Elements of Blogging

<p>Becoming a blogger takes practice hard work and ultimately a passion for the craft. Whether you plan to blog on politics or parenting <i>The Elements of Blogging</i> is designed to give you the skills and strategies to get started to sustain your work and to seek out a robust audience. This book is loaded with practical advice on important topics such as determining a niche finding the best stories and blogging effectively and ethically. It features examples from both amateur and professional bloggers that show the techniques for building an argument finding a voice crafting a headline and establishing a brand. </p><p>Key features:</p><ul> <li>Real-world applicability. This book includes thumbnail profiles of bloggers and their sites which illuminate key skills you will need to become an effective blogger </li> <ul> </ul> <li>Interactivity. Each chapter features discussion points and exercises intended to get you to think about reflect on and apply the contents of each chapter</li> <ul> </ul> <li>Creativity. While this book dives into software and plug-ins for bloggers its main goal is to cover how to write blogs on a myriad of topics: news opinion pieces travel politics art and more. </li> </ul><p>Visit the companion website: http://www.theelementsofblogging.com/</p>