1. Making It Simple Presents:The Art of Blogging By: BahnanAbdi (Note Making It Simple is not a real organization, this is just a course project)

2. Hello welcome College Students at MSU this is a slide share presentation provided by Making it Simple on “The Art of Blogging”

3. First off your probably wondering..

5. Well the word blog is short for web log and is a record of the changing content of your website

6. A blog is a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies, "postings on a blog are usually in chronological order"

7. When blogging you need to stay informative. Keep it short and simple, but use visuals to make your blog stand out

8. A blog is a mix of….

9. Images

11. And Media

12. When you blog..

13. You cando anything youwant

14. And have the power to say whatever you want

15. The blog Is always run by..

16. The person who makes it

17. To make a blog you need to use one of these blog making sites..

21. And.. of course

23. Your probably wondering what can I use a blog for?

24. Blogs are used for many reasons maybe you just want to..

26. Advertising and Marketing of your blog

27. Or..

28. Just for fun and kicks

29. A blog can also be used to give people information on what's new

30. How can you make a blog?

31. Blogs are generally easy to make and are almost all the time free. To make one you must take these steps

32. 1.) You need to Sign up for a blog on any of the blog making sites and then sign in.

33. 1.) You need to Sign up for a blog on any of the blog making sites and then sign in. 2.) Once you have signed in, customize your blog and give it a nice theme.

34. 1.) You need to Sign up for a blog on any of the blog making sites and then sign in. 2.) Once you have signed in, customize your blog and give it a nice theme.3.)Once you have done that you can start adding widgets and other tools to make your blog stand out.

35. What is a widget?

36. Well a widget is a small gadget or mechanical device commonly used to program a tool on a website.

37. Widgets are a far range of things from Facebook like button, calendar, photos, RSS Feeds, and etc.

38. What is an RSS Feed?

39. An RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

40. For some people a blog is somewhat of a newspaper for them so RSS Feeds are a great way to send information straight to the individual

41. What an RSS feed allows people to do is when they subscribe to a blog, posts and other things related to blog will be sent directly to either the persons phone or e-mail keeping them updating on what's new 24/7

42. The success of your blog is generally depended on how people view it so having a comment box in your blog will be very helpful source

43. When blogging you want people to give you feedback whether its… good or bad..

44. What can a blog do for you?

45. Many blogs around the world make some to little money off of there blogs and you can too

46. For College students as yourselves a blog will be a good way to get feedback from your peers..

47. Also something a little extra to add into your resume.

48. Now that you have learned how to make a blog, get up and go make one.

49. The End

50. (Making it Simple is not a real organization just a course project)