John Biggs
introduction to blogging. Tends to focus on tech news blogging but there was decent general info, The tip on twitterfeed. com was worth the price of admission for me, I love the book. The one book that teaches me blogging,
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link: sitelink com/bloggingblog I'm looking forward to reading this book, I've been searching for a "good" beginners blog book for a couple years now, This was a very good book that I highly recommend, It is not meant to be a bible for blogging, but I was able to take some really good information from it.
I like how they stated to try and blog,words a day minimum, Although I a am not quite there yet, as I still struggle to find things to blog about, I am definitely getting there averaging a little less thanwords than their recommended threshold.
They give a brief but brilliant introduction to the Inverted Pyramid Style of news writing, which was also very helpful for me in having a layout to follow for stories in my blog.
I am glad that I used this book to help me get started with my blog,
Cafe Con Leche
sitelink ly/ZBRDKX The first blogging book I read, it informed without overwhelming, using a friendly not authoritative writing style.
I've reread the book multiple times and will incorporate this writing style into my blog,
White and Biggs suggest blogging multiples times a day! to get readers, Not me! It takes me hours to get one post out and it could put off followers, I unsubscribe when I get too many emails from a company, But it worked for them working on sitelinkGizmodo, sitelinkMashable, and CrunchGear.
"blogging is about writing a lot
producing videos, podcasts, and images
making things quickly and making them great"
coherent, clear, concise, and accessible
entertainment value, understandability
conversational
My favorite sitelinkblogging kid does this well and is a joy to read,
Three more things:
Research and read one hour daily, first thing in the morning, I used to write first thing, but I always run out of time to read so this fits books in.
Write,words daily. Good challenge, especially since editing formatting, and picturefinding takes so much time,
Take weekends off.
I did not want to return this book to the library! The large size and encouraging subtitle reminded me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with "Don't Panic" on its cover.
lt
This is the cover of the edition I read, This is a great starter book for the inexperienced blogger, If your looking to begin read this book to gain insight and knowledge for success with your blog.
This book defined blogging as basically being citizen journalism, and sort of discounted any blogs/blog ideas that wouldn't be writing about breaking news every day.
The book definitely reads like a boot camp, The authors are unforgiving of anything less than writing,words per day and posting AT LEAST once per day.
There is, however, a lot of good information in here, And in truth, they are right about a lot of the things they're drill seargenty about, Blogs that are updated once a day or more are usually more popular than blogs that only update once a week.
So I'd recommend this for anyone thinking about starting a blog, or thinking of taking their blog to the next level.
This book was amazing. I would never ever write a blog likes theirs, but they definitely know what they are talking about.
Lots of helpful suggestions that I can adapt to create a more reasonable blog for me, I may not make a hundred gazillion page views in five minutes, but I think I can create a decent blog with their help.
Concise authoritative instructions from authors who are clearly at the top of their game, Lots of great info . . makes me think . A good book useful for all kinds of bloggers, Particularly for those interested in building a big corporate blog, from Gizmodo to Huffington Post, This means the direction the book progresses toward is to build a multipleperson blog for breaking news, Also good for those who see themselves as less diarykeepers and more writers,
Instead of focusing on monetizing the blog and ad revenue, there was a lot more focus on the content of the post and the writing style my favourite section being on the TopGrammar and Usage mistakes, which taught me a couple of things! which is something I've been looking for.
Both John and Charlie have had extremely lucrative blogging careers with Gizmodo and others, and it was impressive to get such down to earth and helpful advice from blogging legends.
Whereas some of the other blogging books I've read have seemed to want to keep the secrets under wraps, this was a very transparent and open book, and I feel as though I've learnt a lot from it because of that.
Nifty! It gets right down to business with a serious bootcamp layout, The chapters are fun, relevant and start your blog from scratch, Page one gets you right down into the mud, By the end, you'll feel like Arnold with an empire! Highly recommended for newbs and as a refresher skinny, old folks.
