NOTE: WHATEVER I HAVE WRITTEN IN THIS ARTICLE IS EXCLUSIVELY MY OPINION. IT'S NOT TO BLAME ANYONE. RATHER I STRONGLY BELIEVE - EVERYONE WILL TAKE IT POSITIVELY BECAUSE POSITIVE PEOPLE ATTRACT OTHERS WHILE NEGATIVE REPELS. I ALSO FIRMLY BELIEVE, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IS FOR THE BEST ORG AND FOR THE BEST PEOPLE IF THERE IS ANY ROOM TO IMPROVE UPON. THERE MAY BE UNINTENTIONAL MISTAKES. ALL ARE REQUESTED TO MAKE IT CORRECT AT THEIR OWN. ALMIGHTY ALLAH BLESS US ALL.
2. Scanning through few imp research and analysis papers on Talent Management and Army Officers Promotion of different Armies around the globe, [few of which i attached below] helped me to draw a deduction that any discussion regarding the Army’s approach to talent management often produces the wailing and gnashing of teeth akin to a Wagnerian opera as a deluge of ideas struggle to find a balance point, crafting a promotion system that retains the best talent while also allowing additional time for those officers who need to grow professionally. An Army research and study revealed that only 6 percent of surveyed officers believe the Army does a good job of retaining the best leaders. While civil firms continue to innovate new approaches to talent management. On the other hand, the Army is unable to become a 'camouflaged version of Google or Facebook' as long as it sustains an industrial approach to officer promotions that is inadequate for talent management and retention. Same is the case with our army like many other Armies around the globe.
Story Of An Army Officer
3. The story of a very close friend Major Sayedur Rahman,psc,EME from 26th BMA L/C, who is profoundly familiar as an extraordinary, outstanding and remarkable officer who surely possess the best leadership, management and verified character qualities and capabilities. We all are aware of his astounding and amazing spiritual wisdom and knowledge (Besides Professional Knowledge Like BUET Engr, Army Officer and So Many Other Qualifications) that he acquired on 'HOLY QURAN' as he started carrying out detail research and analysis on THE SAME approx 2/3 years before and started teaching others.
4.COULD ANY OF US DO THAT? NOT SURPRISINGLY! IF YES - THE BEST OF BEST. Let us judge ourselves/ our knowledge at our own through answering the fol questions as per Holy Quran so as to see where we are:
Ques 1: Who Created Almighty God?
Ques 2: Why God Created Human Being and The Universe?
Ques 3: What God Had Been Doing Before Creating This Universe?
Ques 4: How, When and Why This Universe was Created?
Ques 5: Is the Holy Quran Almighty God's Word?
Ques 6: What are the descriptions of "Prophecy Of Prophet Muhammad" in other religions?
Ques 7: Why Almighty God Created the Disabled People?
Ques 8: Why Almighty God Created Human Being Knowing Fully Well That Most of the Human Being Will Go to Hell?
Ques 9: Why Almighty God has Created Different Types of People?
Ques 10: How Much Powerful we Human Being Are?
5. Like These, Many Related and Logical Questions are There in Our Mind that are Needed to be Answered. There are the Most Authentic and Wonderful Answers of All These Questions in HOLY QURAN Which Any Logical, Scientific and Intelligent People Will be Able to Understand Very Easily for Sure. Let us Have an Honest Soul Search to Study and Know the Answers of These Questions. We Have Studied So Much in Our Life in the Army? But Most of Us will not be Able to Answer the questions.
NOTE: I AM PREPARING AN ARTICLE ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS INCLUDING SOME MORE CRITICAL QUESTIONS. ALL ANSWERS WILL BE FROM HOLY QURAN. ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS US ALL.
⟴ Allah Almighty said about Quran: “This is the Book (the Quran), whereof there is no doubt, guidance to those who are Al-Muttaqoon [the pious]” (Quran, 2:2)
⟾ The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said - 'The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it to others' [Al-Bukhari].
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6. Major Syeed is amongst the very few most talented officers of our Army that has to be and must be counted. May be that's the point did not favour him. Losing such attired and talented officer is a definite loss for our Army though Army, most likely, won't feel. But It's the best opportunity for him to prove his worth as he will be able to work in wider perspectives throughout this planet that would not be possible, most likely, if he would stay in Army. Whatever Almighty God Does is the Best For the Human Being.
7. Let's all of us try to Be Undeniably Good - THE BEST HUMAN BEING!
8. This officer was not promoted and/ or put 'below the zone' in Army parlance and had to leave Bangladesh Army! The only cause I could found out that I stated and enumerated in the conclusion part of my this write up.
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9. This vignettes - and countless others’ similar experience - show how Our Army’s current promotion system is not optimized for maximum efficiency when it comes to talent management. The Army should rapidly assess and where warranted advance, those individuals who demonstrate a uniquely high degree of acumen. These abundant and artful positive adjectives that can be used after the name of this officer need advanced and able and wonderful mind to put them into good use.
10. If the Army trusts its battalion and brigade commanders to lead soldiers in war, there is no reason why it should not also expect them to fairly manage the talent within their formations to make the best army to fight better to win. No system is perfect and there will always be commanders who reward the wrong kind of behavior but that does not detract from the advantages of relying upon the chain of command to develop leaders rather than remaining permanently wedded to an inefficient system that fails to put the right officers in the right places.
