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TODAY'S FEATURE IS BLOG #3787 - Earlier this week I started a new photo album at my Facebook Fan Page titled: 'Comic Book Blogs'. My intent was to show a photo of the blogs that I like and a link to them. I just realized that I hadn't blogged before about how easy it is to... Start A Comic Book Blog! So I'm writing this blog post today to help you get started! Here are the steps! 1) Get A Web Site! First of all, it is much easier to start a blog then when I started back in June of 2006. ( BTW, I started this non-eBay blog in September of 2007.) I used the eBay blog format, as I was selling comic books on eBay and decided to promote what I was selling with stories of the comics and comic book creators. To my surprise, I actually won $100 in the eBay Blogging Contest for blogs! I soon found though that I was limited in that I couldn't link to non-eBay sites in my 'eBay blog'. So I found that Tripod (Lycos) had started a blogging format. I used Tripod for my websites, so it was only natural for me to use the Tripod blogging format. Which is what you are reading this blog on right now! However, others use livejournal or Blogspot or other blogging platforms. I'm not going to recommend any of those, as I don't use them. But thousands of others do, so take a look at those blogging formats. You basically register with those websites, and follow their instructions on how to set your blog up. And yes... You can change the themes of the layout of your blog there, just be sure to realize that the blog texts on your archived blogs can change in size! If you are going to do this for a while... Then I suggest you buy your own domain name. I use NameSecure.com for all of my domain name purchases. The average cost on the web for a 1 year domain name purchase is approximately $9.95 a year. 2) Start Writing! I have read many comic book blogs. There really isn't a true format for them. This blog has different categories of topics that I blog about. See those topics at the top right side of this post. If you name your blog 'Comics From The Bronze Age of Comics', then you would be limiting yourself to blogging just on those comics. Which could be fine, if that is all you want to blog about. For myself, I chose ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com, which is generic enough to tackle all of the comic book related topics I would want to blog about! 3) Practice Writing Your Blogging 'Voice'! There really is only one way that you will enjoy writing your blog. And that is by writing in your own 'voice'. Seriously! Write the way you normally talk. The words will come much easier to you when formatting your daily / weekly blog. 4) Blog On A Consistent Basis You don't have to blog every hour, day, or week. But be consistent in putting content out there for others to read. That way they will come back for more, if they like what they read there today. Place a hit counter with stats on your blog. I use Sitemeter.com for this. 5) Link To Other Blogs & Websites Really! If you find something on another comic book blog or comic book web site, refer with a physical link to that blog or web site. That will get your own blog known better when search engines come to your blog and index it. Oh... And don't forget to submit your blog's url to search engines right away! 6) Stay With It and Stick to Your Guns If you make a statement in your blog, and that is what you truly feel about the comic book or comic book film or comic book creator, then stick with it. Don't be wishy-washy! For example... When I do a review blog on a comic book, I post what the comic is about, what I thought about it, and then a comic book grade for the comic. I believe I write enough to state my case as to why that comic book deserves the comic book grade that I give it.
7) Have Some Fun With It This is blog #3787 for me. That is a LOT of blogs! And this blog only dates back to June of 2006, which makes it six years and seven months old. Or seventy-nine months. Which equals 48 blogs a month. Yes, I used to do two blogs a day in the early years. So please, make this blogging a fun project, and you'll have years of enjoy to come! If you have any questions on this topic, feel free to message me on my Facebook Fan Page, Michael D Hamersky On Comics. ~ Michael
BTW, You can 'follow' this blog by clicking the 'Follow' Button at this NetworkedBlogs app link! Thanks to ALL of YOU that have already clicked that button! And for those of YOU that haven't yet... I would appreciate it if YOU would!!! Note: My online 'Local' Comic Book Shop (LCBS), carries many different genres of comics, magazines, graphic novels, and comic con promotional items. Possibly even copies of the item(s) that was mentioned here today...! If I have it, you'll find under the BIG TOP of Comics, at Comic Books Circus.com! Web Page Note: This blog post is written per the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safari, Netscape, Firefox and the other browsers serve the page up slightly differently, sorry about that! The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768 on your laptop or desktop computer. Note: Your computer's resoulution may be set differently, but the above resolution is the most commonly used resolution at the time of this blog post. NOTE: All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners. Comics Creators: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email or mail us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to: Make It So Marketing Inc., PO Box 130653, Carlsbad, CA 92013  Also, if you are a Facebook member, I would have liked you to send me a 'Friend Request'. However, I have reached the maximum limit of 5,000 Facebook Friends and Fan pages already, so I've added a New 'Facebook Fan Page' so that even more of YOU can 'Like' what I am doing, and be interactive with me and others there. Here is the link to that 'Facebook Fan Page': Michael D Hamersky On Comics! Please click the 'Like' button on that page!---------------   In Addition, I started a YouTube Channel just before the 2011 Comic-Con International, where I am slowly uploading videos from conventions or other events that we attend that are also pop culture related. You are invited to 'subscribe' to that channel also! As found at 'HamerskyOnComics'! |
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