A blog is a discussion or informational website published on the world wide web consisting of discrete, often diary-style text entries.
Blogs provide commentary on a particular subject or topic, ranging from philosophy, religion, arts to science, politics, sports.
A typical blog combines text, digital images and link to other blogs, web pages and other media related to this topic.
It allows the readers to leave comments publicly and to interact in between the commenters.
The supply of proper information along with pictures or images on various topics relating any field, makes the use of blog more popular day by day, so that the followers are increasing from thousands to millions now a days.
There are different types of blogs based on various topics and contents.
- Personal blog : The personal blog is an ongoing online diary or commentary written by an individual rather than a corporation or organization.
- Collaborative blog or group blog : A type of web blog in which posts are written and published by more than one author.
- Corporate and organizational blog : Blogs used internally and only available to employees via an internet are called corporate blogs.
- Aggregated blogs : Aggregate blogs allows readers to concentrate on reading instead of searching for quality on topic – content and managing subscriptions.
The main characteristics or features of a blog are:
- A blog must always be dynamic.
- Posts are displayed in reverse order.
- Most blogs have the same structure.
- The blogs leading star is its content.
- Headlines should be attention grabbers.
6. One rule applies to all blog : Relevancy
7. Blogs and links go hand in hand .
8. A blog is founded on personal touch.
9. Posts should always encourage debates.
10. All blogs are about communication.
Tips for developing effective communication skill :
- Good clarity to explain.
- Proper observance over the situation.
- Choosing the right words to communicate.
- Choosing the right tone while speaking.
- Choosing of right gestures against others.
- Active listening to the audience.
- Respond versus react to the audience.
- Pay respect to others.
- Use of empathy while speaking.
- Being honest and loyal to the listeners.
Key points to maintain and develop a positive attitude:
1. Self talk to rectify the mistakes by becoming self-aware of it.
2. Changing negative self talk into positive self talk to keep the utmost positivity.
3. Visualize the positives into any matter.
4. Look into the bright side of every thing.
5. Attack problems head on to get a proper solution.
- Avoid procrastination while speaking.
- Keep a Smile on face.
- Make the work fun while working.
- Be open minded to all.