11. Its exclusively my opinion that a simple change in promotion board system could go a long way towards retaining the talent our Army needs. Clearly, the Army is unable to offer the same incentives that the private sector uses to prevent top performers from gravitating to a competitor. However, the Army is not totally without options for better talent retention. By slightly altering its promotion system to prioritize professional accomplishments, our Army would stand a better chance of advancing and keeping its best talented officers.
12] MILITARY BRAIN DRAIN.In his recent book Bleeding Talent, Tim Kane joins a growing chorus of serving and former junior officers to deliver a wake-up call to today’s military leadership in the face of a major drawdown. Their message: If you ignore the expectations of today’s young, combat-experienced leaders as you shrink the force, your most talented officers will exit, stage left. The military bureaucracy’s response? "Good Riddance".
a] NEW TALENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO GIVE THE ARMY A BETTER VIEW INTO SOLDIERS SKILL - CLICK HERE. b] TALENT MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES : CLICK HERE.
Losing Talent
13. The military services today are losing talent. Bright and capable officers are leaving Army in sizable numbers, shifting their lives from combat and camouflage to corporate attire. The military must always shed leaders since there is only so much room to move up. But it is essential to shed the right people and not to lose too many of those with the brightest prospects or the most innovative and talented minds. The military needs to know just who is going out the door, and why? I am certain as i have learned many reviews and research studies of different countries around the world on the subject, I like to inform an amazing fact that if there is a true survey - there will be too less a percentage (less than 10%)will agree that "the current military personnel system of our BD Army does a good job retaining the best talented officers/ leaders”.
14. Warfare is a highly complex business and the side that intends to prevail must bring every advantage into what could become an existential fight. Brainpower and talent matter. Which citizens the military attracts, what cognitive and leadership qualities they possess and how many of them stay for a career are issues of strategic importance to the nation’s security. Our Army has to be in a competition for talent like the other armies around the globe. The best and brightest officers need to be put in high demand for the better future of our beloved BD Army so as to leave a better country with best force for future generations.
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Challenges With the Current System
15. Military career paths are governed by a set of highly structured processes that rarely allow any deviations. Promotions, for example, are governed by immutable statutory rules. But now there are no 35 year old generals or admirals, no military options to mirror such young officers. Now Battalions are commanded by officers with about 17 to 18 years of service. That's quite a sufficient time to be matured, learned and knowledgeable.
16. Full and correct initiative is needed to search, find, get and keep the best talent in the military for the better Force of the Future that should begin in earnest. Talented officers of our Army brought the name and fame for our country serving in different important appointments in foreign assignments/ missions. In this connection, I like to recollect proudly my explicit memories with our present Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh Army who served as the Military Advisor to Force Commander as a Lt Col in UNMIS Force HQ, Sudan - that way, i feel myself lucky and proud as it was possible on my part to know and learn the amazing best qualities and capabilities from him.
17. I know Commissioned officers tend to understand when their career has reached its maximum trajectory. In the words of one of my former colleague - not everyone in this business is going to become the Chief of Staff of the Army. I like to say that the current system is not fundamentally broken. And yet neither is it fully optimized to serve the BD Army’s needs. It promotes good people; however, it does so much too slowly. In a financially constrained environment, the Army needs to attempt to mirror the lean effectiveness of successful civilian companies, which take care the talents for the greater self of their organization.
19. No human being is empowered to decide fate of any other human being. We must firmly believe that Almighty Allah (glorified and exalted be He) had a plan for us before we were born, and He still has a plan for us. Almighty Allah's plan for us is necessary and glorious. Almighty Allah has a flexible plan for each human being that allows that person to benefit the world with his/her unique talents. This is in fact the Islamic view of al Qadar or predestination. There is no doubt that Almighty Allah has decreed everything that happens in the universe from the beginning of time to the end, and that Allah has written it all in al Lawh al Mahfooz (the Book of Decrees).
“Know you not that Almighty Allah knows all that is in the heaven and on the earth? Verily, it is (all) in the Book (Al‑Lawh Al‑Mahfooz). Verily, that is easy for Almighty Allah” [Quran, al-Hajj 22:70]
20. So we can draw the deduction that the life decision of any human being is destined by Almighty Allah for the best of ourselves, not and no way any human being. We, human being, being too small are unable to decide fate of any human being for sure. If we possess faith in Almighty God - we must have to believe this concept, no other alternative. But we act like fools - if we are promoted or not promoted, we give the credit and discredit to human being. So unfortunate we are!
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21. WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW TO ENHANCE KNOWLEDGE: We can count as to how many years more we will survive in this God's earth. Our time is too limited. Everyday we get 'Death Message' of Army Officers from our organization RAOWA. I am afraid of as my 'death day' is also too nearer. But it seems as many of us think our life in this planet is for ever. We will never die.
22. Let us be intelligent and start working only to please Almighty God - The Best Way to Go to Heaven. Let us love and respect each other and try to help everyone the way we can. Let us be the really intellectual and best human being. Let us try to find out the best answers of the questions I have written above (Para 4). Let us all start researching 'Holy Quran' which is the one and only best way for us --- BE CONFIRM.
Almighty Allah Bless Us All.
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In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Almighty Allah the Exalted Said: وَأَحْسِنُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
Be good. Verily, Allah loves those who are good. Surah Al-Baqarah 2:195
Say: If you should love Allah, then follow me. Allah will love you and forgive you your sins, for Allah is forgiving and merciful. Surah Ali Imran 3:31.
