How To Do Blogging and Podcasting

If you blog as a hobby, or just to get your business out there on the World Wide Web, you must generate goals for your blog. Blogging requires long-term commitment. So set your goals as long-term also. Try to set goals for your blog six months at a time. A goal could be answering the top fifty questions asked by customers if you have a business. Or using your blog to write a book if it is a hobby. Once you figured out what your blog is going to accomplish, you set up an account at Blogger.com or Wordpress. You can use technorati.com to find other blogs to sign up for also.

But I use Blogger and Wordpress because they are easy to set up and use. You don't have to install any software to use them and they are free. Just follow the step-by-step instructions to set up your blog and start writing. Remember to keep it simple, clean and easy to read. When writing keep in mind the scannability, in other words space out your lines, and use bullet points when necessary. The next step to blogging would be to publish your post and then promoting it. The easiest way I found to promote your post is to use pingfm and send out the link. Also, adding an RSS feed to show the post, alerts the web spiders you have updated you blog and there is new content.

A podcast is nothing more than a video or audio post using a special RSS feed. But podcasts do require some extra steps to put together and a little bit of technology too. You will need a computer, recording software like Audacity, a microphone and a feedburner to broadcast. Now you are ready to record your blog posts. After you record, save and send through your RSS feed. This is a great way to connect with your audience. Have fun blogging and podcasting. God Bless.

Isabella Fiorentino