This is the best post I’ve seen on blogging, I suppose partly because I agree with it. Some of these things, turning them positive, are aims of this blog right from the start–keeping with the blog’s theme, not thinking people care so much about ME, not posting too little or too often (although oftener is effective) etc. One thing I hadn’t thought about is #8 which is making the first paragraph strong.
Do You Make These 10 Mistakes When You Blog?
Immediately I think of blogs that do or don’t fit these guidelines. I like how all of my blogging friends don’t do #4 and 5. They always go out of their way to make people feel welcome.
As Christians, these things will better help serve our readers. Some don’t like rules and regulations and like to blog freer which is fine. It doesn’t do much good to make blogging a chore by chaining yourself to rules if you don’t like them. I do. Although I may have broken #9 with this post.
Are there other things you have found to be effective?
I have definitely struggled with #9.
Often language and biblical studies (2 of my 3 major focuses) can overlap, but they often do not for anything other than Hebrew and Greek. And my third focus – math/algorithms/computing – hardly ever matches up with anything else. Then there is the word of the day type stuff, which I have gotten regular comments about keeping, that always makes me wonder if I shouldn’t split off as a separate blog.
Thanks for re-posting that link. Certainly good stuff to think about.
George
You’re welcome.
Those (other than math) sound like they have enough overlap and if others like it then that’s probably a good indicator. I would think the popularity of the subject/blog could determine whether a split would be beneficial.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Jeff