Become an EVE Blogger! – Introduction

Published on 09. Sep, 2009 ... written by Smak, Tags: Articles, BaEB, Columns

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Starting a new blog is always thrilling … because you never know, if you’ll be successful and if your readers will give you the appropriate feedback. Before going online with your EVE blog, there are a lot of things to consider. It isn’t done by simply installing Wordpress on your webserver or creating a blog on Podlogs.

  • What is needed to start blogging?
  • Which blog topic should I choose?
  • How do I set up a blog?
  • Where can I have my blog hosted?
  • What should I do next, once my blog is up and running?
  • etc.

These are questions often asked by beginners, and hopefully this series of articles in Become an EVE Blogger! (a.k.a BaEB) will help you to establish your blog after some time. Speaking of time: Maintaining a blog is very time consuming and requires a lot of commitment. Take CrazyKinux for example. He’s one of the most prominent bloggers outthere in the EVE community. He started his blog back in 2005 and he is still is enthuastic about it. In the last year his blog got a nice boost in readers and traffic, thanks to his monthly Blog Banters and community driven projects like The EVE Blog Pack. In another 12 months time, CK’s blog will continue to be one of the most established (if not the center) of player driven community sites, thanks to his commitment!

What does this mean for you, as an aspiring blogger?

To make it short: Look at your blog on a long-term basis … something you’d want to enjoy in 6 or 12 months time from now as well. Where do you want it to be in the future?

Think. Plan. Work on it everyday.

This upcoming series here on EVE-Mag.com will give you some useful insights and I hope, that you’ll enjoy this series and find some useful tips & tricks. Please feel free to contribute and share your experiences as an EVE blogger by commenting here on the site.

All the best,
Smak

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One Response to “Become an EVE Blogger! – Introduction”

  1. Ga'len

    06. Oct, 2009

    Something to add to your start up list. Google the name you want to use for your blog. Right now, we have 3 blogs all called A Pirates Life for Me. While this may seem like fun, it makes it difficult when you maintain an OPML file for RSS readers to use. Many RSS readers simply check the blog title and not the feed url and this will result in your feed being ignored by that reader.

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