I have decided to do a little series called The Art of Blogging. This is series of articles on what I have noticed in trends over the past decade on blogging and engagement whether through blog tools (plug-ins) or online resources. As I said, the articles will over mainly my experience, but I hope to get feedback, so I am also including a poll with this particular blog as I want to get the gist of how people have progressed online in their techniques to acquire blog comments, as well as other things they have learned throughout their experience. In the end this blog is to help those who have been searching for the right crowd for their niche.
I had been told at a WordCamp (WordPress conference) that I spoke and by several others that I should write an ebook on my experience, but I thought a blog series might be pretty cool. I can go back from time to time. Maybe I might put it into an ebook too? Who knows.
Please journey with me on this experience and like a new student in a Japanese school, I plead, “Please take care of me.”
The Art of Blogging
Blogging is an art in itself. It use to be just be typing and submitting to some simple site, or perhaps fiddling with some HTML before publishing a post. A lot of people wanted to start a blog much in the way anyone can start a diary, telling your experiences. With diaries, unless you are famous, those are often private, but when published online, they could be found by others.
The Internet in itself is amazing because this allows people to connect with each other all over the world. Blogging allowed people to find out with similar interests, and even become friends before even chatting via web cameras, voice chatting, or actually visiting in real person.
Blogging in itself has definitely evolved as not just something done on a personal level, but on many other levels. Businesses blog, teachers blog, teens blog… many different people blog. It really is a beautiful thing, especially with the serendipity that search engines can produce to any individual looking to find information on any subject. On the same level, the people doing the blogging are often inspiring their peers to try it too.
Really, blogging has become social networking in itself, especially with the ability to communicate by leaving feedback. No longer do people just have to socialize in forums or message boards. They can build a community within their own website.
Hopefully in this art of blogging series, it will be entertaining, informative, and overall, something that may inspire you in your own journey into blogging.
Kind Regards,
Nile Flores
I have to be honest here, I am the laziest thing on the planet when it comes to commenting. I rarely stray from the five or six sites that I do visit and comment on. 🙂
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I mostly go around to other sites and comment, but I’m a member of a few message boards, and there’s one in particular where I get plenty of traffic from. Quite a few people subscribed to me, so I pop up in people’s RSS feeds as well. So I don’t do too much–I do just enough to get known, and things fall into place afterward.
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I use to love to link exchange and shit, now I just do not have the drive for my site lately :(. Hope all is good wit you lovely.
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Just started blogging but I do have to be honest that I go to Perez Hilton’s site quite often because he ANNOYS the hell out of me!!! 😉 crazy huh?
That is not the first time I have heard that…lol. He annoys a lot of people.
I like going to other blogs. For ideas and comment exchanges. This is my first time here and you have a fantastic blog 🙂
Thank you! It is actually in construction mode, but I am a firm believer in trying to keep a site up while working and improving on it.
I also love going to blogs. I often urge people to try to extend the invitation to others to share their blog links to recent posts in order to read. No one will be able to read your blog unless you do a little bit of work to introduce it to the world. 🙂
It is so true Nile. A blog can become a community in itself and a way to connect with people that have the same interests. I only wonder how it will be like in 10-20 years time.
A blog perhaps can be considered successful if it creates online community out of it. Nice post Nile.
You should consider putting all this valuable information in an eBook.
Hiya, I am really glad I have found this information. Nowadays bloggers publish just about gossips and internet and this is really annoying. A good web site with exciting content, that’s what I need. Thank you for keeping this site, I will be visiting it. Do you do newsletters? Cant find it.
I was just searching for this information for some time. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, finally I got it in your web site. I wonder what is the lack of Google strategy that don’t rank this kind of informative web sites in top of the list. Usually the top web sites are full of garbage.
Thank you! It is actually in development function, but I am a company believer in trying to keep a website up while operating and enhancing on it….
I also love going to blogs. I often urge people to try to extend the invitation to others to share their blog links to recent posts in order to read. No one will be able to read your blog unless you do a little bit of work to introduce it to the world.
I am glad to stumble on your post and got a chance to read such an amazing post. The information that you have furnished is incredible and I really appreciate your endeavor in writing such a post. Blogging today has turned out to be a great way to reach to people and share your views on various topics as well as making aware about products and services offered by companies. Thanks for this wonderful post and do keep sharing such amazing posts.
Hi Nile, I am your daily reader but not comment yet. But your this post is awesome. The art of blogging and the life of blogging or blog is, links, traffic, pagerank and alexa rank.
Thanks for tips about blogging.
Blogging is really an art and I always love it..:)
I love the way you put it Geo, an art. Once you take blogging as a fun activity, even commenting on other blogs won’t be an issue at all.
Hi its true t hat blogging is really an art.it is good for seo purpose to increase your site rank in serps.sometimes i feel boredom in blogging . it could be useful if it is done in non spammy way.
I love blogging as I am civil engineer but never worked in that field , I am blogging since 2008 and earning from blogging since last 2 years
Nice looking forward to this series
Please also consider putting this into an ebook. Even though it is published on your site, I think it would be a great resource packaged into a well organized ebook….just my thoughts.
Dear Nile,
All the ones who responded to this article are very honest in expressing their views. Patience is a virtue and makes more sense when it comes to excelling in blogging. Nobody can become an expert in this overnight. As mentioned by Pardeep, it takes a couple of years to achieve perfection in blogging. Presence of mind and zeal to learn will help a lot in mastering the art.
Thanks Nile
Sanjib
very nice post fully agree with u …A blog can become a community in itself and a way to connect with people that have the same interests. I only wonder how it will be like in 10-20 years time.
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I mostly go around to other sites and comment, but I’m a member of a few message boards, and there’s one in particular where I get plenty of traffic from. Quite a few people subscribed to me, so I pop up in people’s RSS feeds as well. So I don’t do too much–I do just enough to get known, and things fall into place afterward.
‘They can build a community within their own website’. This is a wonderful statement and really gets to the core of what the internet should be about and how it is most effectively used. Connecting people; people engaging; people sharing ideas; spreading the word, making the world a better place. Nice post.
Thanks for sharing some awesome tips Nile!
I really like where you pointed that blogging is like building
your very own micro community within the much larger cyber
community.
That i a really great way of looking at the entire process!
And how is it really is a far more practical way of building an even more personal
community of followers and fans alike.
As opposed to being active in specialized forums and or less than personal message boards.
Thanks for sharing some great tips & suggestions!