Hi Ive just completed my website & have a f/b fanpage for Image Sense & have been writing newsletters, but are now considering writing a blog.How do I get started? Helpful tips would be appreciated! should I just have a blogg page on my website or create a new domain?thanks Joanne

@jomcnz I would have my own wordpress installation on my server. You could either have your blog as a sub-domain or as an addon domain. For me I prefer a sub domain yoursite.com/blog/ and just upload your blog to the blog directory.

@jomcnz Because you’ve been writing a newsletter, you know what topics appealed to your readers, raised questions, or generated a lot of comments. These would be good topics for blog posts especially if they tie in to the content elsewhere on your Web site (if you add your blog to your Web site as @dcoville001 suggested).

@jomcnz
With WordPres, you would have a blog as well. Who are you hosting with.  You can normally add a Blog option in your Nav Bar. You can create a “page” and under template there is a “blog template”. Some themes are different. What theme are you using?  And there are other ways as well to get it to happen. When you add the “page” then you can go to Appearance, Menus, and create a new menu, add/select all your pages, and create a custom menu (nav bar) which includes “Blog” as one of the options.  

So you’ll have your website, home page (front page), other tabs/pages like Contact Me, Services, etc.  And then one that says “Blog” that goes to your posts.

Let us know if you still need help?Heather

thanks @blogsbyheather you are so right I can do that as it was on my website, as it was originally a blog page that I have adapted. It is hosted with netregistry.au. & my them is Chameleon which I got the template through elegant themes. the only issue which is pretty major at the moment is I am unable to log onto my wordpress admin as it comes up with an error msg that has come about with installing the sexy bookmarks plugin. I have been in contact with them but have not got anywhere for the past month so are unable to get into the back end of my website!I like @judithgotwald the steps you have provided are great, do you think I could use some of the content from my newsletters (I’ve only written 4!) which are linked on a page on my website. I presume my audience would end up being a different group of people.Im really going to have think hard about 50 different topics but I guess it is breaking information down into smaller chunks.How long should a post be? I would always use visuals as well.All your advice is exactly what I needed to start, thanks so much. Joanne

My only addition is a recommendation to be regular in your blog postings – whether that is once a week, twice a week, etc. People seem to like to know what to expect. I have a regular schedule but occasionally add an extra post.

@ideasbynet  I read your posts above and thought they were extremely informative and useful.  I am about to start a business consultanting business and will be starting a blog as part of this and your post “A Beginner’s Guide to Blogging” is perfect!  Thanks so much for sharing.

You’ve gotten a lot of great advice. I especially agree with @jordanem. One tip I’d add–if you do miss posting a time or more, don’t write a “sorry I missed writing for a while I’ve been so busy because…” kind of posts. They are boring. Just come back with strong content right where you left off.

@ideasbynet  Thank you, Carla.

Hi Renee, 

So glad to hear you enjoyed it

The post is part of a resource which is designed to help people build their online presence from scratch, so hopefully we are going in the right direction with it.

If you need any help when you’re connecting your profiles feel free to email me at carla@ideasbynet.com 

Thanks

Carla

thanks to everyone who has posted, I havent quite “bitten the bullet” as yet, due to a month or so of internet problems, but have been gaining info as where to start & have found your posts to be extremely helpful.the next big step is finding the content & style of my posts – How long should a post be?? I will probably use alot of visual content as I do in my newsletters.Should I call my blog a blog or ezine/online magazine, on my website??What do you think?thanks againJoanne