Students do you want to blog about your time whilst you are here? Well now you can. You can also earn a little bit of money whilst blogging from your ads. You can earn money just by joining Adsense and placing ads on your site. You can also join other programs such as Nuffnang and others. Some of these programs give away free stuff to their members.
Blogging is time consuming but it can be quite fun for those that are into media. Its a great chance to explore Melbourne.
Learning
We all make mistakes, but the good ones are the ones that learn from them. This team often makes mistakes but we learn from them.
There are many seminar and blog groups in which you should go to as they can help you to learn new skills, platforms and things.
Starting from scratch.
Which platform do you want to use?
There is Wordpress, Blogger etc. These are all free to use. Most people go with Wordpress as they have a lot more stuff.
Get to know your blogging platform really well as you'll be using this all the time.
Google +
Google plus is used for sharing stuff. It is quite useful in improving your rankings and getting people to read your blog.
Do I need to attend classes?
Most probably yes if you want to get ahead. Most blogging groups such as Nuffnang will have classes and tutorials of their own which are usually free for their members. RMIT has a few courses in online journalism which you could do over summer as an elective.
The boring stuff:
Stats- you have to check your stats on a regular basis because they say how well you are doing.
Criteria and goals- what do you want to do? What can you see yourself doing in one years time?
Sponsorship stuff (sponsored posts).
Occassionally someone will ask you to write for them. This is what we call "Sponsored posts". But if you do get asked make sure that it fits your criteria and goals before accepting to go somewhere or review a product.
Make sure that you research the place/thing before you accept any offer.
As for writing posts try and be positive as much as you can. You can have a few gripes here and there, but they should only be really small, fixable things.
Other good habits
* Check your spelling and your grammar before you post anything. Its a good idea to have a post sitting in the draft for a few days and then work on it.
* Get the facts right- if it is about a place make sure you get the suburb right. It is irritating for a reader to try and find a place that does not exist in that suburb.
* Do use Photoshop for your photos. There is nothing worse than having blurry pictures or scratches in pictures.
* Always post on the same day each week. That way your readers will know what to expect.
Good luck in starting your blog.
Blogging is time consuming but it can be quite fun for those that are into media. Its a great chance to explore Melbourne.
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| An interesting place that I went to |
Learning
We all make mistakes, but the good ones are the ones that learn from them. This team often makes mistakes but we learn from them.
There are many seminar and blog groups in which you should go to as they can help you to learn new skills, platforms and things.
Starting from scratch.
Which platform do you want to use?
There is Wordpress, Blogger etc. These are all free to use. Most people go with Wordpress as they have a lot more stuff.
Get to know your blogging platform really well as you'll be using this all the time.
Google +
Google plus is used for sharing stuff. It is quite useful in improving your rankings and getting people to read your blog.
Do I need to attend classes?
Most probably yes if you want to get ahead. Most blogging groups such as Nuffnang will have classes and tutorials of their own which are usually free for their members. RMIT has a few courses in online journalism which you could do over summer as an elective.
The boring stuff:
Stats- you have to check your stats on a regular basis because they say how well you are doing.
Criteria and goals- what do you want to do? What can you see yourself doing in one years time?
Sponsorship stuff (sponsored posts).
Occassionally someone will ask you to write for them. This is what we call "Sponsored posts". But if you do get asked make sure that it fits your criteria and goals before accepting to go somewhere or review a product.
Make sure that you research the place/thing before you accept any offer.
As for writing posts try and be positive as much as you can. You can have a few gripes here and there, but they should only be really small, fixable things.
Other good habits
* Check your spelling and your grammar before you post anything. Its a good idea to have a post sitting in the draft for a few days and then work on it.
* Get the facts right- if it is about a place make sure you get the suburb right. It is irritating for a reader to try and find a place that does not exist in that suburb.
* Do use Photoshop for your photos. There is nothing worse than having blurry pictures or scratches in pictures.
* Always post on the same day each week. That way your readers will know what to expect.
Good luck in starting your blog.
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