15 Tips to Open Topical Blogging Business

Topical Blogging Business: There are different types of blogs.

The main two categories being journalistic and topical.

Journalistic blogs are more for bloggers who want to journal or vent about their everyday life.

Exciting things happening in their local community.

And important milestones in their relationships and family life.

Maybe you aren’t the type of blogger who wants to journal about their everyday life.

Maybe you want to blog about a broad range of interest for a larger audience?

Topical blogging isn’t only more appealing to a larger audience in general.

But it can get you a lot more feedback and traffic that you want to aim for.

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1. Pick a topic of interest that you want to pursue.

Whether that be current events in Europe or effective fishing techniques.

Try to find something that truly intrigues you.

You can’t start a successful blog without first being fascinated by what you’re blogging about.

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2.Research that topic.

Once you’ve chosen a topic, research it.

Go online, find many different websites to get information from.

Or go to your local library to search for books, preferably nonfiction pieces on that topic.

Books and websites aren’t your limited source of knowledge either.

You can look through magazine articles, newspapers, and personal sources too.

Maybe one of your friends or family members knows about what you’re trying to write about.

Ask them if they can sit down for an interview some time and get information that way.

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3. After you’ve gotten enough information, create your blog.

The best blog hosts to begin from are WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr.

Choose a good blog hosting site and make sure you start with a good account username.

If you don’t want your own name being shown and don’t want it looking anonymous for whatever reason.

You might want to sign up with a fake pen name.

If you’re using Blogger, for example, create a fake Google account first (since Google is linked with Blogger) with a fake name and profile picture.

If you don’t mind your real name being shown.

Stick with an account you already have or use your own name and photo.

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4.Choose a catchy name that isn’t already taken.

It’s best not to use numbers in your blog address.

So if you find your first choice isn’t available.

Try varying the way you write your URL until you find that it isn’t taken.

Example: first you try “baileysrestaurant.blogspot.com” and it’s already taken.

Try doing “baileys_familyrestaurant.blogspot.com instead.

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5. Keep your title and description short and to the point.

“Krista’s Guide to a Vegan Lifestyle” will look much better than “Krista E.

Stewart’s Guide to Organic, Healthy Living Without Meat, Dairy, Eggs, or Artificial Additives.”

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6. Choose a random, nice looking sample template.

Chances are you’ll be able to change it later.

When you go back, look through all the available templates and choose one that best illustrates your topic.

If not, find a simple, inviting template that is aesthetically pleasing.

Go for colors that set the mood for your topic.

If you have an exciting topic, choose something eccentric like firehouse red or lime green.

For more calm or serious topics, choose lighthearted colors like sky blue, beige, or midnight black.

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7. Arrange the layout however you want.