tips for a successful blogging
just feel like sharing this with my fellow bloggers or prospective bloggers.
i think it can take you guys a long way in blogging.....lets go
1. Use Your Own Images And Videos Just like the editorials you look forward to in your favorite magazines, you, too, can offer your readers custom-created imagery. Capture your soul food recipes with a clear and sharp photo; update your fashion blog by drawing and scanning in your daily outfits, or record simple moments for your lifestyle blog by shooting your own video. Because you’re the photographer, videographer, or illustrator and the experience is yours, it’s your unique image and content that no one else can duplicate.
2. Share Your Life Or Your Work Sharing parts of your life or work on your blog is something that no one else can replicate, as these experiences or creations are yours alone. By giving readers insight into your creative process or moments from your everyday life, readers are more likely to connect with you on a personal level. Even if the focus of your blog isn’t just on your personal life, consider bringing in aspects of your persona or moments from your life when appropriate.
3. Invent Recurring Columns Once you start blogging, you may come up with an idea for an ongoing column or recurring post topic that you can publish weekly or monthly. Maybe it’s an interview series with your favorite photographers or a monthly trip to the farmers’ market where you document your local finds. Whatever the topic is, in order for it to be a regular feature, it needs to have the potential to be varied enough every week or month while still sticking to the same overall theme or focus. Not only will a regular feature help give you an outline of what to post in upcoming weeks, but readers can also become fans. Once you come up with an idea for a regular column, a witty and recognizable title will help reinforce the reoccurring story.
4. Create Your Own Layouts While there’s nothing wrong with keeping things streamlined and clean by uploading a simple photo tied to your post’s content, you can make your blog more unique by posting images that bring together found imagery in an original layout. You can achieve this by familiarizing yourself with programs such as Photoshop or PowerPoint. When I feature roundups or montages on my blog, Oh Joy! I always lay out the images and objects on a white background with graphic numbers tied to each object. Each time, the theme of the items and the title changes, but the overall look remains consistent. By creating a specific set of graphics and a thematic visual summary, it becomes my own take on a group of existing products.
5. Secure Exclusives As your readership begins to grow and you interact more with readers, you may begin to develop relationships with various companies, such as owners of small artisan food stores, or perhaps the PR manager of your favorite home decor shop.
i think it can take you guys a long way in blogging.....lets go
1. Use Your Own Images And Videos Just like the editorials you look forward to in your favorite magazines, you, too, can offer your readers custom-created imagery. Capture your soul food recipes with a clear and sharp photo; update your fashion blog by drawing and scanning in your daily outfits, or record simple moments for your lifestyle blog by shooting your own video. Because you’re the photographer, videographer, or illustrator and the experience is yours, it’s your unique image and content that no one else can duplicate.
2. Share Your Life Or Your Work Sharing parts of your life or work on your blog is something that no one else can replicate, as these experiences or creations are yours alone. By giving readers insight into your creative process or moments from your everyday life, readers are more likely to connect with you on a personal level. Even if the focus of your blog isn’t just on your personal life, consider bringing in aspects of your persona or moments from your life when appropriate.
3. Invent Recurring Columns Once you start blogging, you may come up with an idea for an ongoing column or recurring post topic that you can publish weekly or monthly. Maybe it’s an interview series with your favorite photographers or a monthly trip to the farmers’ market where you document your local finds. Whatever the topic is, in order for it to be a regular feature, it needs to have the potential to be varied enough every week or month while still sticking to the same overall theme or focus. Not only will a regular feature help give you an outline of what to post in upcoming weeks, but readers can also become fans. Once you come up with an idea for a regular column, a witty and recognizable title will help reinforce the reoccurring story.
4. Create Your Own Layouts While there’s nothing wrong with keeping things streamlined and clean by uploading a simple photo tied to your post’s content, you can make your blog more unique by posting images that bring together found imagery in an original layout. You can achieve this by familiarizing yourself with programs such as Photoshop or PowerPoint. When I feature roundups or montages on my blog, Oh Joy! I always lay out the images and objects on a white background with graphic numbers tied to each object. Each time, the theme of the items and the title changes, but the overall look remains consistent. By creating a specific set of graphics and a thematic visual summary, it becomes my own take on a group of existing products.
5. Secure Exclusives As your readership begins to grow and you interact more with readers, you may begin to develop relationships with various companies, such as owners of small artisan food stores, or perhaps the PR manager of your favorite home decor shop.
Comments
Post a Comment