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ENHANCING KNOWLEDGE ARTICLES:
∑. EASIEST WAY TO LEARN TO EARN RESPECT: CLICK HERE ∑. MUST INGREDIENTS TO CHANGE LIFE: CLICK HERE ∑. BANGLADESH ARMY IS OUR BEST PRIDE: CLICK HERE ∑. AMAZING BANGLADESH MILITARY TRAINING: CLICK HERE ∑. EXCLUSIVE TRAINING OF BANGLADESH ARMY. CLICK HERE. ∑. BEST TRAINING LIFE IN BANGLADESH MILITARY ACADEMY: CLICK HERE ∑. AMAZING LOVE FOR ALMIGHTY GOD: CLICK HERE ∑. BE ‘HONEST AND POSITIVE’: CLICK HERE
23. I Intend To Love Making Creative, Interesting And Learning Videos. My Channel/ Facebook Pages/ BlogsStands Out In Terms Of Quality Programming, Makes An Entertaining And Profoundly Moving Case For Creating An Educational System. I Continually Search For Light. I Like To Feel That My Creation Is A Light That Shines, Illuminating The Way; Clarifying Intricate Issues, Inspiring And Motivating The Hearts And Minds Of All Human Being. By Watching My Contents/ Videos, You Can Learn The Appropriate Solution Of Integral Life Problems And Family Friendly Entertainment.
24. I Also Like To Put My Active Effort To Give A Deep Insight And Detail Analysis On The Famous Speeches And Interesting Books Of The World To Enhance The Knowledge As Well As Wisdom Of Every Human Being Of The World. Let Us All Work Together To Teach Each Other So That We Can Fulfill Our Earnest Desire To Leave A Better A Planet For Future Generations.
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27. It Is Most Likely That My Contents May Consists Of Unintentional Mistakes. I Would Kindly Request You All To Correct Those To Fit In With Your Needs/ Requirements/ Desires —
HOW EASILY TO CREATE YOUR ESSENTIAL PAGES FOR BLOG
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Essential Pages (About, Contact Me, Etc.)
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General
1. Any and every blog needs to showcase some basic, foundational information about the blog, authors, content etc. These pages are all pretty standard but they’re also a great way to have some fun and let your readers get to know you. It’s a great place for people to get to know you, your business, and how you work. You might not think much about it, but your 'About Page' can quickly become one of the most popular pages on your blog. Think about it... someone’s stumbled across a post you wrote, they liked what they read, and they want to know just who this person is, what is he trying to inform, why and on what he is working etc.
2. Writing about your blog or yourself isn’t that easy. So let’s start with a few basic questions that every great blog 'About Page' should answer:
€. Have a look on my " About us" Page though that is under construction - Click Here.
3. Here we will walk through Five Tips on How to Build the Best 'About Me' Page Possible.The truth is that 'About me' pages or of course about us pages are almost always one of the most visited pages on any website. They’re incredibly important because your audience cares to know who you are and wants to be able to relate to you, or know who they are dealing with if it is a business about page.
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4. They love seeing the face behind the blog or business. So my question is...
⊗. When They See So Much Traffic, Why are Most "About Me" Pages So Boring?
5. I find it crazy that we might spend days or even months working on a piece of content like a blog post, but we don't give our "About Me" pages the 'time and effort' they deserve. But be confirm that your "About Me" page is the soul of your site. (Linked '"About Me" page is under construction- don't consider it to be standard)
6. There's no perfect recipe for success in writing About us Pages. However there are certain elements that all winning 'About' pages share and that you need to consider if you want to write a good one. I've got five pro tips to help you build the best 'About page' you possibly can ---
Tip # 1 - Grab the Attention of You Audience
7. There's no one way to go about this, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve that might help you spice up your About page. One of the best and easiest methods is to open your 'About Me' with punchy statement that perfectly captures what your attitude and style - the things that make you, well - you!
Strategy
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8. Great strategy is to include pictures and videos. Photos add a nice personable touch, while prescriptive videos describing your process and/or snapshots behind the curtain of how a product is, made go a long way towards consolidating reader trust. Don't underestimate these humanizing touches. People want to know that there’s a human running the site and that the person behind the blog is someone worth paying attention to.
Tip # 2 - Keep Your Scope Narrow and Relevant
9. Your About me page is not your autobiography. And, you may be surprised to hear this, but it might also not be the place to share your company's long winded professional history. Highlight these points as your readers want to hear them! And, of course, knowing your audience is key to any piece of content you publish.
Tip # 3 - Paint an Honest Picture of Yourself.
10. A short bio and a nice photograph help your readers connect with the wizard behind the curtain and get a good look at the real you but it’s got to be honest. I usually do this by opening up about my passions and you should too because you want to communicate to people that your about page isn’t just who you are and what you do but why you do it. This is a great place to share your values with your friends by elaborating a little on what you believe and why you launched your website in the first place. One popular way of doing this is telling a story your audience can see themselves in. Also, you'd think this goes without saying, but be yourself. Getting Google traffic is great. But there's nothing wrong with including some organic SEO phrases that tie it naturally. But all the SEO in the world won't help you if you sound like a robot.
Tip # 4- Leverage Social Proof
11. Nothing boosts your credibility like a good testimonial or two and I know this might feel like bragging but pl trust - it makes a definite difference. Obviously trust and winning testimonials are earned over time, though. Don't fake these credentials if you don't already have them - you may wind up harming your reputation instead of helping it.
12. I’ve saved the most important point for last, because if you take anything from this post, I hope it's this: your content - even your 'About Me' should build empathy with your customer/ clients/ friends. It sounds nuts, but your customers are looking to see themselves in your mission statement. They want to understand what kind of problems you solve and how they fit into the solutions you offer. Your readers aren't stumbling onto your site blindly. They're coming to you with pain points that you can solve.
