I’ve made this commitment to myself (as this blog isn’t public yet, it remains to myself) to get this business blog on the go.
Steps involved in this process.
1. Switch to hosting company where installing applications is easy peasy. Check
2. Install WordPress and select theme. Check
3. Start typing, about anything to begin with. Check
4. Try to figure out what to blog about. At post # 4 I’m already stumped! Not really, but trying to figure out how to condense the topics I do want to cover – Web 2.0+, Design, clients, SEO, google adwords etc etc into something funny, even cheerful (after all that’s the name of this blog) and that might be useful (gasp) – that’s tough.
It’s gotten to the point where everyone is blogging. And by everyone, I mean a nine year old kid is doing the reviews for Dr. Who on cbc. 9! And, he’s good! This can be intimidating, to say the least.
So, where do I, or you, a prospective blogger over 9, go from here?
LISTS – I’ve noticed a lot of them, on and offline. Browsing through Chapter’s business section (tucked away at the very back of the store oddly enough), I found an abundance of titles that started something like this:
- Top 7 things to …
- Top 10 ways to increase/grow/develop/make
- Top 5 [insert industry here] secrets/strategies
etc. You get the point. This seems to be the way of the “2.0” world – everything condensed down to popularity and in list format. Someone once told me that in an email context, never ask more than 3 questions at a time, as the reader won’t read/answer more than that. I found that quite true, although when the questions are in point form, you can possibly squeeze in a few more.
So, what are my goals – work on my top 10 list of course! Cheers, and have a top 10 day.