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By Unknown - Monday, November 26, 2018
BLOGGER
Let’s start with Blogger or as one might say- Blogspot. I personally started my own blog on Blogger around five years ago. It was an excellent place to start at. However, I always felt it was a bit limiting. Here are some points you should consider before starting your blog on blogger.com:
PROS:
• it’s totally free, all you have to do is register on www.blogger.com
• it’s easy to use
• it offers some useful default plugins such as Google Ads, Popular Posts, Subscription forms, etc.
• you get to choose from a few default blog design themes straight away or can find plenty of stylish paid blog designs.
CONS:
• it is a bit limited. you cannot really expand on your web development or plugin use.
• it might not do well SEO-wise
• as it’s not self-hosted, if Blogger one days gets shut down- your blog will too
• more of a starter platform, so it might not look professional enough
To sum up: great for beginner blogger that are not sure about how serious they are about blogging yet. Transferring your blog from Blogger to WordPress is pretty easy tho, you can find the tutorial here →
SELF-HOSTED WORDPRESS
Now if decide to take your blogging game seriously, you should consider going self-hosted. I’ve been on WordPress.org for over 3,5 years now and I’m not looking anywhere else. Let’s look into pros & cons tho.
PROS:
• super easy to set up, it literally takes a couple of minutes. find a tutorial here →
• unlimited plugins available
• you have way more freedom to expand design & development wise
• so many great themes to choose from (free & paid)
• can bring you better SEO score
CONS:
• you need to pay for web-hosting. read my review on some top companies here →
• more control comes with more responsibility. you have to make sure to choose trustworthy web host & use plugins with most downloads & reviews.
I really cannot think about more cons. WordPress.org is my favourite platform out there & I bet you’re going to love it.
Hope you enjoyed reading these Pros + Cons. Let me know if this post helped you decide which platform is for you!
LumidyTech: How to Optimize Your Blog Posts For The Best SEO Results
By Lumidy's Blog NG - Sunday, August 19, 2018
The time has come to start taking your blog seriously! Once you sort out your blog design, you should start thinking about achieving the best SEO score possible. Let me tell you how you can optimize your posts to bring you the best SEO results in 6 easy steps.
- Research. Find out what people are looking for online and how your potential readers might be able to find you through keywords. The Google Adwords Keyword Tool and semrush.com both offer great tools that allow you to find keywords related to your topic.
- Use keywords throughout your posts. Once you decide which keywords you’d like to use- make sure to place them where they will make the most impact, for example:• Your Post Title
• Your Paragraph Subheadings
• Within the first few sentences of your blog post
• Meta Description
• Anchor text - Use helpful plugins. If you’re on WordPress, you can install some helpful plugins that will allow you to make things easier when it comes to SEO optimising your posts. My absolute favourite is YOAST Seo Plugin.
- Use social media. All of our blog design templates have sharing buttons enabled for a reason- they help you spread out a word about your blog faster. Make sure to also register on some of the popular social media outlets out there & keep publishing your content on there too.
- Optimise your images. Use SEO rich titles & alternative text for your images. We live in an extremely visual age, so you have to make sure your images are marked correctly!
- Be active. Make sure to consistently post engaging content with your readers & be active. Reply to your comments, engage on social media & try to get a few guest blogging gigs!
If you follow the steps above, I’m sure you will notice a huge change in your traffic & overall success online. Just keep going!
How to create a blog for FREE on Blogger: Step-by-Step Tutorial
By Unknown - Sunday, August 19, 2018
The easiest (and cheapest) way of starting your blog is definitely creating one on www.blogger.com, in this post I’m going to teach you how to create an account & launch your blog today!
1. Go to www.blogger.com
2. Sign in using your Google Account (or click on ‘Get Started’ to create one)
3. Enter a ‘Display Name’ + click ‘Continue’
4. Click ‘ Create Your Blog Now ‘
5. Select a Blog Title + URL
6. Choose a starter template. You can change it to custom template later on.
THAT’S ALL! You can now go ahead & start posting, create pages & build you content!
LumidyTech: How to Display Instagram Feed on Your Blogger Blog?
By Lumidy's Blog NG - Tuesday, August 19, 2014
The best way to add a personal touch to your Blogger template is to include some snaps from your social media in there. Luckily, all of our Blogger Templates already include a custom made Instagram feed. However, if you’re looking for a quick solution, you can try a method below to display your Instagram moments within your blog.
- Visit lightwidget.com
- Login with your Instagram account
- Choose your settings here. I personally love including full-width Instagram feed at the bottom of the home page. These are the settings I found work best for this type of feed:
- Click on GET CODE button & copy the code from the box below.
- Go to blogger.com & select the blog you’d like to insert the feed into.
- Go to TEMPLATE-> Find Footer Widgets Area
- Click on Add New Widget option
- From the list choose HTML/JAVA widget
- Paste the code you got from Lightwidget in there + click SAVE
That’s all you have to do! Your Instagram feed should start working straight away.
P.S. make sure your Instagram account is set to PUBLIC
LumidyTech: How to Get Shop The Post Widget on Your blog?
By Lumidy's Blog NG - Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Have you ever noticed those shop the posts widgets at the end of an outfit post? Or saw those awesome Shop My Favourites areas on our Blogger templates & WordPress themes?
If you want to help your readers to find the relevant products as well as start monetizing your blog- this post is for you.
These widgets are usually provided by affiliate programmes and these are two that most bloggers use these days:
REWARDSTYLE
RewardStyle pays a commission based on every purchase that originates from your blog. You can earn pretty high commissions on Rstyle, but it might be a bit harder to get in. Try registering tho, you might be just what they’re looking for. If you’re already a member of rstyle, all you have to do is download their plugin & install it on WordPress. Then, anytime you create a shopping feed- you will be able to include its shortcode into your posts.
SHOPSTYLECOLLECTIVE
StopstyleCollective pays a commission based on clicks. What’s awesome about this is that you can start making money on the early beginning of your blog. Setting up shop widgets from Shopstyle is also super easy, all you have to do is put your chosen products into a feed & they will generate a code for you that you can later put into your blog’s content.
Let me know if you use any of the above! Or have you tried both?
LumidyTech: How to Make the First Paragraph Letter Bigger on Blogger?
By Lumidy's Blog NG - Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Creating magazine styled blog layouts are really trending right now and making the first paragraph letter bigger in your post can make your Blogger blog look even more professional
This tutorial was created to be used on Blogger blogs, you can find a plugin for this if you’re using WordPress.
Let’s get to work. The process for this is fairly simple, just follow these steps carefully:
Step 1- Head over to THEME->Edit HTML
Step 2- Click inside of the text box and press CTRL and F (or CMD and F on a Mac) to open the search option.
Step 3- Search for (you will find two of these in the code, but you only need to edit the second one):
Step 4- Edit this code to be like this:
Step 5- Then, head over to THEME->CUSTOMIZE->ADVANCED->ADD CSS and paste in this code:
.post-body p.first:first-child:first-letter {
font-size: 45px;
padding:8px;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-weight: bold;
text-transform:uppercase;
}
Here you go! That’s all you need to do in order to make the first letter in your paragraphs bigger. Feel free to make edits to make this more personal & leave a link to your blog in the comments, so we all can take a look!
