Gregg H. Hawkins

Blogging, as we all know, has become very popular with people of many ages around the world within the past few years. We also know that blogging is a very tedious task and that there are certain steps to become a successful blogger. There are many things that make a blog successful; an author’s thought process, the quality of posts, monetizing your blog correctly, and the list goes on but I will leave it alone since we have all heard it a thousand times already.

The Correlation Between Girls and Blogging
What I am trying to get at is that girls, also women, would and currently make fantastic bloggers. They are the perfect example of how to run a blog. Now, you are probably wondering where the heck I am going with this. Relax, I am getting there.

For the guys, how many times have you set up a date and told a girl that you will pick her up at 7:00 pm sharp for dinner? You show up at her house at 7:00 pm sharp and she’s STILL getting ready.

For the girls, have you not spent countless hours putting on makeup, going to hair stylists, and getting manicures and pedicures so that you could look pretty (I’m not saying that you already don’t look pretty)?

…and you answered?
If you answered both questions with a definite “yes” then you are on the right track. No, not on track to finding a girl who will be ready on time and no, not having to not put on makeup, go to hair stylists, and getting manicures and pedicures.

The Correct Way to Blog
Finally. If we study a girl’s habits we will notice that she does in fact spend countless hours getting ready for a date and other “special” occasions. Guys on the other hand, throw on jeans that were on the floor and take 10 minutes to get ready (a general assumption). The way a girl gets ready is how we should all treat our blogs, with care.

A girl may go to the shower to clean herself up, shave her legs, and brush her teeth afterwards. We’ll call this stage the “prepping” stage. She’s prepping herself for the night ahead. As bloggers we need to “prep” ourselves – research the blogosphere, purchase a domain name, purchase a web hosting plan, and much more. Without prep stage we wouldn’t know what we were getting ourselves into.

Next, a girl may throw on clothes and style her hair. We’ll call this the “starting” stage (couldn’t think of another word). In the starting stage of blogging we, most of us, decide that we will use a CMS (Content Management System) to manage our blog, which is usually the latest version of WordPress.

Lastly, a girl puts on her makeup, which usually lasts about an hour or so. In this stage, as bloggers we need to take time to make our blog be presentable. This is the stage where we find the plugins we want to install on our blog, edit the WordPress theme to our liking, and make any other finishing touches. This stage is the most important because it deals with appearance. A girl puts on makeup so that she can appear to look beautiful. Bloggers install plugins and change the colors and look of our theme so that hopefully visitors will enjoy their stay, ultimately converting them into a returning visitor.

With my experience as a blogger I have spent many hours searching for the perfect WordPress theme, finding great plugins, and editing a WordPress theme’s style so that it fits my needs and wants. It takes a lot of time, dedication, and patience, but in the end the finished product is always worth it.

Last Thoughts on the Subject
Treating your blog like a girl treats herself is one of many ways to run your blog. This topic lightly covers blogging as whole and there is much more to blogging than just getting one up and the appearance of it. However, those are the first steps to blogging, which are as important as any other step. Of course, you will need to provide quality content to your readers, but without a blog to publish your content you will be a “nobody” in a vast online world.

Don’t be the guy who takes 10 minutes to get ready to go to school, go on a date, and go to church. Learn to be a girl and perfect yourself into something amazing. Spend those extra minutes, even hours, to be the best that you can be. You will appreciate the ending result as well as your readers.