Blog posts can be a little dry; excuse me, I meant, web writing can be a little dry overall. Blogs aren’t the only online medium to blame. One problem is that blogs and online articles have gotten so SEO friendly. Some bloggers are excellent at making their posts search friendly AND personable. However, if you’re just focused on SEO, it’s easy to spot, annoying, super boring to read, and won’t lead to long term readers. Another problem is that there are so many darn blogs around. Anyone can offer information on say, coffee or computers (and tons of bloggers do) [Read more…]
Can you blog your way to a writing job?
May 26, 2009. 7 Comments
Maybe… Forbes recently ran a piece on setting up your authority related to a given career with a blog. However, the Forbes piece appears to be talking about careers outside of writing but on the flip side, this can work just as well if you do happen to want to be a FT writer or blogger. As noted in the piece: “Recruiters will always try to find out more about you… They Google you. You want to stack the deck in your favor. If you’re competing with someone who has equal skills and experience, a blog can be the tie-breaker. [Read more…]
It's not too late for blog spring cleaning
April 11, 2008. 4 Comments
At one of my blog networks my channel editor decided that all of the bloggers in the channel should complete some blog spring cleaning. It’s a good plan. I completely cleaned up one blog, and it looks (and feels) much better, and posting runs a little smoother now. My editor’s suggestions included items like: Clearing out your spam cache. Checking said spam for any comments that passed though and vice vs. checking comments for spam. Being sure to have an “About” page in place. Picking up your blogroll – or maybe creating one if you don’t already have one. Adding [Read more…]
