This is how her conversations with one of her good friends start. It’s “pick me up” session to build the other one up. Blogging is not about me, me, me, though. A common misconception of blogging is that they are selfish diaries about your cat and what your cat ate for lunch. No one is going to accuse Successful Blog of being selfish, that is one thing for sure.
You need to think of blogging as a business. Businesses come and go, but the people and your relationships with those people remain no matter where they go.
Don’t stand a the podium and talk down to the readers. Engage them and get conversational with them. You can get people to read things that they don’t have an interest in by making your discussion conversational. [tag]Conversational writing[/tag] is not about writing how you speak, but how you think. Use contractions, leave out your “ums.”
I’m sorry I don’t have more of her talk, but I was running her slideshow. ๐
[tags]SOBCon, SOBCon07, Liz Strauss[/tags]
Good stuff, Gitr. I totally agree with Liz’s having fun comment. By the way, I’m glad to have met you. Great conversation. I look forward to continuing it online. Blog on!
Troy,
Thanks for visiting. I was so glad to get to spend some more time with you Saturday after having to bow out at 11:00 from the bar. I should have stayed down since I only got 4 hours of sleep as it was.