Blogging for Beginners: Get writing
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1Get writing!
2 Make it scannable• Lists • Formatting – bold, italics• Headings and sub-headings• Pictures• Blockquotes• Short paragraphs http://www.problogger.net/archives/2006/02/20/scannable-content/
3 Imagine you are copywriting
Sell the post to your readerSave the time of your users
4 Increase your vocabulary
• Lists of useful links• Opinion piece• Expert advice• News• Build towards an
event• Report on an event
• 5 top ways to... • Promote a new
resource• Tell a story/case
study• “Reply” to another
persons blog post• Q&A/agony aunt
5 Task: 15 minutes to write a blog post• Take your topic and style cards• If you are stuck, use the “20 Blog
Topics To Get You Unstuck” sheet!• Preview your post• Don’t publish – schedule for 16.00
6 Pictures• http://www.flickr.com• http://www.librarything.com• http://search.creativecommons.org/ • Or use your own...
Please check copyright and licensing!
See also: Creative Commons licences
7 Embedding• Slides - http://www.slideshare.net/
– Copy and paste code into HTML tab• Video – use embed button
8 Write fastHow to write fast– Know what you want to say– Pick a format– Write it all in one go– Review, correct and publish. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/12/30/how-to-write-
fast/
9 Write fast• Cheat – Ask others in your team to
contribute posts or quotes• Write or die...
http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
• Practice
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Keep learning...• Get tips from other blogs...
– Problogger• Subscribe to other careers blogs• Join Twitter• Interact with other bloggers
– Post comments
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RSS readers• Google Reader
http://www.google.com/reader/ • Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/ • Netvibes http://www.netvibes.com/ • Pageflakes
http://www.pageflakes.com/