Basant Jaishi: Story of a Blogger

 

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Background

There is lengthy story to be here as a blogger. As my first post, I would like to unmask some experiences during time between thinking point of blog to hosting that blog as own. This is overall conceptual framework than exaggeration of my life story. On the other hand, this article presents complete picture of a blogger from his beginning to hosting through strong self motivation power. In this piece of writing, 12 unique tips of blog creation have been also shared which are original product of my experience.

Discussion

I like to write fundamental opinions and I have been doing also. But I was not completely satisfied from web content presentation styles of local media, online newspaper. In 2018, I heard about importance and nature of website and blog. I also studied about blog in bachelor third year’s course of ‘English for Mass Communication’. Then after I decided to create own blog and publish my creativity on this. After a week, I took domain name ‘basantjaishi’ by visiting freely available site, blogspot.com. All this happened in 2018 December. But I did not work as I had imagined and planned. So I ignored blogging around two and half years since 6 December, 2018 to 2021 April. In 2021, I became online oriented due to no opportunities to go out. I utilized first six month’s time to plan for new blog creation. Unluckily, I deleted my first domain ‘www.basantjaishi.blogspot.com’ permanently in 2021 June.

On the other hand, my colleague Suresh Rawat launched his blog with almost excepted tools in 2021 May. This highly inspired me to go ahead now. Before his blog release, I was prioritizing facebook page and its contents. I had collected necessary things and made rough draft to facebook page and blog by June 2021. From June 2021, I completely devoted to prepare all requirements of my blog. However; I did not care about domain name. Because I had not known that permanently removed blog’s domain could not take again. When I knew that I became quite upset. This is because; I lost my lovely domain name. My almost time spent on ‘how to complete blog and what things are best to mention on blog’.

I studied and thought long time. I might not miss any related site and channel to visit for blog. When I got new idea, I used to write on my note. As this result, I passed two months and prepared final draft for my blog. I cannot forget that I ever have done such hard labour and research in any subject except blog creation. Meanwhile, I also drafted facebook page creation planning. Because I determined to create facebook page to promote my blog by sharing.

When I started to draft my blog, I faced depth brainstorming in title of the blog and its description. I ever worked like title of my blog. Because I know that title and description are generally applicable permanently. Likewise, I also searched what thing to be mentioned on ‘about me’. Hence, I suggest to all new bloggers, please highly concern what is your blog title of fewer than 100 characters and what is your blog introduction within 500 characters. If you would like to go like my planning, I had written title, blog description/introduction, about me page, categories of the blog, other technical things (sharing option, first message) and first post in order to publish in the blog. In short, strong planning makes strong sketch and strong sketch makes standard blog. Mainly, a blogger must think about the following steps which I had faced during my blog formulation.

12 inevitable steps to create excellent blog–

1. Objective of the blog: Be clear why this blog is right to visit, what things can be found on this site, which are target audience/readers of the blog and subjective area of the blog. After that it is better to note down systematically all of these in complete language.
2. Title of the blog: Title is key introduction of any blog. Seriously think about which subject are included on this blog, what is main theme of the blog, what things the blog covers and what blog offers. Generally, it is guided on the basis of determined goals and objectives.
3. Domain name: In simple sense, domain name is a URL of any link which immediately comes with triple w or https:// respectively. Write all possible answers of some questions. Is your name suitable to use as domain name, does your name have attraction and wide meaning, does this name give positive message, is your name fit to blog domain and is it matching to content/title of the blog or not. If you are going to make a blog for you, do not delay to take domain from hosting site like blogspot, wordpress, etc. Your delay may give chance to other. Hence take domains which you love and match to your target title.
4. Description: Description is main introduction and complete glance of the blog. Note down all things which should be incorporated on the blog. After that search it’s summery and similar terms which have fewer letters. Write most important things and uniqueness of the blog in first 160 characters and make whole description within 499 characters. Because in searching result, first 160 characters are shown to users. So core summery is better to write first sentence. In the description section of the blog, purpose and unique features with its rational are highly focused. Likewise, visiting invitation, subjective area of blog, etc can be written on the description part.
5. Hosting: Hosting is final procedure but not the condition of complete setting. There are many blog hosting sites; available in paid and free resources. You can pay prescribed fee or choose manually blogspot to create free blog. before hosting, think about which theme is more responsive and supportive to small screens also. This is because your good wishes might be already known about date and time of blog publishing.
6. Share blog: in the blog, sharing option has to be kept eye friendly. You would better to put most of the sharing option for your blog’s contents. Therefore, facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and other such ways can be added to facilitate for blog’s publicity.
7. Categories: in blog, category is called level. These levels are stand for different pages of website. In the blog, there is also facility to classify your post/articles as subject matter. How many categories to be made in your blog, what categories are relevant to your blog’s subject and contents, etc things must be carefully ensured before creating them? Normally, five to 15 categories are better for blog. Subcategories can be created if supported theme is applied in the blog.
8. Blogger profile: Profile of blog reflects how this blog is running and professional status of blogger. So make complete profile of blog handler. In blogger profile, there are several ways to write introduction and details. Among them, name, greeting, short description of blog and communication channels is highlighted. For more knowledge with example, please visit my profile on this blog via clicking on About Me page.
9. Comment message: normally, “enter your comment here” phrase/instruction is seen. As per blogger’s choice, appropriate message can be set on this comment form message box. Compose a short but attractive text by inviting all to comment on read posts. Language can be selected as per blogger’s choice. Some bloggers may have attached basic rules for blog in this section. In short, prepare a short but completely motivational comment form message for your blog which always appears on the above of comment box.
10. Pages on the blog: Blogger can make many pages in the blog. But about me, contact page, terms and conditions and privacy policy look like compulsory pages. Except that, you can add other such as ‘additional information’. In brief, a successful blog writing is less strong than page writing. Hence, blogger must be high visionary while creating new page. Because page has to reflect why and how it works.  It is better to arrange the entire page in alphabetical order except invitation to other for contribution.
11. First post: After creating blog successfully, there is needed a post to publish. So before formally launching your blog, carefully prepare first post for your blog. Everyone has to sure what things are important to put on first historical post of the blog. Biography, story of blog creation process, etc may considerable matters to it.
12. Page optimization: Make visible your blog into all searching engines. Manage all necessary setting from blog setting as soon as possible. Google ad cense account can be created in future to earn money. So make your site more trusty and standard. Blogger has to offer maximum freedom while arranging setting of his/her blog.

In sum up, effectiveness of the blog depends on planning, called foundation. Therefore, pick up domain but think as needed for above mentioned components and get final draft as beautiful webpage. On the other hand, blog is not just for earning views and audiences. It is intellectual property store. Thus, every blogger need to have perfect and continuous conservation with relevant updates.

 

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