13. The last, and final trick is to wrap all of these elements up into a simple, minimalist About page - Your readers don't want to wade through a wall of text just to learn your mission statement. There's no one strategy but when I write my 'About Me' pages, I like to address three simple questions:
Who ?
14. 'About Me' page needs to tell the readers as to who I am, and why that matters. When people see that I have years of experience, or that I juggle numerous blogs and hundreds of thousands of visitors, it translates into more credibility with my readers, and thus more stock in my advice.
What ?
15. It's too important that my 'About Me' page tells my readers exactly what I'm about. This is my Call to Action - offering to help my readers break into the blogosphere and start writing like a pro.
Why ?
I want my readers to understand my stake in this process, and understand as to why i am writing.
Ques 1. What Value are You Creating for Your Readers?
3. It might be called an 'About Page' but you don’t want to make the mistake of only talking about yourself. Yes, you’ll get to talk about who you are, but your 'About Page' should be just as much about your readers and the value you’re creating for them. This helps readers get grounded and know that they’re in the right place.
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Ques 2. Who is Your Blog For?
4. Your value statement will touch on who your ideal reader is, but you want to make sure when the right person gets to your blog they know they’re in the right place. This is like a secret handshake for your blog. Nail it and you’ll make every single person feel like they’re where they belong.
5. There’s a couple approaches you can take:
a. Tell them who the blog is for;
b. Show proof that you’re part of their community;
6. Personally, if you have the resources I would go for the second option. Not only does this tell readers who you are and if they’re in the right place. But it also gives you a chance to show social proof that other people have recognized you as a thought leader. Of course, you might not have this right away. So it’s perfectly fine to just go with the first option.
7. The more you know your ideal reader, the better your blog will serve that person. Just like when you were picking your blog niche, if you try to write for everyone, you’ll end up writing for no one.
Ques 3.Why Should They Listen to You?
8. If you have done a good job in the first few sections, your reader should have a pretty good idea of who you are and be able to decide whether or not they want to keep reading you. However, at this point, it doesn’t hurt to talk a bit more about yourself and sell them on why you’re the blog they should follow.
9. That means answering a few more questions and setting their expectations. Here is what you might want to include:
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a. What types of blog posts you write?
b. What they will get out of reading your posts?
c. Where should they start?
d. Why do you and your blog have credibility?
e. How did you get started?
10. People connect with stories and vulnerability more than they do with carefully crafted prose. So be who you are !! The whole reason readers will come back is to hear your voice.
14. I know that if someone is made it to my blog About page, they probably just met me that means I don’t want to ask anything too taxing like signing up for a newsletter or following me on social media. Instead, I want them to get to know me better. So they can do that on their own.
16. I know that the value I’m creating will hopefully get them to stick around but at this point, I still need to earn their attention. Whatever you choose is up to you but do not forget to think about the context of the person you are talking to.
How to Write a "Contact Page" for Your Blog
17. Your Contact page can be as simple as having your email and social media accounts listed on a page. Or, if you would rather not have your personal email out there for anyone to find, you can include a contact form. If you’re on WordPress, one of the best ways to do this is to use a plugin like WP Forms that lets you create custom contact forms just by dragging and dropping elements. When you are making your blog Contact page, it's not enough to just put up the form. You need to think about why someone would want to get in touch with you. Can you answer basic questions upfront with an FAQ on your contact page? If you are selling your services, can you tell people basic requirements so you don’t waste each other’s time?
18. What is so great about this is that I get mostly business related messages because of this. For everything blog and content related, I try to get people to stick to comments and social media. This way, comments are public and other readers can learn from them and engage. Think about what types of communication you want your readers to use and for what. You can use your 'Contact Page' to set those expectations right away. At the last, you may add up some of your good work so as to help the readers to know more about you - like the few ones I have added with links.
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FOL LINKS: CLICKABLE.
1]. GOOD BEHAVIOUR CHANGES YOUR BRAIN DRAMATICALLY. CLICK HERE
2]. EASIEST WAY TO LEARN TO EARN RESPECT: CLICK HERE
1. I intend to love making creative, interesting and learning videos. My channel/ facebook pages/ blogs stands out in terms of quality programming, makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an educational system. I continually search for light. I like to feel that my creation is a light that shines, illuminating the way; clarifying intricate issues, inspiring and motivating the hearts and minds of all human being. By watching my contents/ videos, you can learn the appropriate solution of integral life problems and family friendly entertainment.
2. I also like to put my active effort to give a deep insight and detail analysis on the famous speeches and interesting books of the world to enhance the knowledge as well as wisdom of every human being of the world. Let us all work together to teach each other so that we can fulfill our earnest desire to leave a better a planet for future generations.
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5. It is most likely that my contents may consists of unintentional mistakes. I would kindly request you all to correct those to fit in with your needs/ requirements/ desires —
I LOVE YOU ALL. YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION. I look forward to staying in touch. Almighty Allah Bless Us All.
STEP BY STEP EASIEST PROCESS AS TO HOW TO WRITE YOUR FIRST BLOG POST
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Euphoria
€. Picture yourself as a successful blogger, and you believe that blogging is everything you need. But as soon as you start writing your first blog post, your feelings change. That's how you GROW.
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Confusion/ Fear
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Æ. Feel stuck, and probably a bit depressed. I decided to write this blog post specifically for you. To help you find your way and do only the things you need to do in order to achieve success.
