1. Everything you need to know about blogging!

2. What is a blog?
A blog is a webpage that is usually run by one person or sometimes a small group or business
A blog is a diary or journal that is online
Blogs are a place for their writer to share thoughts and passions

3. What kind of blogs are popular?
Some of the most popular genres of blogs are
Cooking blogs
Fashion blogs
Lifestyle blogs
Family blogs
Travel blogs

4. How is information written?
Blogs are usually written in an informal style
Some have a dear diary type of format
Other business type blogs will have a more formal style
Cooking blogs will have recipes written in a cookbook style format

5. The basics of how to blog
How are images added?
How are blogs made public/private?
Depending on which blogging platform (ie.blogspot, wordpress, etc.) used it will vary
The fairly standard way to add a image is when writing a post click the insert image option
How easy this is to do will depend on your platform
Again depending on the platform it will vary but in general in settings there will be an option of public or private
Some people decide to make their blogs private because of privacy concerns

6. Commenting
How do people make comments?
What kind of comments are useful?
People make comments by using the comment box at the bottom of a post (like the one below)
Some kind of comments that are useful are feedback on recipes
Constructive criticism can be very useful
Encouraging comments can be useful to improve a bloggers confidence

7. What keeps people interested?
What kind of posts keep people interested?
Can posts be too often?
Fun informative and interesting posts
List posts are almost always effective (i.e.10 ways to tighten abs etc.)
Posting more than once a day can turn people off
Most successful bloggers only post 1-2 times a week
It can be difficult to find the perfect balance between not enough and too many posts