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04-23-2012, 05:58 PM
I've been told several times that I should start a blog but I never thought I'd have the time.
Having a smartphone and a lot of free time makes it seem worth it now.
Anyone have any tips on blogs and setting them up??
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04-23-2012, 06:19 PM
What will you blog about?
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04-23-2012, 06:29 PM
Quote: (04-23-2012 06:19 PM)porcupine Wrote:
What will you blog about?
sal con limon
limon con sal
But really, I have a bunch of stuff I do.
Bodybuilding, Cooking, Travel, Game,
On second thought...its best not to post your life on the internet...I'm doing too much of that already.
Might have to find a way to anonymize more.
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04-23-2012, 07:06 PM
Some things I've picked up in the few months I've been blogging:
- Stories and "how to" posts seem to be more popular than opinion or analysis posts.
- Use aggregators. I'm on Delusion Damage and In Mala Fide's "linkage is good for you". I also occasionally get put on In Bona Fide. IBF gives me the most traffic but the other two are also great.
- When using aggregators, a cool title is what gets people to bother reading your shit, so pick titles that people can't resist reading.
- Write well, but accept that your early shit will suck and it takes time to get better.
- Use StatCounter. I thought I was bossing until i realised that over 75% of my visits last less than 5 seconds. Got that figure down to ~60% since using statcounter. The visit time feature is the most objective indicator of your writing quality.
- Use twitter, forums and comments on other blogs to promote, but don't just toot your own horn, add value.
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04-23-2012, 11:26 PM
Don't start a game blog. Everyone on earth has a game blog - I'm pretty sure my mom runs one.
The key to getting traffic and any sort of real readership to a blog is by having solid, readable content and a unique perspective. Think for a good while about what exactly makes your blog different and unique, think about what a good niche for you would be, and then write in that area.