Welcome to the Jungle: Top Five Tips to Help Conquer the Blog Beast

I have explored the dark depths of the Internet jungle, to discover the secret of taming the beasts called, "Blogs." I barely made it out alive with my mouse intact. By viewing different types of blogs and their masters, I now know what five tips can sooth such savage creatures. These tips I hope can help myself and others who wish to conquer their blogs, so they can be able to share them with the world.

Tip 1: Don't be Afraid to add Images or Videos.

Reason: Grooming your blog by adding images and videos can draw attention to it. I looked at different blogs and the first thing I noticed was the video clips and pictures the owners used. Images can create a first impression of what the blog post is going to be about before reading the text. Living in a fast paced society, where time is limited, images can speak volumes.

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Tip 2: The information you present in a post should be related to the images you use and the theme of your overall blog.

Reason: Readers expect your blog to be reliable, not straying from the point you want to prove in the post. By posting a picture or video that doesn't connect to your text, can cause the readers to be confused, and feel like you are "yanking their chains." This will make you loose your audience and their respect.

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Tip 3: Your Template design should express your personality.

Reason: Templates can emphasis the meaning of the images you use as well as your text. Your design can create the tone of your blog: Bright colors can stand for lively, energetic, outgoing, while dull colors such as gray or white means that the blog will be dull, boring, and straight laced.

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Tip 4: You need to have creative header and blog description. What's the theme of your blog? This is the question you need to answer.

Reason: Though some people post random blogs about anything, your blog can stand out if you have a interesting theme. This could be your hobbies, goals in life, or rants about particular issues.

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Tip 5: A blog post needs an interesting title.

Reason: For books a catchy title can cause the reader to be intrigued, turn to view the back cover summary, then read the whole text for themselves. A blog is similar to a book, except your readers don't have the option of a quick summary of the blog, so they rely on interesting titles to hook them into the post.

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Now that I have shared these tips, you no longer have to cower in fear of your Blog. Use this wisdom to stare it down, and become the master of your own domain.