Slide of presentation about blogging i gave at "Internet for a Better Life" seminar. It was being held by Community of Blogger of Indonesia University of Education at PKM UPI.

1. @fikrirasyid

2. http://about.me/fikrirasyid
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About me, in 140 characters 4 slides or less

3. By day
Student of English Education,
batch 2008

4. By nights &
weekends
• Blogger
• WordPress theme developer
(Freelance)

5. My blogs:
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™ fikrirasyid.com (personal)
™ bloggingly.com (blogging topic)
™ outstando.com (web development topic)
™ fikrirasyid.wordpress.com (academic notes)
™ fikrirasyid.tumblr.com (tumblog)
™ twitter.com/fikrirasyid (microblog)

6. 6 things you can expect
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™ What is a blog
™ What you can expect from blogging
™ How to blog
™ What to blog
™ Things I’ve learned about blogging
™ Q & A

7. What blogging is all
about?
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8. Short History of Blogging
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™ 1994 : online diary / journal
of collection of links &
comments
™ 1997 : Jorn Barger coined
the term “logging the web”
™ 1999 : Peter Merholz coined
the term “web blog”. Later
on, it is abbreviated into
“blog”

9. What is a blog?
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™ blog
abbreviation of web log
™ blog (noun)
type / part of website. maintained by
individual with regular entries of
commentaries. Commonly displayed
in reverse chronological order.
™ blog (verb)
to maintain or add content to a blog

10. Kinds of Blog
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™ Personal blog
™ Corporate blog
™ By Device (moblog)
™ By Media Type
(vlog, linklog, sketchblog, photoblog,
tumblelog)
™ By Genre
(political, travel, house, fashion,
education, music)

11. What is a blog?
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™ A website / part of website
™ Online journal
™ Any kind of topic
™ Personal point of view
™ Updated regularly

12. What to expect from
blogging?
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13. Since 2007:
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™ Noticed by people from the
industry i’ve been working
in.
™ Got a job / get projects /
get clients.
™ Followed by many people.
My opinion become
matters.
™ Made friends with more
people.
™ etc

14. Many bloggers
have experienced the
benefits of blogging

15. Classic Example:
WordPress Project
• By Matt Mullenweg, Founder of
WordPress
• A post titled “The Blogging
Software Dillema”
• Posted on: Jan 24th, 2003
• URL: http://ma.tt/2003/01/the-
blogging-software-dilemma/

16. Matt Mullenweg – http://ma.tt
The 50 Most Important People on the Web
WordPress: The most popular open source content management syste,

17. The Main Idea
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Having your ideas published

18. How To Blog?
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19. How To Blog:
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™ Have a blog
™ Writing & publishing post
™ Promoting your blog

20. How to have a blog?
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™ Register for free
™ Self hosting

21. Register for FREE
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™ wordpress.com
™ blogger.com
™ tumblr.com
™ posterous.com
™ Use facebook notes

22. Self hosting
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™ Your own address, such
as fikrirasyid.com
™ Install WordPress
engine
™ Hire web developer

23. What To Blog?
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24. #0
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™ Everyone is unique
™ Be yourself
™ There are people who
might have similar
interests / questions /
experiences out there
™ You can blog about
almost everything

25. #1
–
Blog
something
useful

26. #2
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Blog about
your personal
experience,
not your
personal issue

27. #3
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Blog about
something you
really care

28. #4
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Blog about
serious stuff
you’ve been
working on

29. But the most important
advise is..

30. #5
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Forget about
those craps
I’ve been told
you.
Just blog it.

31. Blogging Done Right
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Random lessons I’ve been learned these years

32. Writing
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™ Get rid of ALL
unimportant things
™ Be clear
™ Use appropriate
language
™ “Clear writing shows
clear way of thinking”

33. Using Pictures
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™ Use picture!
™ Picture width = length
of your text area
™ If picture width <
length of your text
area, align left/right it.

34. The Examples
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35. Using Rich Media
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™ Presentation? Use
slideshare.net
™ Video? Use YouTube.com
™ Music? Use
soundcloud.com
™ Ebook? Use scribd.com

36. SEO
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™ Write descriptive title
& content
™ Long-Tail content

37. Promotion
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™ Post to twitter,
facebook & other
social media
™ DO NOT SPAM
PEOPLE
™ Write interesting
comments on others’
blog

38. Design
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™ Focus on stuff that
matters
™ Get rid of ALL
unimportant things
™ FOCUS ON
READIBILITY

39. Frequency
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™ Daily, weekly, monthly?
™ Which one that suits
you the most?
™ Quality > Quantity
™ I found weekly / twice
in a week is cool.

40. Being Specific
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™ In terms of perception
making / branding /
whatever-you-called-it,
differentiation is
recommended.

41. Patience
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™ The 10,000 hours law
™ How many hours did
you need to learn how
to swim?
™ Enjoy the process

42. Thanks! Questions?
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fikrirasyid.com – personal blog
@fikrirasyid – twitter
facebook.com/fikri.rasyid.book – facebook