August 12, 2007
Mobile Blogging Basics- Road to Flexibility and Success
So you're the biggest blog geek in the world. You're addicted to your blog and can't live without. Every day you check your blog 10 different times to pump it up with fresh content and chat with your loyal fans. And lucky for you, your job gives you online access that allows you to check your blog every so often, keeping your addiction alive and healthy.
All is going fine and dandy utnil you showed up to work one day and found out that the URL to your precious darling blog has been blocked! It looks like the administration has finally had enough with you logging on to your blog site 10 times a day. ANd just by conincidence, a new set of "made just for you rules) prohibits emloyees from logging on to their blog sites while at work.
Oh no, so the end is here right? Your blog has been your safe haven where you can vent your daily frustrations at people who seem to care. It's where you can escape reality for a brief period and interact with people whom you've probably never met before. It seems so unfair, so injust. Since where else other than work is a better place to stimulate the ingenius creativity from within?
Thankfully, there is no need to worry, as the end is definitely not here. Wherever there is a problem there is a solution. This is where mobile blogging kicks in. Mobile blogging allows maximum flexibility for your blogging success. Thanks to mobile blogging, you can update your blogs through your email or even your cell phone! Anywhere you can get any form of internet access, mobile blogging ensures that your blog will never get stale. It's no wonder why more and more blog addicts are getting hooked on what has become known as "moblogging".
So how do you moblog? Well, the five tips below will get you started in the right direction. In fact, it is insanely easy. It just takes a bit of initial set up. After that, everything else works just as they do with regular blogs. In fact, you may find that even though you have the rights to access your blog via a web browser, it is more convenient to just update your blog through email. This way, you won't have to visit the actual blog, log in, and all that good stuff. Now, updating your blog is as easily as clicking the Send button of your favorite email client.
How to set up a mobile blog:
1. Most blogging services already have mobile blogging capabilities. If you already own a blog, chances are that your blogging platform supports that function, so you do not need to move your blog to a new service. If not, try Wordpress.
2. Get a email account if you don't have one already…
3. Go to Options/Settings of your blogging software and set it up so it updates via email. This is the essence of mobile blogging basics. Wordpress offers additional plugins that offers an interested assortment of options to enhance your mobile blogging experience. Once set up, you'll receive an email address that you can send message to for updating your blog.
4. Now, start moblogging! Use any means you want to write an email. This can be done through a cell phone, PDA, laptop, etc… Simply send the entry to your blog's email address and Voila, instant content update.
Thanks to mobile blogging, you can now keep your blog fresh and delicious whenever. Don't you just love technology?