Comments on: Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

By: Fotos

Fotos — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:44:43 +0000

Thanks for the post, it let me o step back and evaluate what I am doing on my blogs. Somehow, I am writing 3 now so staying true to me is important, otherwise I have to make sure I use a different “voice” on each one, which would be hard. I love CoTweet too, some people say that timing tweets defeats the purpose of Twitter, but I agree with you on this subject.

By: annmariastat

annmariastat — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:14:44 +0000

I think an OCCASIONAL off-topic post is fine. Most of my blog is about statistics and statistical software but, as I own a small consulting company some of my posts are about running a small business.

By: Samuel Johns

Samuel Johns — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:43:45 +0000

Great post with some great tips to really take on board for the part time blogger. Just this past weekend I relaunched my personal site with a plan to start blogging again. This has given me a few tips to consider on top of my previous lame attempt.

What are you thoughts on having the blog Url be a vanity url using personal name versus creating a unique name around the focus of the blog?

Currently I use my personal name with a tag line on the page.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Sriram

Sriram — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:05:55 +0000

i have started blogging just now, i am a part time blogger and after reading this i feel i am in the correct path. i felt this article was like a eye opener for me..

By: Shannon Ferguson

Shannon Ferguson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:52:09 +0000

Super helpful post, but hope you can help with a delayed followup question: how do you recommend company blogs balance product-related updates for users with building a broader audience by posting about topics related to their industry? To use your financial services example, a personal finance startup should be blogging about personal finance topics, but is it ok to mix those with feature updates, iPhone app launches etc? I know some companies who split the product and industry posts into 2 streams, but that seems awkward to me? Any advice appreciated!

By: Shannon Ferguson

Shannon Ferguson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:52:09 +0000

By: sferguson

sferguson — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 11:52:09 +0000

By: Jan Schultink

Jan Schultink — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:28:08 +0000

Good post. About Blogger.

I like "minimalist" blogs without lots of icons, widgets, and other clutter. Your blog is a good example of this. In Blogger, it is possible to create a style like that by tweaking the available templates (taking out dominant colors, etc.) and taking it easy on what you put in the side bar.

Google has not really invested in the platform, but something might be coming up. I get hassled all the time to migrate my family blog (still posted using FTP since I started it 4 years ago), because of some major changes to the Blogger platform. I am hoping for the best, because a cutting edge blogging platform should be a corner stone of Google's product offering.

By: Donelle Gan

Donelle Gan — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:01:33 +0000

Great article Mark! I think your advice is relevant even for a personal blog.

By: Jan Schultink

Jan Schultink — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:28:08 +0000