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So you want to start a blog : a step-by-step guide to starting a fun & profitable blog / by Rebekah Sack ; foreword by Ray Higdon, founder of the Ray Higdon Private Blogging Association.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sack, Rebekah, 1994- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blogs--Juvenile literature.
- Blogs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ocala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]
- Summary:
- Young people have hit the blogging world by storm. Take Tavi Gevinson, for example, who went from small fashion blog at 12 years old to millionaire at 19 or Nick Normile, the 16-year-old foodie who went from unknown to getting 10,000 hits in a single day on his food blog. This book gives the young adult market everything they need to know about starting and maintaining a successful blog. With tact and humor, we show the teen reader how to choose the right blogging platform as well as how to use WordPress. We cover how to design the perfect layout and other tactics to get traffic flowing to your site. You will learn how to increase your earnings using Google AdSense as well as general SEO tips for enhancing your blog. High-definition images aid this step-by-step guide by providing the young reader with accessible examples and tutorials. Experts in the marketplace fill this book with advice and helpful information that will speak to the ever-changing, complex blogging world. With this complete young adult guide in hand, any teen reader can become an Internet sensation.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- Blogging 101
- What is a Blog?
- The Blog Timeline
- Why Should I Start Blogging?
- A Blog's Structure
- Choosing the Best Blogging Software
- Who Blogs?
- Understanding Pingbacks and Trackbacks
- Chapter 2
- Blogging Etiquette
- The Golden Rule
- Don't Be a Simpleton
- It's Not About You
- Prepare for the Best
- Prepare for the Worst
- Create a Routine
- Don't be a Plagiarizer
- Don't Exploit your Friends
- Connect with Other Blogs
- Put on Your Grammar Cap
- What Would Grandma Say?
- Chapter 3
- Choosing a Topic & Name
- What Should I Blog About?
- What's in a Name?
- Chapter 4
- Design
- Design Basics
- Design Mistakes
- Blog Content
- Using Images
- Color Schemes
- Navigation
- Blog Must-Haves
- Chapter 5
- Famous Teen Bloggersand Their Stories
- Tavi Gevinson
- Nick Normile
- Zoella
- Spencer Tweedy
- Jeremy Salamon
- Calur Villade
- Monik Pamecha
- Chapter 6
- How to Make Money
- Advertising with Google AdSense
- Reviewing for Money
- Become an Affiliate
- Use Your Blog as a Platform
- Chapter 7
- Getting More Subscribers (for Free!)
- Placement of Your URL
- Write Articles
- Use the Internet
- Navbar for Blogger
- Be an Active Blogger
- Feedburner
- Linking
- Hold Giveaways/Contests
- Use Keywords
- Post to Social Media
- Be Patient
- Chapter 8
- Blogging Legally
- Can Bloggers Publish Whatever They Want?
- How Am I Protected as a Blogger?
- How Do I Avoid Legal Problems?
- Blogging Legal Review
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Author Bio.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62023-218-9
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