Comments on: Blogging for Someone (Who Doesn’t Know How to Blog)

By: Coffee Break

Coffee Break — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:56:46 +0000

[...] Ng has an interesting post up at Freelance Writing Jobs about doing work for someone who doesn’t really understand what [...]

By: October 26: PR top 5 | Strive Notes

October 26: PR top 5 | Strive Notes — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:13:06 +0000

[...] Debbie Ng had a right rant about clients which made me laugh. I especially enjoyed the comments about the IT [...]

By: Robert Barr

Robert Barr — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:41:09 +0000

That has to be frustrating but useful. Create your own importance to call the shots and get rid of the tech guy causing you problems!

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:58:34 +0000

“When you hire folks on their ability to use Google, and not pay an expert what is deserved, you’ll get crap.”

AMEN, ALLELUIA! That’s exactly the problem that permeates blogging today, and will continue to infect the industry thanks to clueless people like the ones you tried to advise, Deb.

The trouble is people are approaching blogging like they’re approaching article writing. Uh, two different beasts here. Blogs aren’t articles – they’re mini-sagas, journals, communities, and they’re in-the-moment and personal (and personable). You build a blog and you build your own blogger credentials through your online blogging network.

Ah, you got ME started. )

By: Skippy

Skippy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:42:02 +0000

I confess: in my own blog, I write posts (usually book reviews) that have occasionally hit 4000 or more words. Fortunately, I’m not worried about anyone reading it or making money off of it. I once had a dog that was very fluffy with an extremely dense, thick coat of hair. Sometimes we’d find dead ticks halfway into his coat, like they tried to get down to his skin and couldn’t make it. I think that’s how unlucky people who accidentally stumble onto my blog must feel.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:10:01 +0000

I’ve had that photo discussion, too. If you search Flickr.com for photos that are available under the Creative Commons license, you may be able to find what you need WITHOUT breaking copyright law. Often the photographer is flattered if you send them a message asking to use their photo, but this does suck up extra time. One of my clients wanted photos of celebrities, and those don’t tend to be readily available on Flickr, so he was out of luck.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:00:05 +0000

First of all thanks for the link love You were right, I did like this post. Of course, not as much as I love drupal (just kidding).

Everything is smack on, and exactly why I hate when non-bloggers run blogs (especially when people tell me they need 5 blogs a week, when they mean “POSTS”). Something new I’ve been running into lately, is what Leigh commented on – the image thing. A blog client of mine told another blogger I know to always go to Google images first! AND wanted to search Google Images for the actual blog theme image. Holy. All this nonsense makes my head want to explode.

By: 10/20/2008 Writing Jobs and Links | PoeWar

10/20/2008 Writing Jobs and Links | PoeWar — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:02:36 +0000

[...] Blogging for Someone (Who Doesn’t Know How to Blog): Everyone assumes that they things they don’t know how to do must be easy. [...]

By: Laura Tamayo

Laura Tamayo — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:07:03 +0000

“I’m going to write a blog about that?” Really?

Aaaagh That is definitely one of my pet peeves! I haven’t worked as a paid blogger enough to have war stories to tell on the topic, but I constantly get suggestions to write a blog about this or that. Then I get lengthy explanations on why I’m wrong to call a post a post… by people who neither read nor write blogs. >:-(

Rant over.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:54:02 +0000

One of my pet peeves is the client who says write anything and then tears apart what you write. Give me some specifics so I have something to work with or just leave me alone!