book is separated into five chapters, The first four chapters are aimed at the time increments you may spend on writing your blog:minutes,minutes, an hour, or “take your time”.
The fifth chapter is about picking an area of expertise or of interest and just being a writer.
I found that the first chapter based onminutes of fame was fun and intuitive with ideas to keep readers coming back for more.
This would be good for clients we work with who have a website designed for a specialized field: film making, fast cars, philanthropy.
The chapter talks about personalizing ideas or details, being opinionated and different from other blogs,
The second and third chapters are more focused on creating a blog that will bring a lot of new readers to their sites.
This means creating content that seems interesting, funny, or gimmicky rather than intuitive information in a specialized field.
Although after setting up a blog that is interesting, funny, or gimmicky, the blog itself becomes specialized in itself.
The fourth chapter focuses on unique ideas that take some time and research to blog about.
There are some good examples and some funny examples, The idea is to be inspired by these examples and come up with your own unique blog.
I found the book to be a good read, It was fast and a page turner, Its a good reference book to have on the shelf if you want to write about something new.
The first half will help you with your existing blog if you are an expert on your blog.
The second half will help you start something new,
Thats just my take on it, I used to have just one blog but I found I wanted to separate them based on different ideas.
This book would have helped me start sooner with it though, as I waited over a year before the first posts because I didnt think I had something solid to blog about.
This book will help you with new ideas, Reading about the different blog examples will inspire you to keep your blog active, A quick and easy way to get the creative juices flowing, . . I think I picked this up while I was still working at Pearson it's been on my deep cut backlog shelf for at leastyears, based on the spine fading.
You COULD look at this as like, an interesting insight into what the internet used to look be, but your basic blogs are not like this anymore BECAUSE of this list: it's too random and it doesn't tell a story.
No longer do people post articles like this: aimlessly, Even at the end there's a little paragraph about how most blogs just have friends and families as readers and if you want to grow your readership, you've gotta post consistently.
Friends, your loved ones will not read your blog if it's like this,
Apologies, Ms. Mason I've followed you since MightyGirl, I've been wanting to read this book for several years now, I don't know why, but I just never really got around to it, The longer I waited, the less I felt it would be useful to me, Not because I didn't need help and inspiration for my blog posts, but because I thought the advice would be less relevant than it once was.
This book was first published in, A lot has happened to the internet in the last six years, Blogging has evolved since then, hasn't it
But really, it has and it hasn't.
This book is really written for personal bloggers, People who post about their lives and what not, That, and people like me, who post about, well, anything really, I found a lot of the advice and prompts helpful and inspirational, It added a bunch of stuff to my idea file, for sure, I don't think it would be all that helpful to someone who has a super niche or a business blog, though.
Unless you're really good at thinking outside the box, In which case you probably don't need this book, because you've already got all the ideas you need.
And also I hate you a little bit,
On a scale from Totally Awesome to Horrifically Awful, I'd give it a Good.
It's definitely not for everyone, but it is well written and I, personally, found it useful.
This is not really a book, It's more a list of ideas for blogging, and each idea takes up one page, I bought it in a moment of crisis, when I didn't know what to write next, but after going through the author'sideas I realized that it wasn't worth the money or the time.
It's a fun book to read through for ideas, I borrowed it from the library and now wouldn't mind owning a copy, Great source of ideas and advice for bloggers, I laughed out loud.
The author and the bloggers she features have a great sense of humor and some unique ideas.
If only I could read blogs all day, I've come to the conclusion that writingprompt books are crap, This one didn't change my mind, This was a good book for bloggers, I got some really good ideas for my blog that I'll actually use,
There were a couple of ideas that revolved around sharing intimate secrets and embarrassing moments.
I think I got those covered, Pretty much, everything stupid that I do gets blog coverage,
A friend of mine and I share the philosophy: if you aren't embarrassing yourself, you're not living.
We live up to that often, I am glad I read this, It was entertaining. It gave me a wide range of ideas to springboard off of, I have had my blog for almost ten years now, and I wish I did have a larger audience.
I plan to take some tips from this book in hopes of seeing some positive results within time.
My Blog: Living In The Moment
sitelink . . if you would like to stop by for a visit,
I write about all things that inspire me From Hobbies, Photography, Books, Journaling, Poetry Etc.
A quick read. Some helpful ideas for blog posts, I gave this five, not because it's the great American novel, but because it gives you exactly what it promises, with wit and flair.
There areideas for your blog, most of them pretty darn good, I wish it were required reading before getting a Facebook account, A funny story, I originally told Kristin about this book as a joke of sorts that she should read it and how no one, in, was going to care about her food pictures or selfies look at us now in, hehe but I was interested in reading this and seeing just what was out there in the blogging world.
Turns out, in, it was very much an unblazed trail,
This is a quick and dirty book to get your brain restarted for blogging ideas, especially if you are stuck.
A lot of these ideas are evergreen and stand the test of time, still many of them feel like they are stuck in the exact same year they were originally written.
Can't win them all I guess,
Fairly quick read, and it kept my attention the whole time, We all get writer's block, And with blogging quickly becoming the preferred mode of communication seriously, who doesn't have a blog these days, the author's practical advice, served with a side of whimsy, might be just what the doctor ordered.
There's really a little something here for everyone, And if by the end of alltips you haven't hit inspirational paydirt, it might be time to concede blogging isn't your thing.
. . Such a waste of valuable paper, and for! Certainly Margaret Mason could have filled out the very sparse pages with dozens of more ideas in sidebars, photos, spot illustrations, etc.
Content wise, it's very common sense suggestions on how to fill your blog up with more about the person you know best, you.
Save your twenty bucks and borrow this one from the library,
If your interested in blogs, here's mine:
sitelinkWump Mucket Puppets Blog At one point I was conptemplating having a real blog, not just a myspace blog.