General
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1. Writing your first blog post can be dismaying! Maybe you are fearsome about how to start or fearful of the process. Here i am to show you a step by step process that will get you on the fast track to writing your first blog post. Be confirm! If your blog is up and running and you are ready to start writing, keep reading.
2. The first time you log in to your WordPress account, you will see this blank screen staring you in the face. In this post, I will show simple stepwise guide to walk you through everything you need to know about writing your first blog post. I shall also guide you on the following points that you will be required to know:
a. The Basics of Writing a Blog Post in WordPress.
b. What Your First Blog Post Should Be.
c. How to Write an Interesting and Valuable Post that People are in Need of and will Like and Read Your Post.
4. This is the screen where you will compose and publish your post as I shall enumerate below:
a. The field at the top is where you will enter your 'Post Title'. This could be something like 'My Blog Post' or 'Welcome To My Blog' or as you think deem fit.
b. The larger box below is where you will actually write the content of your post. Just like in Word, you have a variety of formatting options that includes bold, italic, text alignment and hyperlinking.
c. To use these options, select the text you want to format and click the button to format.
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5. Few more options are enumerated below as you need to know it:
a. Add Media. The 'Add Media' button can be found above. The other formatting options allows you to add images or videos.
b. Toolbar Toggle. This you will get at the far right of the formatting options. Clicking on this will give you some more formatting options like changing text color, underline and adding headings.
c. B Quote. If you want to add a quote, clicking this button will give your quote some special formatting.
d. Lists. Bulleted and Numbered lists are essential for blogging. They help break up large chunks of text for easier reading.
6. Remember, here you will see two tabs just above the main content box like "Visual" and "Text". For the most part, just stick with the 'Visual' Tab. The 'Text' Tab will require you to delve into the HTML of your post. Once you have completed typing your post - WordPress allows you to see exactly how it will look once it’s ‘live’. To do this, click 'Preview' at the top right of your screen in the 'Publish' box. If you are convinced on whatever you have written, you can now click 'Publish'.
8. I am aware as to how tough it is for you to find out and decide what to write in your very first blog post. Struggling to find interesting blog post ideas? That's why, for your ease i have made up an exhaustive and interesting lists of best blog post ideas which will definitely help you to decide upon:
1] Tell how you use something every day to achieve results.
2[ Find the questions your target audience asks on forums, Quora, and Reddit.
3] Become a member of relevant groups on Facebook and find the questions of other users you know answers to.
4] Enter on Pinterest some queries on your topic and take a note of the pins that get most of the repins. Write a post about the most popular topic.
5] Create your ultimate guide post on the topic you know better than anything else. Be sure to link to other websites in your niche and notify them when you publish your post.
6] Do some research in the area you feel a passion to.
7] Share some statistics and figures as people love posts with data.
8] Dispel some myths in a particular area and match them against facts.
9] Create a list of inspiring quotes relevant to your niche.
10] Describe in detail your process of creating something.
11] Tell about other tactics you used to achieve results.
12] Make a list of tactics used by other authoritative bloggers on some specific topic.
13] Create some templates that will save you visitors time.
14] Tell how to make money in your niche.
15] How to do something better and faster.
16] Describe the most common problem your target audience faces and suggest a way of solving it.
17] Remember what inspires you, and create an inspirational post.
18] Are holidays around the corner? Write what you’re planning to do. Make a gift to your users.
19] Reveal some truth: what is behind the curtain covering your work.
20] Create a blogger roundup post. Ask your online friends how they solve a problem you also face.
21] Advise your target audience whom to read and follow.
22] Tell about free products and courses that would be helpful to your audience. Make a big list of such freebies, link to your friends, and notify them about it.
23] Analyze the authoritative bloggers in your niche and define what all of them have in common.
24] Write what problems your target visitors face and how to solve them.
25] Pick some very interesting and successful people in your niche. Tell about their best posts.
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26] Create a list of hacks that help solve some problem quicker.
27] Describe your plans, challenge yourself, and offer your users to follow it.
28] Tell something you won't do or something your readers should avoid doing to achieve or get something.
29] Write a checklist of how to do something.
30] Create a cheat sheet that will help your users achieve better results.
31] Write a 'thank you' post and mention everyone who helped you on your way.
32] Tell the latest news and mention the novelties in your niche.
33] Create an infographic on a topic that interests you. Use different data sources.
34] Shoot a video tutorial how you use some tool.
35] Tell about any popular topic but from a new angle.
36] Always prioritize your own ideas! It is you who knows what to write about.
37] Looking to start a blog but you don't know where and how to start?
38] It is time to stop your fear.
39] Offer each of your readers your help with something you are good at. Let them send their questions in emails or leave them in comments.
40] Make a list of those in your niche whom you read and who inspire you.
41] Tell about your experience, how you achieve your results in something.
42] What recommendations and books have influenced your life and productivity.
43] Make an interview with an influencer. Be sure to make a list of questions that interest you in advance.
44] In your blog post, answer your readers’ questions.
45] Study the comments on other blogs in your niche. Find repetitive questions and write the answers.
46] Tell what skills are necessary for your niche.
47] Tell about the most common mistakes in your niche.
48] What lessons anyone can learn both from your experience and what you do.
49] Make a list of links to the best tutorials and guides.
50] Create the best articles roundup of the last year/month/week.
2] Write the heading (include the keyword phrase).
3] Write 3-5 subheadings that include the keyword phrase when possible.
4. Write the introductory paragraph.
5. Write 2-3 paragraphs under each subheading.
6. Write the conclusion (1-3 sentences.
Details About Posts
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9. Posts are entries that display in reverse order on your home page. Posts usually have comments fields beneath them and are included in your site's RSS feed.
