What is a blog?
A blog is some space on the Internet - part of a site or a site that is a regularly updated record. This can be news, reflections, a chronicle of events, links, videos, quotes, photographs or other graphic images. A blog can be a regular diary, if only its owner will be able to attract attention to it and make the records interesting to many people.
Now there are several sites on the Internet, where blogs are posted. First of all, it's LiveJournal, liveinternet and blog.com. Perhaps, it is these services that are the most popular in the modern Internet and it is in them that the main number of Russian blogs is concentrated.
What is it for?
This goal is set by many people, before deciding to open a blog. It is worth knowing that a large mass of modern blogs are being conducted without any purpose, quickly bother the owners and only occupy space. Only a part of people know how to make a blog work for themselves. For example, as an advertising platform. It does not matter that you are going to advertise - yourself, your services or your goods, you have to do it more competently than is customary in real life. Ads are not working well in the blogosphere, unless you are a recognized authority. Therefore, advertising in the blogosphere is, rather, an underground war for the attention of potential customers. Here you will have to strain your imagination and offer viewers a maximum of useful and interesting information that would force visitors to your blog to enter into a dialogue with you, discuss your records, refer to them, trust you.
A blog can be a good opportunity for those who are engaged in creativity and wants to become popular. Many writers, photographers, poets, actors and artists have achieved recognition and popularity, and they have conducted high-quality blogs. In addition, a blog is an opportunity for self-expression, regardless of profession and occupation.
A blog can be a way to conquer the information space on the Web, for profit, for creative development, for building a career. There are many opportunities, you just need to choose what you want and make every effort to make the blog a reliable assistant in achieving the goal.
How to make the blog work?
First, a good blog is always good, and most importantly, unique content. It does not matter what you will give out to the public - poems, prose, information in pictures or photos, your thoughts on this or that occasion, a description of some things, but all this should be interesting to a wide range of readers and not repeat other people's thoughts. There are plagiarists on the Web, so another blog - a copy will not be visible.
Secondly, the regularity of updates is important. If you have written for a long time on a new article a day, except for weekends and holidays, then do not change this tradition. There is nothing worse than long breaks or the frequent occurrence of new articles. Most readers will not wait a month until you write something new and will not digest too much new information. Optimal is the daily update of the blog or with a break in one day.
Thirdly, blogs are sites where there is a chance to express their opinion, where freedom of speech is given not only to the author, but also to visitors. Therefore, leave your regular readers the opportunity to express their opinions, actively engage in dialogue and support the atmosphere that seems most comfortable to you.
Some start blogging just to be able to tell the world about themselves and meet new interesting people. If you approach this question with responsibility, it may turn out that your blog gives a lot of new perspectives, which you did not suspect about at the stage of its creation. Therefore, it's worth trying - who knows what will be the impact of your blog?