
Once published though you can continue to Edit
You don’t want all that effort to go to waste do you?
This way the links are automatically updated if they change their page and it helps with search and finding you!
