Comments on: Beginning blogging: Make a plan

By: Beginning blogging for journalists: Get started, already! « Ink-Drained Kvetch

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:18:16 +0000

[...] work I’ve benefitted from is designed to help journalists plot out their foray into blogging: Make a plan, get to know your niche, interact with your readers and learn from newspaper blogs that know how to [...]

By: Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:49:35 +0000

I agree with you Chip. I think often times a writer gets an idea and no one is there to help guide them. Those writers are handed a blog, where they write, and then they get very little traffic. I think a big part of the reason is they don’t focus on a particular topic and stick to it. And if a writer runs out of things to talk about, that must not have been their passion. I think a lot of planning should go into a blog before a writer ever puts up the first post. Sadly, many don’t plan for the future of their blog before launching it. – Nice observations

By: Chip

Chip — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:39:23 +0000

Think the biggest problem that bloggers at newspapers face is the ability to pick a good blog topic. I’ve seen some really esoteric blogs out there, but they’re never updated because A. the blogger is burnt out or B. they’ve run out of things to post about. Wouldn’t you agree?

By: Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:37:22 +0000

Thanks for the tips Edward. You're right about lists :) I like your idea with drawing up content before starting posts. Chris Garrett talks about this sorta thing with his flagship content idea. I'm planning on talking about that in a future post, but it's worth a read for new bloggers. Thanks Ed!

By: Edward Vielmetti

Edward Vielmetti — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:23:13 +0000

I’ve had good luck with starting a blog by brainstorming dozens of blog post titles. Generally, if you can get a piece of paper full of titles, you can have a sense that there’s something there to blog about.

There’s a bunch of formulaic title approaches based on how some of the busy blogs do things – in particular, people reading blogs appear to have an inordinate fondness for numbered lists (fondly known as PNB or Pointless Numbered Bullshit). The net is good at absorbing lists, so start with some lists.

By: Jornalismo & Internet Blog do GJOL .

Jornalismo & Internet Blog do GJOL . — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

como uma pessoa pode dar os seus primeiros passos na blogosfera, criando de forma rápida sua audiência. Shawn também tenta ensinar métodos de como usar as redes sociais na web para divulgar seu blog. Beginning blogging: Get to know your niche eBeginning blogging: Make a plan, são os outros dois textos da série. Alberto Marques