9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

very insightful article for would-be bloggers. a good reminder for long-time bloggers…

9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

A few lessons learned in 7 years of blogging.

I attended the Writing, Better panel here at SXSW. I’ve been thinking about it ever since, both because I wanted the conversation to go on for a few more hours and because so many people here are bloggers that blogging comes up every few minutes or so. Here are some lessons that I’ve learned about blogging…hopefully they can be of help to others.

It’s only an initial fear

The problem with blogging isn’t just the writing part. It’s also the putting-myself-on-public-display part. Many would-be bloggers that I’ve met don’t blog because they’re not comfortable with throwing themselves to the wolves…putting their ideas out into the world for all to see. Once you do that, of course, you open yourself up for criticism, and goodness knows that you’ll get some! But you’ll also get encouragement, and some people will really groove on what you say. Once you get a little practice under your belt, you’ll find that it’s only an initial fear…it gets easier as you go along to share your ideas.

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Re: 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

~C4!

I do hope you have a book in the making!

PJ

Re: 9 Lessons for Would-be Bloggers

haha. a blook is mightier than a book. well, sometimes :)

~C