Blogs Content
In the world of blogging, is content always king?
During my recent time off work, I had the opportunity to read many blogs I don’t usually have the time to read.
It made me wonder what makes a good blog and if professional writers are more likely to have popular blogs. For instance does the Mail and Guardian’s ThoughtLeader blogs have more merit than someone like Madmom on blogs.24.com?
As a relatively new blogger and non-professional writer, I am interested in what makes a blog worth reading. I would actually like to improve my own writing and I realise that it takes time to find my blogging voice.
The only real way to find that voice is to keep writing regularly! But then I wonder if that is enough?
Maybe sometimes content is king, but maybe sometimes it’s more than that. It’s the same thing that makes one book more interesting to read than others. Who can actually account for the success and mania surrounding the The Da Vinci code a few years ago?
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2 Responses to “Blogs Content”
By wordwhisperer on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
A colleague always sums it up so nicely: “a blog needs to provide value to its readers”.
About the writing: some people say that we should write every day to become great writers. I don’t believe that’s all it takes; one could write every day and it would still be awful. A good understanding of grammar is needed as well as being able to receive feedback on the writing. Oh, and the desire to become great.
Right?
By Glass Pearl on Aug 21, 2008 | Reply
Hi Wordwhisper,
Thank you for stopping by…
I can’t agree more with you. People only come back when they get value – perceived or otherwise.