1. Ideas for Getting Your Blog Started

Figure out what yourfocuswill be. 2. You need to know what you'd like to write about on your blog. If you don't have a focus for your blog, you end up spending a lot of time trying to come up with ideas for posts. 3. Make your focus broad enough that you don't run out of things to write about, but narrow enough that you always know your subject matter.

4. Some Blog Ideas

A hobby 5. Your favorite sport or team 6. Your family/life 7. Cooking/food 8. Your city/town/area 9. Politics 10. Anything you have a strong interest in

11. Some Good Examples

Local restaurant reviewshttp://eatsalem.com/ 12. Articles and thoughts on living in Salem, ORhttp://desperatelyseekingsalem.com/ 13. Cooking/Recipeshttp://gumboyaya2u.blogspot.com/ 14. Fun projects!http://diystudio.net/blog/ 15. Local bicycle community infohttp://breakfastonbikes.blogspot.com/ 16. Photographyhttp://salemphotodiary.blogspot.com/

17. Pick Your Subject and Title

Now that you've seen some examples and had some time to think, pick thetopicyou would like to write about and choose a catchytitle . 18. Don't worry too much about this! You can always change your mind, but at least get yourself organized and started for now.

19. You're Ready to Blog!

You've got your idea and you've got a title, now we just have to get you set up on a blog andget started ! 20. Lesson 2will walk you through the steps of getting your blog up and running.

21. Resources

All blogs used are listed on the websitewww.salemites.com

The photo Pen and Notebook was taken on September 15, 2009 using aCanon EOS 1000DBy sparkieblues Thana Thaweeskulchai