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I see many blogs that have just been started. I know when they first began because the blogger begins them with something that says, “Hello, this is my first blog post.” If you’re going to start a blog, please do not do this.

The best way to start a blog is to jump right in like you have been posting for months. Right. Write about an issue or idea that is relevant to what your blog will be about. If some one finds your blog you want them to feel like you already know what you’re doing, & not like they’re your very first reader.

For this reason I believe it’s better to plan your blog before you start writing it online. Make a list of topics that you hope to cover & make an outline of how you’ll be presenting these ideas on your blog. Make notes on at least your first ten blog posts before you make your first post.

Under your title for your blog you may want to include information about yourself, your business, & your reason for creating your blog. Do you follow? Then start in with your first post & release it to the world.

After you have written four or five posts it will be a good idea to comment on other blogs that are related in some way to the material & information that you’re writing about on your blog. Also, refer to other blogs in your posts & trackback to their posts as you write about them. In this way you’re helping to create a relationship with other bloggers so that you’ll be accepted & welcomed into the blogging community.

By planning ahead your blog will make sense & will flow naturally into the blogosphere. In a very short time you’ll find that you have regular readers & a following. You want people to look forward to reading your posts & to feel like they’re learning something from you.

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