Write to SELL
I remember when blogs arrived on the scene. I also remember arguing with, at the time, one of the biggest names in a certain online sector, that blogs had big potential. I believe his response was something like, "What? You're going to write a daily diary, or something? Who the hell's interested in that?" Funny thing is, he has a blog now. Anyway - enough digression. Point is: when it comes to blogging, do you write to sell?
This is what I mean...
I see a lot of bloggers in this general vicinity. And being a work-junkie, I'll often go take a peek. Like osmosis, you accumulate a lot of good information from the aforementioned "peeking." Mostly, and no offense, you learn what not to do; sometimes, though, you pick up a little nugget of gold. (Digressing again.) The biggest mistake I see, and this is on a daily basis, is where bloggers will write to write, but not write to sell.
Let's say we have 2 bloggers.
Blogger 1 writes passionately about his subject. We learn an awful lot and, oh daddy, do we tune in to all his posts.
Blogger 2 writes passionately, too, but he also writes to sell. Although each post is just as informative and clever as Blogger 1, each post also cleverly promotes a product. Do we mind? Not at all. Even writers have to eat!
So - while this advice may be blatantly obvious to some (it should be to all) - I'd like to suggest you write to sell, not write to write. Imagine having 1,000 posts where you did it. Now imagine 1,000 posts where you didn't. I know which blog I'd prefer to own.
Coffee break over. I'm off!
GRM
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