I’m sincerely sorry. I must have gotten the two posts about blogging better confused. My comment wasn’t actually deleted. I’m sorry I jumped the gun.

Interesting stuff. It was great seeing you at Buzz 07. Have a great week.

Take care,
Nathan

ps. no need to post this. sorry again.

People want to interact with the person. They want to know things that make you laugh, they connect with a sense of humour.

It’s also important that you don’t assume that people have read everything you have written. Link back to your own posts so that people can keep up with your conversation.

To answer your question, blogs don’t keep my attention… bloggers do. I know that I’m flipping the whole thing around, but that’s the beauty of the blogosphere - you can find people that you enjoy reading, people that frustrate you yet somehow keep you intrigued, and people that stroke your ego. I can’t get enough.

Oh, yeah, short is good too.

As far as blogging, I only blog when I have something to say…

Sometimes it can be dumb (as Scott mentioned earlier - I once had a post and all it said was “I am so ready for the holidays!”)…sometimes it’s not…

Sometimes I schedule out my posts (wordpress allows you to do this - not sure about the other platforms)…like right now, I have posts through next week scheduled to go out because I had some extra time and lots of brain activity this week
Since I have that taken care of, I plan on taking a blogging break next week (even though my blog will still have posts showing up).

Hope this helps!

Thank you for these helpful tips, they really mean a lot to a novice pastor and student of God and His church like myself.

I want to be very similiar to you all when i grow up!

Ya gotta allow comments too. That is the best way to get feedback. Just moderate them (word to the wise).

Use graphics in your posts, they add a little spice and people’s eyes are naturally drawn to images.

Secondly, don’t just allow comments and ask questions, but make sure you interact with your readers who comment. Acknowledge their responses and give them feedback.

I don’t like blogs where I comment and get a response back longer than a day or two. Makes me think the blog isn’t that important.

as always, enjoying this week’s topic…mike.

That seems to be a rule I break constantly
I also notice that other bloggers break it too…it’s as if you want people to read, but what you want to say can’t be covered in a mere few paragraphs. You have to write more.

I suppose learning how to get your points across in a couple of paragraphs versus an entire chapter of a book is a work in progress for all of us bloggers.

Also, I like to try to add emphasis to what I’m saying with pictures. Sounds lame, but I really do think its effective. I think short posts in combination with a picture to support it helps communicate. I have been doing this alot recently on my blog: http://www.adamdiehl.com.

I’m not angry - just curious. My personal bias is against moderation, but I also don’t receive the number of hits and wackos (i say that with the love of Christ) you guys do probably.

In terms of consistency, what do you do if you read a blog daily but don’t really have anything to contribute or say about the subject?

I’ve always thought it is more important to speak when you have questions or contributions and to stay quiet otherwise, even on a blog.

For me…It’s far too easy of a temptation to just keep on talking even when I have nothing really to say,

Do you think a poster should post once a week just to let everyone know they’re still around or have a poster who posts when they feel like they have something to share/question/discuss, even if it is only bi-weekly or even monthly?

Thanks.

Just my thought…I am open to others??????