It doesn’t take much to see how shamefully little I’ve been posting here, and I want to address this because I feel many of us suffer from the same blog starvation-atrophy affliction.
Here’s the problem: we still think we’re in college English class. Yes, that one: dialectic thesis statements, multiple drafts, red ink editing, rewriting and other rigors of academic perfection.
I’m now convinced there’s no such thing as a perfect blog post. We are not scholars pursuing an ‘A,’ but rather friends sharing interesting and relevant ideas.
Blogging is simply written conversation with value—stuff people enjoy reading by choice. [Read more...] Why We Should Blog Often
June 28, 2010 By 5 Comments
It doesn’t take much to see how shamefully little I’ve been posting here, and I want to address this because I feel many of us suffer from the same blog starvation-atrophy affliction.
Here’s the problem: we still think we’re in college English class. Yes, that one: dialectic thesis statements, multiple drafts, red ink editing, rewriting and other rigors of academic perfection.
I’m now convinced there’s no such thing as a perfect blog post. We are not scholars pursuing an ‘A,’ but rather friends sharing interesting and relevant ideas.
Blogging is simply written conversation with value—stuff people enjoy reading by choice. [Read more...] 10 Lessons in Blogging Learned the Hard Way
September 30, 2009 By 7 Comments
Tomorrow marks the 1 year anniversary of the Wordful.com blog, and I’d like to share some meaningful lessons on what it means to blog.
Since there was no way I could have known any of this when I started, consider it hard-earned wisdom. This is valuable stuff!
Without further ado:
- Blogging is not directly about making money. It’s about intellectual real estate and personal branding. If you want to make money online, you need to first [Read more...]
The Easy Way to Simplify Blogging
June 24, 2009 By 1 Comment
For those of you who think blogging is too much work, you’re almost right. Growing a successful blog requires about 30 different disciplines, all of which can take a good 10,000 hours to master. So where to begin?
Your Content Matters Most
Ask any top blogger or social media guru what the most important aspect of content marketing is and they’ll unanimously tell you it’s your content. I’m here to tell you the same thing: content matters most. [Read more...]How to Survive Your First Six Months of Blogging
April 1, 2009 By 11 Comments
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