Comments on: how to be a blogger in ten days

By: katyhelena

katyhelena — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:24:59 +0000

Love it! Great advice.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:25:35 +0000

I pretty sure it’s more pathetic that you DVRed it. The internet is full of useless how to lists, but this one was gold.

By: alexa - cleveland's a plum

alexa - cleveland's a plum — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:35:12 +0000

i always surprised when i get an email from a blogger asking me to put them on my blog roll. i’m like bitch, you have to earn that shit!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:29:23 +0000

You forgot this essential step: after you write your first post, make sure you create a Faebook Fan Page, Twitter Account, Flickr Pool, and custom domain e-mails for your blog.

Don’t forget to keep it up for a week before you quit blogging altogether.

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:21:10 +0000

i wish i had realized at the time how much of a part of the blog the url is back when i started mine. i don’t think it ever occured to me that anyone other than the 3 friends i told about it at the time would read it, so the lame url seemed irrelevant. OH, 20/20 HINDSIGHT.

By: nicopolitan

nicopolitan — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:57:52 +0000

“we will sniff you out as a poser and it will get awkward.”

So damn true — it’s strange, I keep explaining to people who try to get professional with blogging that readers (and freaders) have highly sophisticated bullshit sensors. I believe everyone should have the opportunity to blog, but I also believe everyone should know which communities they need to be a part of, too.

Absolutely. It’s about communities. It’s not like there’s an initiation to get in or anything, but like any other social setting, there are some silent rules that if broken raise red flags.

By: hannah78

hannah78 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:30:49 +0000

I had a hell of a time deciding on a blog title. Turns out “Crazy Cat Lady” just doesn’t bring in a lot of readers.

Ha. Me, too. I even want to change this URL sometimes. But I actually really like my title.

By: miss. chief

miss. chief — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:47:33 +0000

this was AWESOME. i would second your advice number six, because dayyyammm it sucks when people you know in real life are all “omg i read about that time your towel fell off in front of the neighbor kids” and you’re like “wait…how did you know…”
know what i’m sayin’?

Exactly. When that happens, you know your blog is for real. But you can’t set yourself up out of the gate to get screwed.

By: justjp

justjp — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:46:44 +0000

Dude, can I be your A-Team’s Face?

It would be an honor and a privilege.

By: LiLu

LiLu — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:51:32 +0000

“…fall in love with Rick Astley.”

Foreshadowing much?

Haha. A little? Not too, too much.