Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging. This week, I was asked to provide some opinions about blogging that will be published in church’s December newsletter. In the questionnaire, there were a couple of questions, and one of them was: “What are the Do’s and Don’ts of Blogging?” Since, it was for a newsletter, I made it short, but here I would like to outline them even further. Feel free to add and comment on what you think.
Do’s:
- Do know what you’re blogging for. Be it personal, stories, photos, sharing, anything. If you don’t know what you’re blogging for, it’ll most likely take out the fun in blogging, and you’ll stop blogging after the first excitement wears off.
- Update frequently enough, but it doesn’t have to be everyday. Quality is more important than quantity. I have seen people update their blog twice a year. If you don’t update enough, people will tend to forget that your blog exists after a while. Of course, don’t blog everyday about what you eat, what time you wake up, you get the idea.
- Be tactful on what you write, your blog can be read by everyone around the world, and I mean everyone, and searchable by Google.
- Do respect your readers, respond to their comments. Have a conversation with your readers.
- A bit technical, but have RSS for your blog, it’ll help people to follow your blog updates.
- In summary, use your blog for the blessing of others.
Don’ts:
- Don’t slap advertisements all over the place to earn money. Blog is to share, not to earn money.
- Don’t care what people think of what you write, it’s your blog, not a magazine or newspaper company. Still, be tactful of what you write.
- Don’t share other’s personal lives without asking permission, thus violating their privacy.
Any comments? Anything you want to add?