Yes, this Arnold : Decent blogging advice from experienced bloggers they've worked for Mashable, Gizmodo, and CrunchGear.
The book was published in, so a lot of the advice is dated, particularly about technical aspects,
Notes
Target Practice
Always Be Posting, Try to post at leastwords per day, in one or more posts,
Hello, World
Your bio
Who you are you
What you do
Why that's important
Why you are uniquely qualified to write about your topic.
Good to have a "mix of mirth and cold, hard facts, "
Work/educational experience: list of pertinent jobs/degrees
Play experience: list of pertinent hobbies
Location history: something to give you character and encourage local news to pick up your story
Notable facts: pertinent things no one knows about you
What to Write About
questions to ask before posting
.
Is it new Ensure what you think is a new really is,
. Is there something fascinating and different about it
, Does anybody really care about this
, Is there something hilarious, quirky, or unbelievable about it
, Have you had a personal experience with it
, Is there a good graphic or photo available
, Is everybody else in the world covering it You should cover major stories even when everyone else is, but skip minor stories that everyone else is covering, if you have nothing to add.
. Is it a world's first
, Is it a hot topic of considerable controversy that will lure comments from readers
, Do you have a unique opinion or spin on the topic
How to Write a Blog Post
Headlines should entertain and give a good sense of what post is about.
Types of headlines
Ask question
"The secret to "
Include numbers if it's unusual, never before done, a key fact, or a breakthrough
Weird or unusual
Amazing
"Finally " when writing about something people have been waiting for
Lists e.
g. , "Top X"
Shock: outrageous, controversial use sparingly
Rumor
Capitalize first letter of each word in headline, unless it's an article or coordinating conjunction and, but, or, not, for.
In first sentence or at most second, plainly tell readers topic of post, giving a good reason why they should care.
Feel free to occasionally write offtopic posts, This can entertain regular readers and attract new audiences,
Types of posts
Short post
Feature: an indepth article about a specific subject or news item "posts bring pageviews, but features bring readers"
List
Infographic
Commentary
Poll/quiz
Caption: adding your caption to one or more photos or videos
Interview
Howto
Building Traffic, Making Money and Measuring Success
Monetization
Google AdSense
Affiliate sales e.
g. , Amazon, Google, Commission Junction
Ad networks e, g. , Federated Media, Chitika
Personal ad sales
Merchandising clothes, bags, etc,
Donate button
Indirect monetization freelance writing, book deals, speaking engagements, consulting
Ethics Problems and How to Solve Them
In most cases, you're obligated to send review units back, and company that provided unit usually pays shipping both ways.
FTC Revised Endorsement Guides say affiliation must be disclosed in writing if you stray from "just the facts" reporting to sharing your opinion.
You should say if you used a review unit,
Building an Empire
If you hire bloggers, don't pay per post, which encourages lowquality post.
Play a flat monthly fee, Was not relevant to me at all very consumer led and cold, Good information and insight into how well structured blogging endeavors function, Main takeaway: blogging is hard work, I live in Brooklyn, NY and write about technology, security, gadgets, gear, wristwatches, and the Internet, After spending four years as an IT programmer, I switched gears and became a full time journalist, My work has appeared in the New York Times, Laptop, PC Upgrade, Surge, Gizmodo, Mens Health, InSync, Linux Journal, Popular Science, Sync, The Stir and Ive written Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age and Bloggers Boot Camp.
I also speak and consult, I have forthcoming books about Marie Antoinettes watch as well as a YA fiction book, Mytro, .
.
link: sitelink com/bloggingblog I'm looking forward to reading this book, I've been searching for a "good" beginners blog book for a couple years now, This was a very good book that I highly recommend, It is not meant to be a bible for blogging, but I was able to take some really good information from it.
I like how they stated to try and blog,words a day minimum, Although I a am not quite there yet, as I still struggle to find things to blog about, I am definitely getting there averaging a little less thanwords than their recommended threshold.
