Re: [blog-351] Newbie Blogging Tips- See you next week? (AND call for suggestions on a blog)

Thanks for this post! my organization is actually trying to get a better handle on our blog we just started called A Different Kind Of Conversation about Religion, (http://differentconversation.org ) and we really want to get more youth involved in writing about their experience with faith, and giving opportunity for new voices to be shaped in the blogosphere around what it means to be a person of faith in such a diverse and interconnected world... ill be sure to use these to help our youth better understand the importance of good content.

if anyone has a sec to check out our blog, and may have ideas on people that would be great guest bloggers, or youth that may be interested in posting on a regular basis, id love to hear from you!

Kara C
Interfaith Youth Core
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On Dec 1, 2007 12:54 PM, Barbara K. Iverson <[address removed]> wrote:

Good content attracts visitors and helps you build traffic to your blog. So without further ado...here are some tips on writing content for your blog:

1. Be excited - Find the person who is most excited to write for the blog and they will most certainly do the greatest job at it.
2. Be unique - Develop your own voice and your own way of expressing yourself.
3. Post consistently - Posting high quality content twice a week is much better than posting low quality content every day. Your readers come for content, so don't give them useless stuff.
4. Be controversial - Don't be afraid to voice your own opinion. As long as you believe in what you're saying then don't be afraid to disagree. But don't overdo it.
5.Use catchy titles - When writing a post, the title has the ability make or break it. Short, catchy titles impact whether it's found in search engines and social bookmarking sites, it influences whether people visit your blog and if people will leave a comment. But think "search engine" too, and if you want readers to find your post, include words they will be searching for in your title and posts.
6.The power of lists - A single well written list post can take your blog to new great heights in the blogosphere. People love lists and you can easily come up with top 10, 8 or 5 lists.
7.Use visuals - Another good technique when writing posts is to provide something visual such as pictures and videos. You don't need to use images in every post, but they can make the post colorful and interactive.
8.Make it valuable - Write content that has value. Many new bloggers fall into the trap of thinking that long articles are better than short and clear writing.
9.Make use of comments - Comments let people share their ideas and thoughts about your post. Many times, comments can be used as a basis for a new post or to validate a point a point you are trying to make.
10. Memes increase your audience - The memes going around the blogoshpere can be easily written and used for your own audience and bring a wider range of readers to your blog. This one is a cheapshot, in my opinion.
11. Don't stop blogging. If you don't have anything to write about, surf more blogs and maybe you'll get an idea. You can write about write a review on the latest movie, book or product. Whatever comes to your mind.
12. Just start - My final piece of advice to nonprofits is to just start writing. Don't be discouraged and just do it. Set up a blog and try it for a year and you'll be happy you did.




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