As blogging grows more and more popular, whether for business, keeping connected with friends and family, or simply for fun, it's a good idea to keep up with what's current in the blogging world. Also, if you're just beginning, it's helpful to have some guidelines.
Blogging All-In-One for Dummies, by Susan Gunelius, is an excellent resource, I've discovered. Even though I've been blogging for quite some time, first just to try it out with a personal blog, and then to promote my books and workshops, as well as writing for paying gigs, I've still much to learn about this activity.
Susan's book, actually 8 Books in 1, gives you so much information whether you're beginning or consider yourself a professional, whether you simply want to write about your life and activities or want to earn an income.
You may start with one blog to try it out. Or you may have a cause or personal reason for writing your blog. You may add different blogs to your repertoire, as I've done.
My most recent is this one, Farm Girl Heritage, because I wanted to preserve these memories for my daughter and her children. Perhaps my sister's children and grandchildren would enjoy learning how their mom and aunt grew up.
Let me know what your blog is!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone read and applied Susan's book yet?
ReplyDeleteMary Emma, this is amazing. One night this week I went to Barnes & Noble and read from Susan Gunelius's new book on blogging. I came home and found her 8/12/2010 post, "How Long Should My Blog Posts Be?" on the Blogging Pro blog. I left a comment for her about my diary blog, Mid-Prairie High School and Park College, 1960-1965, which I began in January 2010, 50 years after I was recording my approach to life as an Iowa farm girl who went to Park College (now Park University), in Parkville (suburban Kansas City,) Mo.
ReplyDeleteThis evening I found your blog post about Susan's book. I have left a comment about her book, with a reference to your post, on my Facebook page.
So, thanks to you and Susan, I have found my way to your many blogs. I will look forward with anticipation to reading them and am so glad that you have also chosen to write one about farm life.
So pleased you found my blog,Barbara. Thanks for leaving a comment and sharing. And what fun that you've discovered Susan's new book. I also checked out your blog about your school years. I wrote in a diary for about a year when I was in high school and recently found it. Certainly brought back memories.
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