The Newbie Guide to Blogging

We live in a blogging world. Whether you’re a business startup, an established business, a freelancer, an intern, a musician, or anyone else, blogging can help you:

• Make your name or brand visible
• Connect with others in your business or interest
• Reach out to the public about issues you’re passionate about
• Express yourself
• Update clients or an audience about projects you’re working on
• Share your knowledge
• Learn to write better
• Share your life with people important to you
• Connect with your fans or customers
• Make money

When I started blogging in 2000, it was virtually unheard of, and there were almost no tools to make it easier. I literally hand-coded every page of my blog — including monthly archive pages, “older posts” pages, and so on. Needless to say, I wasn’t a very prolific blogger the first couple of years!

Today, just about anyone can get up and running in a few minutes using free services that make adding a post as easy as writing email. Knowing how to get your content out there is no longer a barrier — if you have something to say, saying it is easy.

More: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/the-newbie-guide-to-blogging.html