10. To Write A Post:
a. Log in to your WordPress Administration Panel i.e Dashboard.
b. Click the "Posts" tab.
c. Click the "Add New" sub tab.
d. Start filling in the blanks. Enter your post title in the upper field and enter your post body content in the main post editing box below it.
e. As needed, select a category, add tags and make other selections from the sections below the post. Each of these sections is explained below.
f. When you are ready, click Publish.
Descriptions of Post Fields
Title/ Headline Box
11. The title of your post. You can use any phrases, words or characters. Avoid using the same title twice as that will cause problems. You can use commas, apostrophes, quotes, hyphens/ dashes and other typical symbols in the post like 'Your Site'. WordPress will then clean it up to generate a user friendly and URL valid name of the post also called the 'Post Slug' to compose the permalink for the post.
Body Copy Box
12 The blank box where you enter your writing, links, links to images and any info you want to display on your site. You can use either the 'Visual' or the 'Text' view to compose your posts. For more on the 'Text' view, see the section below, Visual Versus Text View:
Preview Button
Allows you to view the post before officially publishing it.
Publish Box
13. Contains buttons that control the state of your post. The main states are Published, Pending Review and Draft. A Published status means the post has been published live on your blog for all to see. Pending Review means the draft is waiting for review by an editor prior to publication. Draft means the post has not been published and remains a draft for you. If you select a specific publish status and click the update post or 'Publish' button, than that status is applied to the post. For instance, to save a post in the 'Pending Review' status, select 'Pending Review' from the 'Publish' Status drop down box. Then click Save As Pending. You will find all posts organized by status by going to Administration Panels - Posts - Edit. To schedule a post for publication on a future time or date, click 'Edit' in the Publish area next to the words 'Publish immediately'. You can also change the publish date to a date in the past to backdate posts. Change the settings to the desired time and date. You must also hit the 'Publish' button when you have completed the post to publish at the desired time and date.
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Publish Box
14. Visibility - This determines how your post appears to the world. Public posts will be visible by all website visitors once published. Password Protected posts are published to all but visitors must know the password to view the post content. Private posts are visible only to you and to other editors or admins within your site.
Permanent Link
15. Permalink stands for 'Permalink'. That means a post URL that does not expose the post ID which could be subject to a change. Like - when moving to different blogging system but it rather contains a user friendly post name derived from the post title which could also change, although not recommended. But in a more controllable way. This post name also referred to as 'post slug' or just 'slug' can be edited, depending on your Permalinks settings, using the 'Edit' button.
16. To change your settings, go to Administration Panels - Settings - Permalinks. The permalink is automatically generated based on the title you set to the post and is shown below the title field. Punctuation such as commas, quotes, apostrophes and invalid URL characters are removed and spaces are substituted with dashes to separate each word. If your title is 'Your Site', it will be cleaned up to create the slug 'your-site'. You can also manually change this.
Save Post Always
17. Allows you to save your post as a draft / pending review rather than immediately publishing it. To return to your drafts later, visit Posts - Edit in the menu bar, then select your post from the list.
Publish Post
18. Publishes your post on the site. You can edit the time when the post is published by clicking the Edit link above the 'Publish' button and specifying the time you want the post to be published. By default, at the time the post is first auto saved. That will be the date and time of the post within the database.
Post Tags
19. Refers to micro-categories for your blog, similar to including index entries for a page. Posts with similar tags are linked together when a user clicks one of the tags. Tags have to be enabled with the right code in your theme for them to appear in your post. Add new tags to the post by typing the tag into the box and clicking 'Add'.
Category
20. The general topic the post can be classified in. Generally, bloggers have 8-10 categories for their content. Readers can browse specific categories to see all posts in the category. To add a new category, click the '+Add New Category' link in this sec. You can man your categories by going to Administration Panels - Posts - Categories.
Excerpt
21. A summary or brief teaser of your post featured on the front page of your site as well as on the category, archives, and search non single post pages. Note that the Excerpt does not usually appear by default. It only appears in your post if you have modified the template file listing the post to use the excerpt instead of the content display the Excerpt instead of the full content of a post. If so, WordPress will automatically use as the Excerpt the first 55 words of your post content or the content before the quick tag. If you use the 'Excerpt' field when editing the post, this will be used no matter what. For more information, see Excerpt.
Trackbacks Sending
22. A way to notify legacy blog systems that you've linked to them. If you link other WordPress blogs, they'll be notified automatically using pingbacks. No other action is necessary. For those blogs that don't recognize pingbacks, you can send a trackback to the blog by entering the website address(es) in this box, separating each one with space. See Trackbacks and Pingbacks for more information.
Custom Fds
23. Custom Fields offer a way to add information to your site. In conjunction with extra code in your template files or plugins - Custom Fields can modify the way a post is displayed. These are primarily used by plugins, but you can manually edit that information in this section.
"PRACTICE MAKES A MAN PERFECT. THE MORE YOU PRACTICE WRITING BLOGGING, THE MORE YOU WILL PROGRESS AND BE PERFECT"
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Discussions/ Recom
24. Options to enable interactivity and notification of your posts. This section hosts two check boxes: Allow Comments on this post and Allow trackbacks and pingbacks on this post. If Allowing Comments is unchecked, no one can post comments to this particular post. If Allowing Pings is unchecked, no one can post pingbacks or trackbacks to this particular post.
