49 Simple Strategies for Better Blogging

July 13, 2006 in Communications with 14 Comments

A close friend of mine is about to join the blogosphere. Here’s the advice I gave him:

  • be you
  • speak into people’s lives
  • keep it brief
  • post regularly
  • share the link love
  • don’t try to sell
  • don’t self-promote
  • use humor
  • be vulnerable
  • build others up
  • share your wisdom…but don’t make me feel dumb
  • celebrate success…but don’t make me feel small
  • tell stories
  • don’t try to cover up your mistakes
  • reveal your mistakes
  • track your numbers
  • don’t obsess about your numbers
  • comment on other’s blogs
  • subscribe to "your name"
  • talk like a normal person
  • check your spelling
  • tell me about your family
  • find your voice
  • find your audience
  • focus on that audience
  • tell us what you love
  • offer your opinions
  • don’t spread gossip
  • tell the truth
  • spread the truth
  • use lists
  • allow comments
  • check your links
  • provide an email contact
  • develop relationships
  • use pictures
  • keep it original
  • tease us
  • pay for good design
  • remember…everything you write will be read
  • don’t publish everything you write
  • don’t correct posts (except for typos)
  • update posts (but only sparingly)
  • don’t ask me to link to your blog
  • create conversation
  • share what you’re learning
  • stick with it
  • have fun
  • be you

14 Responses to “49 Simple Strategies for Better Blogging”

  1. Tally Wilgis July 13, 2006 at 12:10 pm #

    Another 50 and you’d have another book… :)

    Great stuff Tony!

  2. Julie Smies July 13, 2006 at 12:16 pm #

    Is that all? Gosh – I thought this was going to be hard!

  3. Anne Jackson July 13, 2006 at 1:13 pm #

    You know I ask this with complete love & humor (insert sarcastic tone here): Is the line between 49 & 50 where brevity ends?

  4. Amber Cox July 13, 2006 at 2:35 pm #

    I am highly inspired by you and your blogabilities.

  5. Dawn Nicole July 13, 2006 at 4:52 pm #

    Wow! Bar is set high. [yet again] Great insights, Tony. Especially like #2… and #39 :)

  6. markhowell July 13, 2006 at 8:19 pm #

    #50. Be ok with a pink shirt now and then…

  7. Tony Myles July 14, 2006 at 10:33 pm #

    This is the same list for good preaching, too.

  8. Bill Cecchini February 5, 2007 at 12:18 pm #

    simply amazing. a must-read for any blogger. thank you!

  9. Todd McKeever March 13, 2007 at 9:32 am #

    Tony this has been a huge help and filled with great advice.

    I’d love to hear in more detail on a few of these, any chance you may follow up on this topic?

  10. Rich Brott March 30, 2007 at 11:15 pm #

    Excellent ideas! Thank you!

  11. Elizabeth Anderson May 8, 2007 at 9:13 pm #

    I like your strategies. Sounds like the best bloggers are posiive thinkers who admit they are not perfect and look to the future. That is my type of person.

  12. CATALYST: Jesse July 2, 2008 at 1:54 pm #

    good insights. Thanks Tony

  13. adam herod July 28, 2008 at 11:56 pm #

    Thanks Tony. Look forward to sharing these with our staff.

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