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By: Tips for Writing Good Blog Posts « PR Reflections

Tips for Writing Good Blog Posts « PR Reflections — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:46:47 +0000

[...] for Writing Good Blog Posts 23 02 2009 I came across this post by David Caolo about writing good blogs. His post contains 6 tips which are very helpful. My [...]

By: Alyssa

Alyssa — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:41:37 +0000

Great post! I have only been blogging for a couple of months and your advice here really has helped!

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Six tips of consistently good blog posts « sullivankreiss.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:39:03 +0000

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By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:36:43 +0000

Your blog post tips are extremely useful to a new blogger like me (since October 08). I write about living in country Victoria, Australia: mainly wildlife, the bush, gardening and food. Some of my posts relate to recent devastating bush fires here.
If you or your readers know of anyone who blogs about the impacts of climate change on people’s lives, I’d love to hear about them.

By: Fallen

Fallen — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:53:44 +0000

I totally agree the last one:)

By: John Kreiss

John Kreiss — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 14:35:16 +0000

Good post. Setting up a blog is the easy part. Making it interesting so people will visit is the hard part. These are good tips. I would also recommend reading other blogs, observing how they’re set up, and making comments on occasion.
John Kreiss
SullivanKreiss, Inc.

By: jack

jack — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:44:20 +0000

I disagree about having a room for blogging. Yes, it’s nice under the best circumstances to have a place ready and perfect for the task. But it’s much better to be able to write where ever, when ever you want.

Some of the most prolific writers mastered this. What you’re suggesting is a crutch, and bad advice.

By: B²

B² — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:54:39 +0000

Excellent post! I like all of these tips. My two major bugbears are #2 and #6. Bizarrely enough, it turns out that actually writing down/recording ideas when they occur to you makes it more likely that you will actually use those ideas later. Astounding but true!

And as a lifelong perfectionist, it is so difficult to implement the “crappy first draft.” I’m at the point where I don’t even lay down a first draft, because I’ve already decided the initial idea was crap.

By: Tim Manni

Tim Manni — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:42:49 +0000

I agree with Mick, allowing yourself to flesh out an entire idea helps snap writers block, even if when you go back to read it, it’s certainly not your best work.

Dave, do you have any advice for someone like me who blogs within a specific genre? I like your point regarding before you begin to write, or even after, ask yourself, “is this post going to be worth someone’s time?” I think you really do have to ask yourself if the material you’re presenting is unique.

Thanks for the post,
Tim

By: Mick Leyden

Mick Leyden — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:49:30 +0000

Nice post, I particularly like the “crappy first draft” point. This is a process I have forced myself to embrace. It is often the best way to snap a case of writer’s block.