<p>How to blog on WordPress can be broken down to really simple blog basics. Here is a quick overview of the component parts of a WordPress blog designed to make money online.
Keywords – SEO
As an Internet marketing strategy, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) considers how search engines work and what people search for. Optimizing a website primarily involves editing its content and coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords. The idea is to get on the first page you see when you look up a particular word or phrase. It goes without saying, you want visitors to your blog and you need the help of Search Engines like Google.
Keywords can be defined as the specific terms used by a person to search for something on the net. To find this page, you may have searched for “blog basics” or “how to blog on WordPress” or similar terms.
You might as well get use to the idea of doing good keyword searches. You will be using keywords for your domain name, tag line, blog posts and articles.
Blog Basics that will optimize your blog for making money.
1. Effective Design: The main thing you should be concerned about when it comes to your blog’s design, is that it needs to be usable and simple. You want every vistor to be compelled to stay. You will need to grab his attention in just a few seconds, interest him and make it easy to navigate your site.
Design elements include: Theme – Layout – Header – Color – Icons – Header.
3. Content is King: Every page, every post needs to grab your readers attention. Then this is where the rubber meets the road…you need to provide great copy that will keep your visitor reading and coming back.
Content elements include: Presentation – Headline – Tag line – Copywriting – Video – Pictures.
4. Core Pages: At the foundation of your blog are the pages that give core data. These pages are important. For Example the “about page” is the second most looked at page on a blog, the home page being the first.
Core elements: About page – Contact Page – Disclaimers – Privacy Policy – Copyright.
4. The Back End: Behind the scenes of every blog are tools that make your blog come together and work.
Back End elements: Permalinks – Settings – Meta tags – Plugins – Blog protection- Backup – Links.
WordPress has come along way in making it easy to get your blog basic in. If it is not built right in to the basic WordPress platform there is a plugin that will cover everything you need.
Sheila
P.S. How to blog on a WordPress blog is really quiet simple when you understand blog basics. No matter your niche, you can do great things.
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