Comments on: What Have You Learned from the Blogging Experience? http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Fri, 24 May 2013 04:12:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mohammed Rhalmi http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-927537 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:12:05 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-927537 1.I’ve learned to organize my thoughts and to be disciplined writing on regular basis, contibuting to the blogosphere.
2.Blogging also helped me improve my knowledge and understanding of the issues related to my niche.

]]> By: Lelia Katherine Thomas http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8384 Tue, 09 May 2006 04:29:44 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8384 I’ve learned that the blogosphere is filled with political blogs that do more smashing of their own heads against the wall than proving points. That’s why I stopped writing most of my political commentary, and, when I do, I do it more on a perspective of morality than on politics in general. (Since I’m of the belief that all the major sides of American politics are seriously lacking in that department.) This also saves me a lot of headaches from the users who are mainly just interesting in starting a debate. We all know how those can be never-ending.

]]> By: Maria http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8360 Mon, 08 May 2006 20:22:11 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8360 Interesting question!
With only a month or so of doing this, I have learned a few important things:

1. Blog content gets indexed and found REALLY FAST. So, Dooce’s suggestion to think of the one person who you would not want to read what you’re about to publish, knowing that he/she will find your post, is very relevant.

2. For long I’ve struggled with the idea that if I’m going to write, I better add some value to the blogosphere. However, I calculate it will take months before I get 10 regular readers among family and friends, and it will probably take years before I get 10 regular readers among people who don’t know me. So, I’ve learned that I’m no longer interested or worried about the value I’m contributing to strangers. It’s just a blog among millions, and if 10 friends of relatives read me at least to know what’s going on with us, great.

Since I started blogging, three people in my circle have started as well… They write personal entries, and I’ve found that I love to read them. So, I’ve recently gotten a new appreciation for personal blogs (at least those of people I know), and finally have decided that if mine becomes that and it’s only written for a small audience, it’s okay with me. I don’t have to be famous. Now, I seriously mean that.

]]> By: myscribbles http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8356 Mon, 08 May 2006 17:13:50 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8356 I have learnt a lot of things since I started blogging a year ago. I have learnt to use more precise words which can represent what I say in a better way. I have learnt to manipulate Blogger, Yahoo! 360 and WordPress softwares and in this process, I have learnt a little bit of HTML too. I have learnt more things about blog promotion, syndication etc. And because of the nature of my blog, I have learnt to view an issue from different perspectives before giving my point of view.

Simply put, there are way too many things I ahve learnt from blogging which can’t be explained here in a commnet–probably there are things which I have learnt but I don’t consciously know!

Anyhow, this post was especially nice because it got my thinking hat tuned into this particular direction. I had never happened to think of my learnings on the cyberspace.

]]> By: Dan http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8353 Mon, 08 May 2006 15:38:17 +0000 https://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/what-have-you-learned-from-the-blogging-process/#comment-8353 So far, the most important lesson I’ve learned is that I need to avoid certain types of posts. For instance, I don’t write very good reviews, so I’ve decided that my blog will not include reviews of books I’m reading. I’m much better at taking what I read and using it as a starting point for what *I* want to say, much like you described in your post about what you do when you can’t think of something to write. I’ve also learned that I’m not very good at strictly informational/news type posts. A few weeks ago, I wanted to write a blog post about the Afghan Christian who was on trial, gathering information from a variety of sources and packaging it for my readers. It was awful, and I ended up scrapping that and doing something completely different. This has been really good for me, because learning what my weak points are as a writer has helped me to see what my strong points are as well, and I know how to make my blog different from the competition by doing what I do best.–Dan

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