Comments on: My Three Rules of Blogging

By: Beginnings » Finding An Authentic Blogging Voice

Beginnings » Finding An Authentic Blogging Voice — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 04:40:20 +0000

[...] been saying this for years at this point. I personally like the way Micah Baldwin says it. From a post a few years ago, he specifies three ways to become a [...]

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By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:07:52 +0000

Rock solid post. I agree with all your recommendations.

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links for 2008-06-06 — Dave Lee / jBlog — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:32:04 +0000

[...] Learn to duck: My three rules of blogging Great tips. Number 2 is my favourite… only blog when you feel like blogging… that’s the whole point! (tags: blogs tips rules learntoduck) [...]

By: micah

micah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:58:04 +0000

Fantastic. Glad to hear you like my ramblings…look forward to more
conversation with you.

By: jyoseph

jyoseph — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:40:50 +0000

Very true. I'd agree 100% with that statement. You can sort of sense when someone is posting just to post something. Sort of like this comment here… Kidding! :-)

Seriously though I like this post (and some of your other posts) because they cause you to think about these things. You got a new reader because you followed the 3 rules, tried and proven!

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:07:52 +0000

Rock solid post. I agree with all your recommendations.

By: micah

micah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:58:04 +0000

Fantastic. Glad to hear you like my ramblings…look forward to more
conversation with you.

By: jyoseph

jyoseph — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:40:50 +0000

Very true. I'd agree 100% with that statement. You can sort of sense when someone is posting just to post something. Sort of like this comment here… Kidding! :-)

Seriously though I like this post (and some of your other posts) because they cause you to think about these things. You got a new reader because you followed the 3 rules, tried and proven!

By: micah

micah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:00:06 +0000

The problem with this premise is that you are writing (or posting
pictures) for someone else. I think its incredibly important that the
publisher enjoys posting. That writing is not a chore or a
requirement, but something enjoyable.

By: Jay Parkhill

Jay Parkhill — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:49:42 +0000

Right on, Micah. That's good advice.

By: jyoseph

jyoseph — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:53:24 +0000

Great tips indeed!

I have to agree with Dave a little on #2. Although good general advice in theory, in practice it's probably a case-by-case deal.

One case is the "photoblog" community if you're not posting "one a day" you lose a little bit of your street cred, silly I know. I used to keep up but as you said in #1, I started writing for myself and tried not too worry about frequency. Since then I enjoy posting more.

It's a double-edged sword though, if you're a new blogger, you have 5 posts and you haven't written in 2 weeks then someone browsing your site may pass it up unless they see something in your small collection of writings they find interesting.

I guess the middle ground would be, post frequently enough to have fresh content but not to the point where you're compromising the quality of your content.

Very inspiring post though, thanks for sharing your 3 secrets! *goes to write them down*

By: micah

micah — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:18:05 +0000

Thanks. #1 is mostly around the idea of “message posts” or writing
directly to a specific audience. At the end of the day, I personally
really just write stuff that I am proud of and am okay with, even if
others might not agree…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:00:12 +0000

Great tips! Although I wouldn't take the first one too literally... I think it's always good to keep in mind who your audience is, and why they enjoy your blog.

Not to mention the legal perspective of pretending you're only writing for yourself.

I'm sure that's not what you meant, though, so I'll just say I agree with all three. Especially number 2... I always try and push this point as much as I can to new bloggers.