They give a brief but brilliant introduction to the Inverted Pyramid Style of news writing, which was also very helpful for me in having a layout to follow for stories in my blog.
I am glad that I used this book to help me get started with my blog,
Cafe Con Leche
sitelink ly/ZBRDKX The first blogging book I read, it informed without overwhelming, using a friendly not authoritative writing style.
I've reread the book multiple times and will incorporate this writing style into my blog,
White and Biggs suggest blogging multiples times a day! to get readers, Not me! It takes me hours to get one post out and it could put off followers, I unsubscribe when I get too many emails from a company, But it worked for them working on sitelinkGizmodo, sitelinkMashable, and CrunchGear.
"Bloggers take small stories and magnify them with research, opinion, and humor, "
"blogging is about writing a lot
producing videos, podcasts, and images
making things quickly and making them great"
coherent, clear, concise, and accessible
entertainment value, understandability
conversational
"The best writers pour personality onto the page, making you feel the way they feel.
"
My favorite sitelinkblogging kid does this well and is a joy to read,
Three more things:
Research and read one hour daily, first thing in the morning, I used to write first thing, but I always run out of time to read so this fits books in.
Write,words daily. Good challenge, especially since editing formatting, and picturefinding takes so much time,
Take weekends off.
I did not want to return this book to the library! The large size and encouraging subtitle reminded me of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with "Don't Panic" on its cover.
lt
This is the cover of the edition I read, This is a great starter book for the inexperienced blogger, If your looking to begin read this book to gain insight and knowledge for success with your blog.
This book defined blogging as basically being citizen journalism, and sort of discounted any blogs/blog ideas that wouldn't be writing about breaking news every day.
The book definitely reads like a boot camp, The authors are unforgiving of anything less than writing,words per day and posting AT LEAST once per day.
There is, however, a lot of good information in here, And in truth, they are right about a lot of the things they're drill seargenty about, Blogs that are updated once a day or more are usually more popular than blogs that only update once a week.
So I'd recommend this for anyone thinking about starting a blog, or thinking of taking their blog to the next level.
This book was amazing. I would never ever write a blog likes theirs, but they definitely know what they are talking about.
Lots of helpful suggestions that I can adapt to create a more reasonable blog for me, I may not make a hundred gazillion page views in five minutes, but I think I can create a decent blog with their help.
Concise authoritative instructions from authors who are clearly at the top of their game, Lots of great info . . makes me think . A good book useful for all kinds of bloggers, Particularly for those interested in building a big corporate blog, from Gizmodo to Huffington Post, This means the direction the book progresses toward is to build a multipleperson blog for breaking news, Also good for those who see themselves as less diarykeepers and more writers,
Anyone can build a blog, Its quite easy. The difficult part is keeping it relevant, technically sound, and popular, Bloggers Boot Camp shows you how to blog for success, It teaches you how to find a niche, find your unique voice, and how to hold a conversation with an audience.
It provides information on all the right tools for the blog, and it offers best ways to promote your blog and content for maximum success and a profitable life.
Though rules in creating compelling content havent really changed, ways in which the world blogs has since the last edition.
The authors have learned a lot about social media since writing the previous editions manuscript, They understand and know how social media can make or break a blog, Microblogging is a new trend brought on by the wide utilization of social media, To that same end, networking with other bloggers and content creators on the
web is another form of building ones blog and ones reputation as a writer.
Instead of focusing on monetizing the blog and ad revenue, there was a lot more focus on the content of the post and the writing style my favourite section being on the TopGrammar and Usage mistakes, which taught me a couple of things! which is something I've been looking for.
Both John and Charlie have had extremely lucrative blogging careers with Gizmodo and others, and it was impressive to get such down to earth and helpful advice from blogging legends.
Whereas some of the other blogging books I've read have seemed to want to keep the secrets under wraps, this was a very transparent and open book, and I feel as though I've learnt a lot from it because of that.
