BlogWrite for CEOs

Feb

25

2005

More tips on how to write a blog

Posted in the Category of Writing Tips

Great tips from B.L. Ochman. My favorites:

"Write like it counts.
"No matter what your audience size, you ought to write as if your readership consisted of paid subscribers whose subscriptions were perpetually about to expire. There's no need to pander. Compel them to re-subscribe." said Dennis Mahoney on A List Apart.

White space is your friend.
It makes reading from the screen easier. Nothing is harder to read than a solid block of copy on a computer screen."

Related post: Are you writing for the Web when you blog?

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Feb

25

2005

Leave a PayPal donation before you click away…

Posted in the Category of Stuff

With this post I add a new category, "Blogging Business Models." As much to ponder their viability as to note those that have sprung up. Well-known blogger Jason Kottke quit his day job this week (according to Wired and Red Herring) to work full time on his blog, kottke.org. On Tuesday he kicked off his new professional blogger status by soliciting donations from his readers. Today he's got a list several screenloads long of "micropatrons" who have contributed via PayPal. He suggests $30, equivalent to $2.50 a month, but we have no way of knowing what the average donation is - or the total. (Thanks to Tig Tillinghast who runs MarketingVox for the pointer.) I love…

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Feb

24

2005

Peggy Noonan’s cogent essay on blogs vs. the MSM (mainstream media)

Posted in the Category of Stuff

I read it in the WSJ and have also read comments about the column in several other blogs. Thanks to London-based Adriana Cronin-Lukas for one pointer. Peggy Noonan's cogent essay on MSM (mainstream media) vs. the blogosphere (Feb. 17, 2005 Wall Street Journal) should be required reading. Her key points:

  • The blogosphere isn't really the wild, untamed West. Bloggers are using the time-honored tools of journalism (computer, keyboard, willingness and desire to ask tough questions).
  • Bloggers don't have editors. So they can decide what's a story, how long it's a story and how they want to cover it. (She doesn't say this, but... some bloggers could sure use a good editor when it comes to syntax, style, grammar,…

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Feb

24

2005

Are you writing for the Web when you blog?

Posted in the Category of Writing Tips

Surprisingly, the answer is yes. I've been thinking about this recently as I write this blog and also post to www.debbieweil.com. Writing for the Web means writing for scanners. Best practices are to use:

  • sub-heads
  • bullets
  • short paragraphs
  • a graphic if appropriate

Chunk your content
In short, chunking and packaging your words makes them easier and more appealing to read. It also gives you an excuse to write less. And "shorter" seems less intimidating when you've got 100 other things to do besides adding witty repartee (ha!) to your blog. Don't you agree??

Web writing resource
One of my favorite resources for Web and email writing is E-WRITE, a nifty training and consulting company based here…

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Feb

23

2005

Redux: Why blog and what makes a blog successful?

Posted in the Category of Stuff

At some point in the near future I've gotta get a grip on the reality of publishing two blogs... is it possible for a small company (i.e. me) with limited resources (i.e. time)? I don't have a definitive answer. For now, I'm putting everything related to writing a blog into BlogWriteForCEOs. The rest gets published to this blog. But it's not very scientific. So for today, be kind enough to go here to read "Why blog and what makes a blog successful"?

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Feb

23

2005

Why blog and what makes a blog successful?

Posted in the Category of Writing Tips

Steven Streight is writing a book, Secrets of the Blogging Pros, that includes input from well-known bloggers. As he put it in his original email to me, he wants to include pointers from "innovators, CEOs, VPs, marketing gurus, political pundits, tech geniuses, manufacturers, writers, artists, computer gamers, PR firms, book publishers, satirists, entrepreneurs, etc." I am flattered he asked me to participate! He's already gotten feedback from a list that includes: Cory Doctorow (Boing Boing), Laura Ries, Mark Cuban, Richard Edelman, Dave Taylor, John Moore, Steve Rubel and many others.

Needless to say, I procrastinated for almost two weeks before responding to his two simple questions: 1.) Why did you start…

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