Blogging For Dummies, 4th Edition

  • 6h 1m
  • Shane Birley, Susannah Gardner
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2012

This proven bestseller is fully updated and better than ever!

Now in its fourth edition, Blogging For Dummies is fully updated and more practical than ever for today's bloggers. Whether you're just beginning or are already a full-tilt blogging maven, you'll find the up-to-date information you need in these friendly pages. Want to integrate your blog with social media? Jump into the fast-moving world of microblogging on Twitter or Tumblr? Choose which blogging software to use? Optimize your current blog for search? This detailed book guide covers it all, and then some. Buy the book, build a better blog, and blog about it!

  • Provides up-to-date information on blogging software choices and utilities
  • Explains how to identify your unique niche and attract readers
  • Walks you through setting up an account and writing your first post
  • Shows you how to optimize your blog for search, so new readers find you
  • Helps you integrate your blog with social media
  • Reveals what you need to know to start microblogging on Twitter or Tumblr
  • Explores the ways you can make money with your blog

Start a conversation with the very latest blog-building tips and techniques in Blogging For Dummies.

In this Book

  • Introduction
  • Discovering Blog Basics
  • Entering the Blogosphere
  • Choosing and Hosting Blog Software
  • Starting a Blogger Blog
  • Starting a WordPress Blog
  • Starting a Tumblr Blog
  • Finding Your Niche
  • Creating Great Content
  • Building Community with Comments
  • Blogging Anonymously
  • Working with Photos
  • Starting a Podcast
  • Leveraging Community with Forums
  • Reaching Out with RSS
  • Joining the Twitterverse
  • Diving into Social Networking
  • Measuring Blog Presence
  • Making Mad Mad Money
  • Blogging for Companies
  • Ten Ways of Growing Community
  • Ten Tools for Mobile Blogging
  • Ten Blogs You Should Know
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