Day 4 of 31 days to being a better blogger
January 14, 2009
So much learning and not always directly related to the tasks! Today’s challenge was to link backwards to older posts which makes sense. I quite often click on these when reading other blogs so I don’t know why I didn’t think to do this on my own blog. I had also never thought about linking forwards from past blogs to new ones. Although I can see this is a task which I think I will do, it will probably be the one I don’t get round to. However, I think it would make for a more complete experience for visitors. I suspect this is an activity I will need to set time aside for every so often.
I have also realised that I don’t yet have a ’style’ of writing that I am comfortable with. At the moment I think that I need more story in my posts. They seem to be a bit click here, look at this, watch this. I have asked those in the challenge to let me know how they write posts to see if there are any tips or strategies that I could try out.
To go to the blog that I am trying to improve go to www.literacyresourcesandideas.edublogs.org
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pnichols | January 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I really like this post made by Michele Martin.
http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog/2009/01/an-ideal-conference-helps-to-define-a-community.html
I particularly like the questions she has posed to encourage reflection and comments on her blog. Like you, I am going to look more closely at how other people are writing on their blogs.
I hope that this helps…
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jeanettem | January 15th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Hi there Joy
Thanks for the comments. Like you I am looking for a writing style that I am comfortable with. Sometimes I imagine my reader and what words he/she may like to hear. Other times I think how personal, can personal be??? Keep up the great work won’t you!
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Sue Waters | January 15th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
It takes time to work out your style and what works for both you and your readers. Personally reading blogs and experience do help this process.
In terms of building an audience, while you do need to meet your own blogging needs, you also need to offer them content that interests them and is different from others – there is so many blogs out there.