Nov
Why Wordpress Blogging Is For Internet Marketers
The WordPress blog platform offers a fast and easy way for anybody to create an attractive blog without needing to have any experience of website building. Also, because it is an open source project, it is free to set up and run, and there are hundreds of free plug-ins that you can use to add extra features and widgets to your blog, such as sidebar widgets for services like Flickr or del.icio.us, Twitter and so on.
You can also choose whether to post your blog on the WordPress platform or have it hosted on your own website. If you want to use the WordPress platform, then you can begin blogging as soon as you have signed up for a free account. You can also build multiple blogs if you wish.
One question many people have about hosting blogs with the blogging company is, what happens if they pull the plug on your blog, or block your access to it? While there can never be any guarantee that this will not happen to you, WordPress makes a point of advertising a “no lock in” policy which allows you to pull out your posts and comments with a complete XML export from the “Manage” section of your blog admin area. (As a further precaution, you might think about copying every blog post you create and keeping your posts in a folder on your computer.)
Another nice feature of WordPress is the ease with which you can completely change the design of your blog. WordPress offer over 60 different blog “themes” and you can switch from one to another in just a couple of easy clicks from your administration area. Also, there are a lot of developers on the Internet who design WordPress themes and make them available either free of charge for anybody who wishes to make use of them. Finally, you can pay a developer to design you a unique WordPress theme of your own, or design one yourself, if you know how to do that.
When it comes to writing blog posts, Wordpress continuously saves your posts so if something goes wrong, you won’t have to start over again. Also, more than once I have discovered a mistake after I have posted and have deleted the post , corrected the mistake and posted again. You can upload photos from your computer, or through services like Photobucket or Flickr. You can easily embed videos hosted on YouTube or Google, or upload your own videos via VideoPress. Your can publish your blog posts straightaway or save them as drafts and either schedule a later publishing date, or not.
Each blog post can be categorised and tagged to make them easy to find by people who might be interested in your topics. WordPress is also a very search engine friendly platform, so your blog posts will show up quickly in numerous search engines and you will be able to track your hit statistics using the integrated stats system on the Wordpress site. You’ll be able to see where people came from and which of your posts attract most readers.
One of the other great benefits of the WordPress blogging platform is that you can post static articles, and build a complete website both for public access and as private membership sites. This feature alone makes WordPress very attractive for Internet marketers who want to offer private training services to their list of subscribers.
WordPress is a feature rich free blogging service that gives you 3 GB of file storage before you need to worry about upgrading or paying for extra space. A WordPress blog that anybody is serious about promoting themselves on the Internet should think about making use of.
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