Nifty! It gets right down to business with a serious bootcamp layout, The chapters are fun, relevant and start your blog from scratch, Page one gets you right down into the mud, By the end, you'll feel like Arnold with an empire! Highly recommended for newbs and as a refresher skinny, old folks.
Yes, this Arnold : Decent blogging advice from experienced bloggers they've worked for Mashable, Gizmodo, and CrunchGear.
The book was published in, so a lot of the advice is dated, particularly about technical aspects,
Notes
Target Practice
Always Be Posting, Try to post at leastwords per day, in one or more posts,
Hello, World
Your bio
Who you are you
What you do
Why that's important
Why you are uniquely qualified to write about your topic.
Good to have a "mix of mirth and cold, hard facts, "
Work/educational experience: list of pertinent jobs/degrees
Play experience: list of pertinent hobbies
Location history: something to give you character and encourage local news to pick up your story
Notable facts: pertinent things no one knows about you
What to Write About
questions to ask before posting
.
Is it new Ensure what you think is a new really is,
. Is there something fascinating and different about it
, Does anybody really care about this
, Is there something hilarious, quirky, or unbelievable about it
, Have you had a personal experience with it
, Is there a good graphic or photo available
, Is everybody else in the world covering it You should cover major stories even when everyone else is, but skip minor stories that everyone else is covering, if you have nothing to add.
. Is it a world's first
, Is it a hot topic of considerable controversy that will lure comments from readers
, Do you have a unique opinion or spin on the topic
How to Write a Blog Post
Headlines should entertain and give a good sense of what post is about.
Types of headlines
Ask question
"The secret to "
Include numbers if it's unusual, never before done, a key fact, or a breakthrough
Weird or unusual
Amazing
"Finally " when writing about something people have been waiting for
Lists e.
g. , "Top X"
Shock: outrageous, controversial use sparingly
Rumor
Capitalize first letter of each word in headline, unless it's an article or coordinating conjunction and, but, or, not, for.
In first sentence or at most second, plainly tell readers topic of post, giving a good reason why they should care.
Feel free to occasionally write offtopic posts, This can entertain regular readers and attract new audiences,
Types of posts
Short post
Feature: an indepth article about a specific subject or news item "posts bring pageviews, but features bring readers"
List
Infographic
Commentary
Poll/quiz
Caption: adding your caption to one or more photos or videos
Interview
Howto
Building Traffic, Making Money and Measuring Success
Monetization
Google AdSense
Affiliate sales e.
g. , Amazon, Google, Commission Junction
Ad networks e, g. , Federated Media, Chitika
Personal ad sales
Merchandising clothes, bags, etc,
Donate button
Indirect monetization freelance writing, book deals, speaking engagements, consulting
Ethics Problems and How to Solve Them
In most cases, you're obligated to send review units back, and company that provided unit usually pays shipping both ways.
FTC Revised Endorsement Guides say affiliation must be disclosed in writing if you stray from "just the facts" reporting to sharing your opinion.
You should say if you used a review unit,
Building an Empire
If you hire bloggers, don't pay per post, which encourages lowquality post.
Play a flat monthly fee, Was not relevant to me at all very consumer led and cold, Good information and insight into how well structured blogging endeavors function, Main takeaway: blogging is hard work, I live in Brooklyn, NY and write about technology, security, gadgets, gear, wristwatches, and the Internet, After spending four years as an IT programmer, I switched gears and became a full time journalist, My work has appeared in the New York Times, Laptop, PC Upgrade, Surge, Gizmodo, Mens Health, InSync, Linux Journal, Popular Science, Sync, The Stir and Ive written Black Hat: Misfits, Criminals, and Scammers in the Internet Age and Bloggers Boot Camp.
I also speak and consult, I have forthcoming books about Marie Antoinettes watch as well as a YA fiction book, Mytro, .