Blogging for Holistic Medicine Practitioners- What I’ve learned so far

A Time Consuming Start

If you are a holistic medicine practitioner looking to get into Blog writing, you have come to the right place. This blog is focused on translating the technical nature of the “blogosphere”, so you can save time figuring out how to blog and get to blogging.

The first thing I recommend you do is go to wordpress.com and set up a free blog. This should take about 5 minutes or so, after you wait for the confirmation email and log in.  Once you have done that, you go to your dashboard, which is the interface you will use to make blog posts, and control everything else about your blog. Some users may find it useful to view a detailed tutorial on wordpress before they begin blogging, while others may prefer to jump in and learn as they go. Now you are basically ready to go. Start writing! What about? Well, that’s easy. We as acupuncturists, massage therapists, reiki practitioners and so on, are used to translating rarified fields of knowlege and expertise into common speak. Our patients ask us questions, and we have become skilled at answering.

Start with commonly asked questions about your field. You could also start off posting information from an older article you have written, or a newsletter. The idea is to make the information valuable, so people will read it, and follow links back to your site.  Make the stuff you are writing as fresh as possible, always including your own ideas and content as opposed to content already published somewhere on the net. Do add links in your text to other relevant sites, as this helps your readers and increases the users experience on your blog. Always add a link to your own site! This is an instant search engine optimization strategy.

I would have compiled a list of blog writing resources, but Neil Patel over at ProNet Advertising has already nailed that list. Check out his 50 favorite blogging resources, for anything from blog writing tips to ideas for marketing your blog. I recommend you browse around on the links therin, and make a plan about what you are going to write, then GO FOR IT, start writing for an audience. Then go to a website like technorati.com or blogcatalog.com and start getting familiar with the blogosphere- find out what people are writing about in your field, and most important what they are reading about. Later you will use these sites to add your blog to a directory for better findability.

Stay tuned for more info on blogging for holistic medicine professional. Please visit my website, Holistic Web Design.net for more info on blogging and other web design topics.

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