Blogging Commandments.
Posted by December | Posted in MISC. | Posted on 19-08-2009
Tags: blog, Blogging, business, commandments, distribution, ettiquette, fake, Gen Y, information, MISC., persona, personal, rules
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If you know one thing about the internet, let it be the fact that it has changed the technical landscape and redefined the world in business, in personal relations, and in information distribution. The internet has changed the lifestyles of our general populace and thrust the members of Gen Y into the blogosphere, a rocketship chock full of opinionated smartasses hellbent on making their mark somewhere on this unsuspecting world.
With so many new and interesting ideas sprouting up, and blogs on their way to becoming more popular than porn, someone has to step in and show you how it is done. A simple list of rules, to avoid the all too common pitfalls of becoming a new blogger. Learn them. Love them.
Blogging Commandments
- You are only as popular as the time you put in to your blog.
- Commenting Etiquette, Learn it.
- Write more, bitch less.
- Being featured is an honor, not a gift. Earn it.
- Even though it is silly, participate in the community.
- Get off your own porch and mingle. Social networking requires you to be sociable.
- Embrace the meta-blog. This is what we do, and learning every nuance of it is something that needs to happen.
- Follow through, if you are going to blog, be consistent and blog on a schedule.
- Be polite, always. Comment sections are public domain, and we probably read alot of the same material. Watch what you say when you think no one is looking.
- If blogging is the only way you get attention, you are boring. Please do something other than this so that you can come back and write about it.
- Have your finger on the pulse of the blogosphere, but don’t install an IV port. Writing what everyone else is writing makes reading a chore, form your ideas first, then start reading other blogs.
- Make me laugh. I spent five minutes on your site, it is the least you can do.
- Give me your opinion, Ive already read the news, seen the report and watched the movie. Give me a new way of looking at the same thing, personal opinions are what blogging is all about.
- Check your facts. Sloppy reporting is for FoxNews and the E network. Fact check at least two seperate sources for each idea.
- Pick your stance, stick to it. Make the statement and follow through with it.
- Dont give in to advertisers, a couple of well placed ads are fine, we all need to make a buck. Just don’t overdo it.
- There is a fine line between Persona and Facade, try not to walk it.
- Be real, it’s easy to spot a fake.
Alright, what are your blogging commandments?
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