Password Protected Post
25. To password protect a post, click Edit next to Visibility in the Publish area to the top right, then click Password Protected, click Ok, and enter a password. Then click OK. Note - Editor and Admin users can see password protected or private posts in the edit view without knowing the password.
Post Author
26. A list of all blog authors you can select from to attribute as the post author. This section only shows if you have multiple users with authoring rights in your blog. To view your list of users, see Users tab on the far right. For more information, see Users and Authors.
Revisions/ Reviews
27. A list of all revisions made to the current post or page. Clicking on a revision will open a dedicated revision change where you can compare the current version of the post or page with any previous versions. There is also an option to restore any previous versions.
Note - You can set basic options for writing, such as the size of the post box, how smiley tags are converted, and other details by going to Administration Panels > Settings > Writing. See Writing Options SubPanel.
Best Practices
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28. You can say or show the world anything you like on your WordPress site. Here are some tips you need to know to help you write your posts in WordPress.
Practice Accessibility
29. To be compliant with web standards for accessibility, be sure to include ALT and TITLE descriptions on links and images to help your users, such as <a title="WordPress Codex" href="http://codex.wordpress.org/">WordPress Codex</a>.
Use Paragraphs
30. No one likes to read writing that never pauses for a line break. To break your writing up into paragraphs, use double spaces between your paragraphs. WordPress will automatically detect these and insert <p> HTML paragraph tags into your writing.
Use Pictures and Videos
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31. They make the pages colorful and viewers get to see a little of your part of the world. They feel connected and motivated.
Keep Writing and Publishing
32. Don’t stop blogging. If you don’t have anything to write about, chances are, you are still holding back. Let loose. Perhaps surf more blogs and maybe you’ll get an idea. You can write about your friends, complain about your boss, or simply rant about what’s gone wrong. Yet if nothing else works, just write a review on the latest movie, book, or product. Basically easy.
Using Headings
33. If you are writing long posts, break up the sections by using headings, small titles to highlight a change of subject. In HTML, headings are set by the use of h1, h2, h3, h4, and so on. By default, most WordPress Themes use the first, second, and sometimes third heading levels within the site. You can use h4 to set your own headings. You can use the Heading 4 style from your editing dropdown menu using the Visual Editor. You can also enter your headline manually in the Text Editor by typing:
<h4>Subtitle of Section</h4). To style the heading, add it to your style.css style sheet file. For more information on styling headings, check out Designing Headings.
Spell Check & Proof
34. There are spell check Plugins available. But even those can't check for everything. Some serious writers will write their posts in a text editor with spell check. Check all the spelling and proof it thoroughly before copying and pasting into WordPress.
Using HTML
35. You don't have to use HTML when writing your posts. WordPress will automatically add it to your site. But if you do want control over different elements like boxes, headings, and other additional containers or elements, use HTML.
Think Before Final Post
36. Ranting on blogs is commonplace today. But take a moment to think about what you are writing. Remember, once it is out there, it can be seen by many and crawled by search engines. And taking things back is harder once it is public. Take a moment to read what you've written before hitting the 'Publish' button. When you are ready, share it with the world.
Love What You Write
37. You’ve heard this a thousand times before and it sounds too cliched, but it is true. If you force yourself to write something that you don’t really enjoy, it will show. Perhaps you might not have a specific theme for writing when you just start, but that’s okay. You’ll become more focused later. Just enjoy the experience and write what you like.
Write and Publish Frequently
38. Write as frequently as you can. But don’t let quantity get in the way of quality. Your viewers come for content not to spend time reading useless stuff.
Never Use Slang
39. Not all the readers will be from your part of the world. So make sure people can understand easily.
No Hiding Emotions
40. Tempting as it might be, don’t hide your real emotions. After all that is what a blog is about. If you want, you can stay anonymous and voice your feelings on whatever you are passionate about. You might have strong views on various subjects but let your readers know your passion. What is passion worth if you can’t even share it? You’ll actually love the discussions it can lead to. The discussions will broaden your own thinking and you might end up making some really good friends.
Consider Your Readers and Followers
41. Consider who needs to know about your blog before you tell them about your new blogging hobby. Will you be able to write freely if you tell them? How much should you let your readers know about you? Is it fine if your boss or girlfriend reads your posts? If you don’t want them to read, take anonymity measures accordingly.
Use Comments
42. Comments let people share their ideas. Sometimes, they might not be good. But you can ask such people to shut up. Most of the times, they will and if they don’t you can delete their comments. Blogging like real life, can be both fun and not so fun at times. Be prepared. Give your people a place to contact you in private also if they want to write to you.
43. Blog design matters, but only to an extent. Don’t give up on blogging just because the design isn’t coming up as you’d like it to be. Sooner or later, you’ll get around the design problems with ease. But continue writing. Content is what attracts your readers, not just the look of your blog though design is the next most imp point.
Don’t Play Safe Always
44. Readers aren’t impressed by how nice and big your house is, which places you belong to, or what the pol situation is in your hometown. Don’t be a bore and put a long post on how you fixed the leaking tap in minutes. Readers don’t care about braggers they care about the real you--how you feel, what gets you excited, why you are the person you are. But if achievements are all that you can talk about, you will bore your readers.
Save Your Posts
45. Save your posts before you press the publish button. Anything can happen with your computer or with an internet connection. You don’t need to lose your post.
