You have probably been told that it is important to blog to build an online interest in your business among the public – and from there to drive new business to yourself. Not everyone is easily motivated to write, but if that’s all it took, more people would do it successfully. The problem is that a blog, like a website, only gets seen if you know how to and can invest the time and resources to drive traffic to it.
HappyinNewburyport.com is a solution to this dilemma. Not only do we provide you with an easy way to write your blog, we also provide you with the place to publish it where it will be read. And we do this free.
Below are some tips and information on how to Blog on HappyInNewburyport in Happy In Newburyport.
Advice on How To Blog On HappyInNewburyport.com
Blog on HappyInNewburyport.com.
Become a Member!
That’s easy – go to the site, click on “members”, scroll down to “Become A Member” and sign up. You will then receive an email with login instructions and a password – don’t worry if you don’t like the password… you can change it.
Start A Blog
- Login as a “Member”. Once you login the page will display a list of options.
- Click on “Add A Blog Post”. You will now be directed to a WordPress Easy Blogging Page. In the left hand column click on “Add Blog Post”. Add the title of your blog under “Add A New Post”. Be sure to pick your title carefully and only tab away from the title when you have exactly what you want. This creates a permalink and you don’t want to change it after the permalink is created.
The Body Of The Post
Make sure that in the upper corner of the box that “Visual” is in bold. If you are not sure – click on “Visual”. Unless you know how to write HTML, do all your work in “Visual”.
The ONLY other things you need to fill out (unless you are a computer geek!) are Categories, Post Tags, Focus Keywords, Meta Description, Meta Keywords and Set A Featured Image. It may look intimidating – but once you do a blog or two… you will be able to whip blogs off in no time at all!
- Catagories: Click on where you think your blog should fall under.
- Post Tags: These describe what you are blogging about and should be in your blog. So for a blog about learning to blog on HappyInNewburyport.com I would put something like – HappyInNewburyport, blog, how to blog, advise (only add about 3-7).
- Focus Keywords: Think about what someone might enter into a search engine website like Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for that topic. Short phrases often yield too many results so consumers tend to use longer and more targeted phrases. Your keyword phrase should therefore be 3-6 words long and use it as many times as possible in your blog.
- Meta Description: This comes after your URL link: Explain why people should read your blog, be funny – attract people to you. Ask yourself what makes you click on links and make sure the description is in your blog… so for this blog I will put “How to Blog on HappyInNewburyport.com – drive customers to your business!”
- Meta Keywords: Again – words/phrase that are in your blog.
- Set A Featured Image: Do you have a logo? Maybe a funny picture or cartoon that will draw the eye to your posting? Click on this and download your picture from your files. If you don’t have a picture, google images and find something you like. Drag it to your desktop and then download it.
- You can save the draft at any time (upper right hand corner of the page) or post it for pending review.
- We then get the blog, edit it (just in case you missed something) and then will approve it. If you get confused, just hover over the red “i” circle in the above mentioned fields and it will give you a hint. Remember, these are the only things you need to fill in!
Other Happy In Newburyport Information and Guidance
Blogging is an easy, free way to promote your business. In today’s world the internet is the most import tool you can use to market. It is not the wave of the future – it is here now and small businesses that use this tool understand the value and prosper from it. If you have any questions or need help, please just let us know.
NEED HELP?
There will be a FREE blogging session this Thursday 11/17/11 at The Newburyport Public Library from 5:45 – 7pm
For additional information on how to Blog on HappyInNewburyportcontact Heidi Whittier at 617-283-6570 or by emailing her at heidi@johnpwells.com.