April 24, 2007
Towards better blogging
I’ve went to a live chat last Tuesay and another today, where bloggers get to chat with someone who has some expertise to share with us. The chats are the brainstorm of my friend Marcus and he created a chat room just for that purpose.
Last week our guest was Anne Saita of Blogger & Podcaster Magazine. Anne shared tips specific to building a better blog, attracting readership and achiveing good ranking. Her number one tip: content, content, content! If you want people to read, you’ve got to consistently provide them with good, solid content that will make them want to come back for more. Once you’ve got a handle on that, build a community of readers by visiting other blogs with subject matter similar to your own. You can read the entire chat transcript and pick up more great advice on building your blogging skills.
Today our guest was L. Diane Wolfe, author of the successful and inspirational YA book series, The Circle of Friends. Our talk today centered mostly around writing skills, discipline, doing what it takes to be a writer. She generally dedicates twelve hours a day to what she calls “writer stuff.” Being a successful writer takes hard work as well as the creativity to bring characters and story to life. Make sure you check out Diane’s blog so you can get to know her better. Spend some time with the chat transcript too, because she shared a lot of great ideas!
Chats are open to all bloggers and are scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Tuesdays. You should register now and mark your calendar for next week so you can join in and become a better blogger too!
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Posted by skeet @ 11:36 pm • Blogging
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April 25th, 2007 at 6:15 pm, Whim Says:
Is that Eastern time or Pacific?
April 25th, 2007 at 8:36 pm, skeet Says:
It’s 7:00 pm Eastern time every Tuesday, Whim. Sorry for leaving that off. You can use the register link in the post to get yourself set up for an identity and password in the chat forum so you won’t have to deal with it at the last minute.
Hope I’ll see you there!