Blogger Secrets:
Things You Probably Didn't Know
By Merle (http://MCPromotionsPress.com)
Blogging is a pretty popular activity online these days. It's a great way to
connect with your audience on the Web and create a sense of community.
There are many ways to start your own weblog but one of the easiest is with a
free service called "Blogger." Owned by Google, it's a feature-rich service that
makes it simple to start a blog of your own.
If you think blogging is just about typing text, think again. There are many fun
things you can do once you're up and running with your very own blog.
1) Photo Blogging: Post photos to your weblog with this free software called
"Hello." Get it at http://hello.com. It makes it
easy to upload photos to your blog.
2) Audio Blogging: Post to your blog by phone. Once registered, you'll receive a
special number. Call it, leave a message and it's immediately posted to your
website as an MP3 audio file. To sign up, go to
http://www.AudioBlogger.com
3) Email Posting: Post to your blog by sending an email from any email
application. To set it up, you'll need to log into your blogger account and go
to "settings" then "email." You must specify if you want your posts to publish
automatically or be saved as drafts for later publishing. The subject of your
email
will be the title of your blog post, with the email body making up the rest of
it.
4) Team Blogs: This allows groups of people to contribute to one blog. One
person must create the blog, then invite others to join in.
5) Templates: Blogger has over 30 templates to choose from. Make sure you back
up your blog before attempting any changes. There are also third party template
providers you can choose designs
from. See:
6) Blogger Toolbars: Google has one built into its toolbar that makes it a snap
to post to your site while visiting any webpage you might want to comment on.
Firefox also has a toolbar of its own with blogging components. See it at
http://FireFoxToolbar.com/blogger
or Google's at http://toolbar.google.com/
7) Feeds: Blogger users can syndicate their content via an Atom Feed. Former
Blogger Pro subscribers can choose between Atom and RSS formats. You can find
this feature in your Blogging account under "settings," then "site feed." If
you'd rather syndicate in RSS, your only choice is to use an outside service
like http://FeedBurner.com
8) Comments: If you'd like your readers to participate on your Blog, you'll want
to turn on "comments." Found under "settings," you can choose from preferences
like allowing anyone to post a comment, allowing only regular users to post
comments, or allowing only members of the blog to post (if it's a team blog).
9) TagBoards: Different from comments, TagBoards also allow your blog readers to
post comments. These act more like a discussion board or chat room for your
blog. However, they're not aimed at individual posts but attached to your entire
site. You'll find free providers of this service at:
This is a great way to add a feeling of community.
10) PhotoBlogs: If you'd like to share a lot of photos with your readers on a
regular basis you may want to add a "photo album." You'll find many sites that
offer this free service such as:
11) Polls: Do you know what your readers think? Running polls on your site is a
great way to get inside your readers minds and get them involved with your blog.
A few free poll service providers are:
12) Advertising: If you'd like to run ads on your blog and get paid per click,
you'll want to look at Google Adsense. Since Google owns Blogger too, they make
it simple to add their advertising to your site. See,
http://tinyurl.com/3j3k8
13) Camera Phones: If you have a SprintPCS cell phone with a built-in camera you
can send your pictures directly to Blogger. You'll need to set up an "email
address" to post to. For instructions, see Blogger's Help section on "posting
via email." On your phone it works like this: you snap a picture, select
"share," pick your specific blogging email address, then ok. Your picture is
uploaded.
14) Keyboard Shortcuts: Blogger has many different keyboard shortcuts you can
use while making a post.
cntrl + B= Bold
cntrl + I= Italics
cntrl + shift + A= Link
cntrl + d= Save as draft
cntrl + s= Publish Post
cntrl + shift + P = Preview
15) FTP: You can host your blog on Blogger's server, or host it on your own via
FTP access. You'll find this option under "settings", then "publishing."
16) Email Posts to a Friend: If you'd like to allow your visitors to email your
interesting posts to their friends you can enable this feature under "settings,"
basic tab, then where it says "show email post links?" say yes.
So what are you waiting for? Now that you know all of the really cool things you
can do with Blogger, why not experiment. Who knows, maybe there's been a "born
Blogger" hiding inside of you all along. Blog away my friend; the world is
waiting.
About the Author:
Merle of WebSiteTrafficPlan.com offers a F-r-e-e ebook and an e-course that will
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