We’ve made some major headway on our new blogs, so now it is time to write your first post!
There are two approaches to doing this:
- Start posting, right out of the gate, with your own content
- Put up a “Welcome!” message, really a quasi-placeholder, to start things off
I am going to run through a few examples of each, and give you guys the scoop as to which one I would recommend for your new blogs!
Your First Blog Post
When I first started theNetFool.com, I really didn’t have a handle on what blogging was all about. Heck, if I had a guide like this I would have wasted a lot less time putting up pointless time-consuming posts that got me nowhere. My first post was actually a review of a sportsbook program; that’s right, a sportsbook (for online sports betting?). This concept really had nothing to do with anything… and I figured that I could tackle the world with my website and everyone and their mother would want to read what I had to say. 
Think again! Blogging is much more about the relationship w/ your readers than anything else, so you want to target your content from the get-go.
Method One: One way to start out blogging is to get right into your content. For my blog, I would be putting out a way to make money online or some type of blogging tip. For another, perhaps you start in with a product review like I offered on theNetFool.com.
Method Two: The preferred method of starting a blog, now that I have tried both ways, is to put in a placeholder welcoming post. Basically, we want to outline to our readers what we are going to be writing about, who we are and why they should subscribe and come back day after day.
- Example 1: John Chow dot com
- Example 2: Winning The Web
- Example 3: Tyler Cruz
Clearly, I wholeheartedly support starting things off with a welcome post. With any new blog, it is going to be slow going from the start. Therefore, we need to insure that we retain a solid core audience by putting out a casual introduction as our starting blog. Nobody wants to be launched into a new blog to read without understanding the face behind it, so aside from our occasional passerby… we want to be informal and friendly from the start! 
I recommend keeping things short on your first post regardless of which path you take. But if you stick with my recommendation, you may consider including: who you are, why you are blogging, what you will be blogging about and how readers can subscribe & leave you feedback.
Get that first post out, and join us back for the continued construction on Day 19!
-Jimvesting
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Hey
I have already put my posts up and regret not putting up a welcome post.
But i have thought of a way to fix this, making a 1st month post.
That way i have content and am not making promises i can’t make.
Great post
Great post, I wish I had a guide like this when I was a beginner
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June 5, 2009 at 10:14 am #
You can still write first posts by time stamping your blog. Anyways when your start off, there are few readers so you can do it now.
Twitter: @melvinblog
June 5, 2009 at 10:46 am #
I would really really prefer the first method as the second one is boring
I like method one most but when I first started my blog I used method two and introduced myself but now that time is over..
Great post and nice series. Looks good
I used method one. I was anxious to start posting. on another note my alexa ranking went from 19 million to 9 million since i started!!!
Very interesting post! thank you for the tips and guideline for newbies. We need to be reminded every once in awhile about things we take for granted in blogging. so thanks again and good luck!!!
I prefer first method. Whats the use of welcome post when no one is there to hear you. Also as Melvin said it is boring.
My first 3 posts were straight review and the 2nd review got me my first earning.
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I think a self introduction will make a good first post?
I have a feeling I’m going to be visiting your blog a ton just to keep re-reading and applying all of your blog tips that you’ve been posting up. Great tips.
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I prefer the first example below. The other two are good too!
thanks I will use thius method on my next blog as i have already done my first
post
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I think the method one is pretty more interesting than the method two. Well, as we all know, internet users are after to informative posts than any other posts.
I really haven’t seen any blogger who started their post using a sort of welcome page. Though I’ve known some that they did all the welcome remarks in their about page.
Your idea gives a personal touch to your blog. It is something that can attract visitors because they can comfortably comment on your blog.