- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition (4 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0470230177
- ISBN-13: 978-0470230176
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 18.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 419,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Everybody’s doing it! And while that logic never got far with your mother, it’s a fine reason to start blogging, especially if you have a business to build or a cause to promote. Well–run blogs do more than offer an outlet for your thoughts. They’ve actually influenced everything from a company’s image to the outcome of a local election.
Because the blogosphere is pretty crowded, it’s a good idea to find out a bit about the anatomy of a blog, what makes a good one, and what it takes to keep one going before you dive right in and start sharing with the world. Blogging For Dummies, 2nd Edition gives you all the basics so you can get a good start. And if you’ve been around the blog a few times and want to advance to the next level, Blogging For Dummies, 2nd Edition even takes a look at podcasting and videoblogging.
You’ll find out how to:
- Make your blog stand out in a crowd, build an audience, and even make it pay
- Choose the best software options, boost readership, and handle comments
- Generate revenue from your blog with ads and sponsorships
- Protect your privacy and your job
- Deal with spam and the inappropriate comments from that guy who posts several times a day
- Find your niche
- Attract and keep readers
- Use your blog to promote your business, cause, or organization
- Add audio, video, cool widgets, and more
Ready? Get Blogging for Dummies and let’s get started!
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Express yourself, build your business, or promote a cause
Make your blog stand out in a crowd, build an audience, and even make it pay
Whether you′re just finding out about blogs or you′ve been blogging for a while and are curious about podcasting or videoblogging, you can find answers in this book! Get the scoop on software options and how to boost readership, handle comments, make money with ads and sponsorships, add audio or video, and much more.
Discover how to:
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Create and maintain a blog that draws readers
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Protect your privacy and your job
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Deal with spam and inappropriate comments
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Find your niche
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Use your blog to promote your business
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am fairly new to blogging so I found this book to be extremely useful. I was using the basics of blogging and wanted to use it more effectively and Blogging for Dummies has helped me to do this. I agree the advanced user might find it less helpful, but I liked the way it took me through the stages of blogging in easy steps. Following the chapters I have developed my blogs and have incorporated some of the techniques into what I am doing. I like the way it gives you a general overview in the beginning and then develops the themes mentioned later in the book. I would certainly recommend this book to all those new to blogging or those who have been using the basics for some time and wish to gorw their skills.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have found over the years of reading numerous `Dummies' books that the quality of them can be very variable. Fortunately `Blogging for Dummies' is one of the better books in the series I have read.
This has a similar layout to other books in the series and if you know one book, you pretty much know the style of them all. This has informal prose, plenty of icons to guide you through the text, short accessible chapters and the `Part of Tens' at the back.
In this book you will learn how to get started, with full explanations of blogging and what it entails. You will be guided through various software and finding your niche or topic to blog about. It helps with ideas to build your community following and how to deal with comments on your blog and it also has ideas for marketing. It finishes up by exploring how you can make money from your blog or tie it into your existing business, before ending on some lists of tips to grow your community, ways to make your blog shine and some key blogs to explore. It also has a glossary and appendix briefly exploring html code used in blogs. This last section is very basic indeed and shouldn't be relied upon to make your blog fully functional from scratch, this is beyond the scope of this book and something you'd have to research elsewhere.
There are plenty of screen shots to demonstrate ideas explored in the book, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to carry out certain functions on your blog and related sites. This is easy to read and has plenty of ideas to help your blog develop and grow and I have been gradually utilising some of the ideas in this book on my own blog as I have worked my way through the book.
All in all this is an interesting and informative introduction to the world of blogging and should turn you from a novice into a competent blogger in no time. In the short time I have been blogging I have found it remarkably satisfying and with the knowledge on hand in this book you should soon be feeling the same way.
Feel free to check out my blog which can be found on my profile page.
This has a similar layout to other books in the series and if you know one book, you pretty much know the style of them all. This has informal prose, plenty of icons to guide you through the text, short accessible chapters and the `Part of Tens' at the back.
In this book you will learn how to get started, with full explanations of blogging and what it entails. You will be guided through various software and finding your niche or topic to blog about. It helps with ideas to build your community following and how to deal with comments on your blog and it also has ideas for marketing. It finishes up by exploring how you can make money from your blog or tie it into your existing business, before ending on some lists of tips to grow your community, ways to make your blog shine and some key blogs to explore. It also has a glossary and appendix briefly exploring html code used in blogs. This last section is very basic indeed and shouldn't be relied upon to make your blog fully functional from scratch, this is beyond the scope of this book and something you'd have to research elsewhere.
There are plenty of screen shots to demonstrate ideas explored in the book, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to carry out certain functions on your blog and related sites. This is easy to read and has plenty of ideas to help your blog develop and grow and I have been gradually utilising some of the ideas in this book on my own blog as I have worked my way through the book.
All in all this is an interesting and informative introduction to the world of blogging and should turn you from a novice into a competent blogger in no time. In the short time I have been blogging I have found it remarkably satisfying and with the knowledge on hand in this book you should soon be feeling the same way.
Feel free to check out my blog which can be found on my profile page.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have found this book extremely helpful. It has really given me a lot of insight on readability. I have begun podcasting thanks to the help of this book as I previously had no clue where to begin on this. The podcast will be a very useful supplement to my written blog. The information is set out in a way that it is easy to find and you don't need to read it from cover to cover to gain the information you need. I am also one of life's margin-scribblers so it is handy to have a source to move out from that I can make my own notes in.
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Limited use and style
Covers basics reasonably well but the style and layout could be better. It is also difficult to stay up to speed in an area where developments take place almost daily.
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by Stuart
Just what I needed
After the first couple of standard 'Dummies' chapter I found the book useful but a bit dated!
Published on 26 Dec 2009 by Mr. M. C. Reilly
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