Blog Fodder : What do I put in?

Blog FodderWhat do I put in?

Kathryn GreenhillLibrariansMatter.com

Uploaded to Flickr on November 7, 2005 by cindy47452 Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

http://flickr.com/photos/cindy47452/archives/date-posted/2005/11/07/

http://flickr.com/photos/cindy47452/

Find your voiceLook at your blogLook at your audienceLook at yourself

Some kinds of blog posts

If you have bloggers’ block

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Find your voice …


1. Look at your blog


What type of blog is it?


Tagline


“About” page


2. Look at your audience


What audience?


Sitemeter

Google Analytics

Google webmaster tools

Stats at your hosting service


How do they get to you?


Squeaky bras

Fear of beetroot

What time is the Australian Idol replay

Geek t-shirts Perth


Where do they come from?Domain?Location?


Who do you want in your audience?


3. Who are you ?


What do you want to write about ?


Would you read your blog?


Is the voice of your blog human?


Which bits of yourself do you want to show?


Your privacy. Others’ privacy


Findability = forever


What other online conversations are you part

of?


Some kinds of blog posts


18 Different types of blog posts from ilibrarian

Breaking News

Opinion

Resource/Link List

Ideas/Inspiration

Aggregate List/Guide

Review/Analysis

Humorous

How-to/Tutorial

Interview

Case Study

Snarky or Contrarian

Diary Entry

Video

Images

Charts & Graphs

Surveys

Scholarly Articles


http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/18-different-kinds-of-blog-posts/

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/23/breaking-online-backup-startup-mozy-acquired-by-emc-for-76-million/

http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/09/19/the-mudflap-flap.html

http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2007/09/links_for_20070917/

http://tametheweb.com/2007/09/5_reasons_why_i_love_the_photo.html

http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-guide-to-twitter-in-libraries/

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/webex_weboffice.php

http://funnymom.ivillage.com/parenting/2007/09/why_is_she_always_touching_it.html

http://www.virtualmarketingblog.com/index.php/20070904/facebook-groups/

http://www.adlininc.com/uxpioneers/original_pioneers/seth_godin.html

http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/reference-statistics-with-zoho-creator/

If you have bloggers’ block…


Leave it


Get a life


Really…leave it.


Prewrite posts


Read other blogs


Tell a story


Make a list


Find a meme


Set a public challenge


Set a posting schedule


Go off topic … and bring it back


Write a post for searchbots


Ask questions and summarise

(twitter or Facebook)


Invite a guest blogger


Work in another medium and embed it

Snap a Photo - FlickrDraw a picture - scanMake a slidecast – Slideshare.netCreate an audio file - PodomaticMake a video - Viddler


SO…


If you want stuff for your blog


Find your VOICE


Know TYPES of BLOG POSTS


Know how to deal with BLOGGERS BLOCK


PLAY


Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.comUploaded to Flickr on November 7, 2005 by cindy47452

Technology

Blog Fodder : What do I put in?