Visual Versus Text Editor
46. You have the option of using the Visual or Text mode of the editor when writing your post. The visual mode lets you see your post as is, while the Text mode shows you the code and replaces the WYSIWYG editor buttons with quicktags. These quicktags are explained as follows.
b - <strong></strong> HTML tag for strong emphasis of text (i.e. bold).
i - <em></em> HTML tag for emphasis of text (i.e. italicize).
b-quote - <blockquote></blockquote> HTML tag to distinguish quoted or cited text.
del - <del></del> HTML tag to label text considered deleted from a post. Most browsers display as striked through text.
link - <a href="http://example.com"></a> HTML tag to create a hyperlink.
ins - <ins></ins> HTML tag to label text considered inserted into a post. Most browsers display as underlined text.
ul - <ul></ul> HTML tag will insert an unordered list, or wrap the selected text in same. An unordered list will typically be a bulleted list of items.
ol - <ol></ol> HTML tag will insert a numbered list, or wrap the selected text in same. Each item in an ordered list is typically numbered.
li - <li></li> HTML tag will insert or make the selected text a list item. Used in conjunction with the ul or ol tag.
code - <code></code> HTML tag for preformatted styling of text. Generally sets text in a monospaced font, such as Courier.
more - <!--more--> WordPress tag that breaks a post into "teaser" and content sections. Type a few paragraphs, insert this tag, then compose the rest of your post. On your blog's home page you'll see only those first paragraphs with a hyperlink ((more...)), which when followed displays the rest of the post's content.
page - <!--nextpage--> WordPress tag similar to the more tag, except it can be used any number of times in a post, and each insert will "break" and paginate the post at that location. Hyperlinks to the paginated sections of the post are then generated in combination with the wp_link_pages() or link_pages() template tag.
lookup - Opens a JavaScript dialogue box that prompts for a word to search for through the online dictionary at answers.com. You can use this to check spelling on individual words.
Close Tags - Closes any open HTML tags left open--but pay attention to the closing tags. WordPress is not a mind reader (!), so make sure the tags enclose what you want, and in the proper way.
Note - With Quicktag buttons that insert HTML tags, you can for example click i to insert the opening <em> tag, type the text to be enclosed, and click /i or Close Tags to insert the closing tag. However, you can eliminate the need for this 'close' step by changing your workflow a bit: type your text, select the portion to be emphasized that is, italicized, then click i and your highlighted text will be wrapped in the opening and closing tags.
CONGRATS ! Your first blog post is now live !! Cheers -
47. Now i take it guaranteed that you have got enough idea on how to create your first post. Now what you are going to write about? While there are no binding rules for what you need to write about. It may be as follows:
Introduce Your Site and A Bit About Yourself? Click Here.
48. Consider starting out with a personal story to 'hook' readers into your post. Then talk about how and why you started your business. Explain who you are as well as introducing your business and some other important factors. You may have a look on my few pages and blog posts as follows though the site is under constructions as I just sifted from blogger to self hosted web.
49. Firstly you communicate your blog’s purpose and try to answer as many questions as possible that comes on the way. Ask the questions to yourself and get the answers. Questions like:
a. What was your honest desire to start your blog?
b. What are your aim, goals and objectives?
c. Who and what for you are writing?
d. What is Your Blog About?
50. Try to find out all the answers possible through internet and friends. Try to identify and address your target audience's main issues, problems, or topics. Make yourself totally convinced and show your readers that you understand what they’re dealing with. Make them understand that you can offer possible solutions to their problems.
51. Here I have jotted down some suggestions for improving each of these pages, they may give you a good start.
52. It’s important to remember that writing for the web is quite different from other types of writing. So if you are used to in academic writing or writing for print or media publications, you may have to refresh your memories and need relearning. The main difference is that web users tend to scan text rather than read through it word by word. Your readers need to be able to deduce the main points of your content at a glance. There are few ways you can make this very easy and acceptable for them:
a. Use Subheadings. Subheadings allow your readers to quickly identify subtopics within your post. For a 1500 word post, break down your body with logical heads and subheads as deem fit and looks better.
b.Use Bullets and Numbered Lists. While these are seldom used in print books, lists are one of the best ways to make your content scannable. Try in your every blog post contains minimum one list.
c. Use Shorter Paragraphs. While a typical paragraph in a print book might be around five sentences. This is usually too long for readers. Blog post paragraphs can be as little as one sentence. And usually no more than three but sometimes deviations under important circumstances may be acceptable.
d. Write in Shorter Sentences. Readers are most likely to prefer a conversational style of writing. This usually means using shorter and simple sentences and avoiding jargon and cliches as much as possible.
53. Use Relevant Videos/ Images to Add Value. Various studies and research shows that when people hear information, they remember 10% of it 3/4 days later. But when there’s an image/ video accompanying that information, be confirm more than 70% of people remember it. This alone is enough reason to use images in your blog posts. Moreover, they also greatly increase the likelihood of getting your post most read and shared on different social media.
54. You may using a tool like PhotoPin to search for relevant images. All the images are free to use. You just add a bit of code at the end of your post. You just cut and paste the code right onto your blog.
55. PhotoPin helps bloggers find photos for their blog and makes adding them to their post fast and easy. Just search for any topic using the search box like Flowers, Books, Technology etc. Preview the photo, and click 'get photo' to download the photo as well as the proper attribution link. PhotoPin uses the Flickr API and searches creative commons photos to use for your blog. If you find the tool less useful than you desire, you may also use iStockphoto. You can find an iStockphoto promo code for your purchase over at Vecteezy.
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Over to You - Have you written your first blog post? Please share a link below so we can take a look!!
5. It is most likely that my contents may consists of unintentional mistakes. I would kindly request you all to correct those to fit in with your needs/ requirements/ desires ---