Blogging tips

	Writing is a art, blogging is one way of writing that turns your words into art. Writers are artists, some might argue, but think of your favorite book of all time. That to you is art, it changed something in you, you saw something in it that you thought was beautiful. That book pulled at your feelings, desires and your thoughts.
	When we look at the internet now, we have so much info and so many blogs, how did we end up with all this? Did someone just pop up one day and think...
	“Say, I should write what I'm doing today on that thing they call the internet!”
No, they didn't. It all started with something called “Weblogs” or web logs, the technical logs the servers would spit out. It eventually changed to blogs, instead of weblogs. Now we see all these blogs popping up with GREAT info on them. Considering blogging started in the mid 90's, we've got a lot of blogs going already, and many more to come!
	Early on, blogging was hard to start with no investment, you needed a website and a domain name. You needed to build that website. After all that you needed to write on your blog. (That's a lot of work, just to write) but now, you can get started for free on a lot of different platforms, from blogger to wordpress, ALL FOR FREE! (Can't beat that) (Although  it is recommended to get your own domain)
	Often times people use blogs as journals, they can get quite the following, they add their adventures, day to day life and more. But not all blogs are personal, with blogs becoming such a HUGE source of traffic, businesses add blogs to their websites, that way visitors can find their website through the blog, and continue on to other parts of the website. Or even just to gain brand recognition! (Most times it's just to gain more sales)
	Entreprenuers also start blogs, it helps them get their name out there into the market place. You can make money out of your blog in a lot of ways, from a ad at the top or  through syndicating your articles.

Here are some tips on blogging.

1. Think about the people your writing to.

Think about what they want and need, peak their interests. Often times when someone starts a blog they want to be heart, to have a voice, to share their opinion, but remember to keep your audience in mind! Make sure that they will be able to understand what you write. (What good is it, if nobody can understand it?)

2. Worth a thousand words

If pictures speak a thousand words, why not out a few thousand words to your article? Seriously, a few pictures in a article will catch the eye of your reader, and keep them interested in the article. Make sure the picture actually matches the topic your blogging about. If your writing about knitting don't put a picture of a hunter, it would devalue your article!

3. Constructive and beneficial

You can say anything you like in your blog, but if your doesn't benefit your readers, who would come back to read your next blog post? You can go for that quirky entertainment type blog, but if most of the time, if it doesn't do something for the reader, you'll have a hard time getting people to read your posts!

4. Complicated posts

who likes to jump on to your blog only to see a bunch words they don't understand? I don't, remember to keep your articles readable/understandable.

5. Interactive post

Make your blog interactive, add some audio or video into it, I for one love to see a video about the topic I'm interested in. I would highly recommend including a comments section, where they can give you feedback or ask a question.

Blogging can be creative or for commercial use, but make sure to keep it interesting!