Tips for Developing Your Own Blog for Fun or Profit

As blogging grows more and more popular, whether for business, keeping connected with friends and family, or simply for fun, it's a good idea to keep up with what's current in the blogging world. Also, if you're just beginning, it's helpful to have some guidelines.


Blogging All-In-One for Dummies, by Susan Gunelius, is an excellent resource, I've discovered. Even though I've been blogging for quite some time, first just to try it out with a personal blog, and then to promote my books and workshops, as well as writing for paying gigs, I've still much to learn about this activity.

Susan's book, actually 8 Books in 1, gives you so much information whether you're beginning or consider yourself a professional, whether you simply want to write about your life and activities or want to earn an income.

You may start with one blog to try it out.  Or you may have a cause or personal reason for writing your blog.  You may add different blogs to your repertoire, as I've done.

My most recent is this one, Farm Girl Heritage, because I wanted to preserve these memories for my daughter and her children.  Perhaps my sister's children and grandchildren would enjoy learning how their mom and aunt grew up.