But I don't feel like devoting the time to regularly write creative, cool entries and I'm not just going to write boring stuff about what I ate for breakfast and what is on my todo list that no one cares about.
There is already too much white noise on the Internet, There was some interesting ideas in the book, I don't think I'd end up using them all myself but sometimes it's good to try and get some motivation and ideas when you have writer's block.
Pretty scattershot in its attempt at comprehensive brainstorming listiclestyle writing prompts, Sure, covers a lot of possibilities, but categorizing them according to the time it takes to write them seems, well, unhelpful.
The length of the post seems more appropriate as a subcategory, A more helpful approach for readers would I think be to organize these according to genre, subject, potential audience and then subcategorized by length.
Lots of bloggers, especially ones hoping to generate traffic, aren't interested in any ol' prompt they want ideas specific to their niche food, arts, fashion, essay, etc.
. The form and focus of your blog will shape what prompts are helpful, How long it takes to write a post is secondary to generating usable topics,
Somewhat in its favor is how short each suggestion is, You can read this whole thing in no time, But it would go even quicker, if it was organized better, Time seems to be one of the most important aspects of blogging for her, which gives the whole book a very rapidfire, gogetem, Business Bro meets Cool Mom vibe that doesn't fit my personality or what I look for in a good blog.
But I know lots of people do dig that voice and approach,
But there are some useful things in here, despite the book being ten years old now and blogging has moved into new realms.
Some parts are a touch dated, but the underlying principle is can be easily modified to contemporary needs.
Other readers might get more out of this, If your blog is a catchall for life's happenings, then this might be a handy book.
If, however, your blog has a narrower focus, then I doubt this will be one of the more helpful books for enriching your project.
What's more likely is that the internet is littered with the stale corpses of blogs aspiring to greatness that eventually starved on the poor substance within this book.
This book was not too impressive, I was dissapointed when the woman suggesting mocking religious fanatics and people in politics, I don't think it's nice to mock anybody,
Maybe it's because my blog is less thanmonths old, but I have not run into a dry spell with nothing to write about.
The one time I wondered, I just googled blog topics and found what I needed,
The author's big advice is to live your life and try new things so you have something to write about.
Overall I feel like this book is kind of obvious, It gave some good ideas and divided them by time you have avaliable to blog about, but mostly listed websites to look at and put your own spin on.
So you don't have to bother: some of the best and worst ideas in this book are:
If you ruled the world, things would be better, at least in a few small ways.
sitelinkwww. hchap. com talks about how she thinks you should hang your toilet paper,
Tell readers about presents you'll remember forever,
Count your blessings
what are some of your bad habits that you would like to wish away are there any good habits you'd like to magically adopt
what are the family traditions or personal rituals you practice how have they evolved over the years are there any new traditions you've always wanted to introduce
Catalog the contents of a space of yours that isn't usually open to the public.
sitelinkwww. flickr. com search whatsinmybag
write up a classified ad, the kind people used to run when they had to pay by the word, seeking something you could use.
or reverse the process amp offer up something you'd be glad to give up
tell a little bit about your friends: who they are and why you picked them to be part of your life
how you'd spend,,
tell about your perfect meal: whom you'd invite, where you'd land, and whether you'd choose breakfast, lunch, or dinner
tell about where you live: best places to eat, etc.
tell about your scars "your scars indicate what type of life you've lived, Whether you're athletic, fighting for your health, or just occasionally clumsy, let each scar remind you of the story behind it.
" sitelinkwww. blogjam. com/namemyscars
show off your old school photos
objects of your affection: in a fire, after all the people amp pets are out of your house what would you grab
use your blog to start your novel sitelinkwww.
nanowrimo. org
or write a short story
what are you irrational fears and where did they come from ok I can just see my blog stalker using this to really freak me out GREAT
do a tribute for a living loved one sitelinkwww.
dooce. com
make a personal timeline of your past, describe what was happening at each stage of your life, and how those memories fit together.
you can make a forthright list of major events, or talk about how you were feeling and what mattered to you at a particular age.
what do you collect sitelinkwww, grocerylists. org
write about your gravest humiliation
try your hand at satire really what's that
empty your closets and fill up your blog by posting about the things you need to let go
tell what you're wearing right now, open you closet and show us what's inside, or describe your perfect interview outfit, the fasion disasters that have haunted you, the items you've bought and never worn or will never wear again
get defensive: what do you love that no one else loves defent the indefensible
say thanks
think back to major historical events of your lifetime amp tell readers what you were doing at that time
tell about your roomate horror stories
answer the questions that keep you up at night by conducting experiments sitelinkwww.
michaelbuffington. com/cck sitelinkwww, cockeyed. com "how much is inside"
give readers a day in your life, record everything you did in a typical day
post amusing experts from your emails of yore
turn your interest into a passion: start pulling together links, studying up, and try to turn your blog into the go to resource for people who share one of your passions
"start a blog or regular feature of storeis about living in your neighborhood or town.
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what would the soundtrack of your life include
start a family history blog: give everyone a login amp post a new question every week memories, fondest moments with family, or how everyone made it through difficult times
seek out unusual opportunities amp blog about them my problem is that I'm half cynical amp might hurt someones feelings with this one
create a blog entirely devoted to your passion sitelinkwww.
mightygoods. com
take up stalking "make conjectures about passersby, or just recount the highlights of what you observe"
share a joke
eavesdrop on other peoples conversations and write about them the author writes about "Hat guy" 's view of poverty amp marriage
gripe me never!
all I can say is that some people have WAY too much time on their hands! that amp I'm sure my mom one of my only blog readers couldn't care less about most of these things she probably would care more about what I had for lunch.
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