This is not an hidden fact that blogging can do wonders for you as a software engineer or programmer. It is must for each and every progressive software engineer to have his own blog. The kind of adrenaline rush and sense of achievement it gives with each article published is unparalleled.
If you planning to start your own programming or technical blog, this is the right time for you. Never think that you should have started a blog 5 years, 2 years or some time in the past. Think yourself 5 years from now, if you start a blog now, you will feel a sense of achievement by looking at the blog.
Finally it can be big career booster for your career and who knows you may start a side income out of it. In one of my previous blog I have discussed the benefits of starting a blog.
5 Things to consider Before Starting Programming blog
Here I will discuss the 5 things you should consider before starting your own blog.
Domain Name
This is the first prerequisite if you are starting with your own blog. You should spend good amount of time thinking about the domain name.
You can have your own name as domain name but there are some draw backs to it. If you want to scale and let other writers to write, there are chances that people will be hesitant to write here. Other drawback is, if you want to sell the blog some time in future there will be less takers for a blog with personal name.
The other suggestion is not to go for some specific name. For example you want to write for some technology today, but after some time it is outdated and write for something else. But your blog name denotes something else.
This is the case with my blog, but I can live with it. But it is advisable to have some generic name for the domain name for you blog.
On BlueHost with the hosting package you can get your domain name free.
Hosting
You need to have the best hosting to give your readers the seamless experience of reading the blog. Also if you are facing some technical issue the hosting provider should be able to resolve the issue immediately.
I have found BlueHost to be very prompt and effective. The customer support of the BlueHost is extremely knowledgeable and helpful. There is very less downtime for my blog with BlueHost.
If you are stuck with a not so good hosting provider you will be trading off your peace of mind.
With one click install of wordpress you can have your own blog up and running in no time. Believe me, you don’t have to be tech ninja to have your own blog with BlueHost.
Content
Once you start blogging there should not be a looking back. I have seen many bloggers who start with the full enthusiasm but after few posts their blogs are never updated.
Once you start producing the grate content and your content is adding something to the audience of your blog, you will see people coming back and again to your blog.
This doesn’t mean that every time you have to write long article. It can be very small article but it has to be very unique to add to your audience knowledge.
Delay gratification
If you are one who always looks for instant gratification and want quick results of your actions. I am sorry blogging is not for you. You have to entering a arena where delayed gratification is honored and rewarded.
You won’t be an over night celebrity or a most sought after author in a mater of days. You have to grind yourself for many months or probably years to reach a level of success where your blog will be at the respectable position.
Continuity
Have you ever committed to continue a task for much longer time like 3 months, 6 months or may be a year. If yes, than blogging is for you. Blogging demands continuity and dedication. You should be able to write out at least one article each week.
If you can do two article there is nothing like that. There are bloggers who write each and every day. One such nice example is SqlAuthority. The author of the blog Mr Pinal Dave is writing quality content each and every single day since last more then 10 years.
That is the reason his blog is the authority for the SQL related queries and it always comes at first rank in Google search. Resulting in a massive success for him.
Conclusion:
Every one can start a programming blog with few clicks in under 15 minutes. But you need to know some basic facts before Starting Programming blog which can help you to reach new heights in your technology career. In this article I have discussed all the ingredients of a successful programming or technology blog.
Alamin says
Really helpfully post