How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog (How to Do Everything)
by Todd Stauffer
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Author: Todd StaufferEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-22
ISBN: 0071492186
Number of pages: 460
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Book Review: If you follow the pointers in this book you will probably create a real winner of a blog.
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this was a wonderful book about blogging. It is not a thin and light book. But, instead, is packed with lots of information and well worth its cover price. It is well written and well organized. And to see specifically what is covered I recommend you examine the Search Inside material provided by Amazon for this book. There you can find a basic Table of Contents and a very detailed one, too.
There were four topics I especially liked the coverage of in this book: (1) blogging tools, (2) blog styles, (3) blog theory, & (4) how to start a blog.
The blogging tools covered were Blogger, Wordpress, Typepad, and Expression Engine. I have created blogs at both Blogger and Wordpress. And I think the discussion of both in this book was very fair and representative. I have heard Typepad is a really great service, and it is very reasonably priced. But I have opted to do my blogging on the freebie side so far. I have no experience with Expression Engine. But this book has me thinking of doing some investigation into that service.
The blogging styles mentioned were:
>> Personal diary
>> Views & reviews
>> From the desk of...
>> Organizational outreach
>> Internal organizational
>> Community
I was surprised the style I use for my current blogs was not mentioned: Question & answer. But there really are an unlimited number of blogging styles. That's the beauty of blogs - you can make them what you want them to be and to do.
Throughout the book the author covers blog theory. And he gives us his take on how to actually start a blog. He includes notes, tips and sidebars to help the reader better grasp the material in the book. If you follow the pointers in this book you will probably create a real winner of a blog. You might even include images, video, audio, forums, tags, wikis, and some moneymaking features. But you don't have to. Hopefully you'll get more hits, more fans, more friends, and even more customers. 5 stars!
Summary of How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog (How to Do Everything)
Incorporate the hottest new Web technologies into your blog! How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog makes it easy to choose the blogging tools that are best for you and master the basics of blog design and template manipulation. You'll learn how to add different Web 2.0 services to your blog, including images, video, audio, forums, tags, wikis, and even money-making features. It's time to take your blog to the next level and get more hits, more fans, more friends,?and more customers.
- Learn about different blogging tools, including Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, and ExpressionEngine
- Customize your blog's design by editing templates and style sheets
- Share your blog headlines and story feeds via RSS and Atom
- Add photos, video, and audio--including podcasts--to your blog
- Drive traffic to your site with tagging, social bookmarking, and ranking services
- Collaborate with users through wikis
- Promote visitor participation using forums, community blogs, and newsletters
- Make money through your blog with Google AdSense, Amazon, and other affiliate programs
- Track, optimize, maintain, and back up your blog
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