Here’s good blogging tip for 2010.
Don’t do what I do.
No, no, it’s true. The best blogging advice I could give anyone who’s starting out in this crazy world of blogging is don’t do what I do.
Why?
Because I simply do everything wrong. I’m a baaad blogger.
Everything single item that ever went into a blogging “don’t do” list I’ve managed to accomplish. It’s not like I set out to break every sensible blogging rule in the book, it just sorta comes naturally I guess. For example:
- I don’t post on a regular basis. Hell, I’ve never posted on a regular basis.
- I can’t stick to a single set of subjects—ever.
- I’ve never found my niche/place/theme in the blogging world. I’ve wandered all over hell and breakfast trying to find just one of those things. I’m still wandering.
- My categories are tags and my tags are categories and I have yet to really figure out which is which. I’ve got so many that I can’t recall a single one and when I do none ever seem to apply.
- I’m always failing to go out commenting amongst my fellow bloggers on a regular basis. Even the ones I like.
- The links section of my sidebar is a mess. Always has been.
- My punctuation sucks (but my spelling’s always correct).
- I’m terribly long winded with run on sentences that just simply meander from one side of a point to another until the reader just simply becomes fed up and leaves or so mind-boggled that they go into a coma before they ever reach the end of the sentence which, of course, doesn’t seem to have an ending because it just goes on and on and on and on…
- I’m easily distracte…wait…what was that?
- I spend more time tinkering with my WordPress admin or my computer or the operating system settings or tweaking this, that and the other thing than I spend posting. The problem is that none of those things I listed require tinkering.
- I think too much. And too much thinking is bad for the mind. (I’m sure this has something to do with blogging but I can’t recall exactly what that thing might be at the moment).
- I’m simply not social enough. You got to be social to do this kind of
shithing. - I have a really hard time ending a post and when I finally do end a post it’s usually badly.
Okay, enough already.
For 4 years now I’ve been doing everything wrong, beating my head on the wailing wall of blogging and you know what?
I’m just going to keep right on doing it.
Just don’t follow my example, okay?
With the exception of lousy punctuation — and you’ve lied about that, since your punctuation is far better than most — you’ve just listed many of the reasons that I find your blog interesting.
.-= Larry Wallberg´s last blog ..“No Law” Means No Law =-.
Dude I agree! If there’s a ‘correct’ blog out there, I don’t want to read it.
.-= K8´s last blog ..Back of the hand =-.
And yet you still have readers. You must be doing something right.
.-= Catch Her in the Wry´s last blog ..60 years in 3 days -More goodbyes =-.
Well, I’m too new at this to argue the toss, but I know one thing you’re doing right – you’re engaging your audience!
Hmm, thinking too much and long winded sentences…. Seems I have a case of that too… My point being that we attract like-minded individuals and connect with them. Looks like you’re doing fine to me!
With the exception of #1 – that’s me! I only post every day because I’m
boredinsaneI get into trouble if I don’t.Anyway, you have a Dog’s Bollocks award. What more do you need or want?
.-= Grandad´s last blog ..Getting high on speed =-.
I agree w/the rest of them.I read sporadically, same difference.Please keep on keepin’ on, we like you. And you know you love writing and connecting w/the folk.
@Larry – I never lie. I only fib a bit.
@K8 – I promise I’ll never tell you about a perfect blog. Even if I find one. Since I know you wouldn’t be able to resist going to look at it. I wouldn’t want you to hurt yourself you know.
@Catch Her – I’m doing something right? Hold on…let me get my wife so I can show her. Happy upcoming birthday, by the way.
@Denise – Glad to see that I’m not the only one who suffers from being long of wind. And we attract like minded individuals? Here that, everybody? We’re all like minded individuals. Bet you didn’t know that.
@Grandad – Then Ireland is safe because you have a blog? I wonder if they realize how fortunate they really are.
@Sandie – Oh, I’ll keep on keepin’ on alright. I’m a stubborn cuss.
The first rule of ‘Blog Club’ is we don’t talk about rules
You are clearly doing more right than wrong
.-= Quickroute´s last blog ..Guangzhou, China =-.
Quickroute – See? There’s yet another rule I’ve broken. Wait a minute. Maybe I could start a new trend? No rules blogging?