amanda kendle: putting the "u" into blogging
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Let's blug: Putting the "u" into blogging. A presentation by Amanda Kendle about creating a voice for your blog, made at the DigitalMe / Media140 conference in Perth, Western Australia, April 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Let's blug!Putting the "u"into blogging
Putting the "u" into blogging ...
• What's a blog?• Blog voice: It needs "u"• Great blogs with lots of "u" factor• How to get "u" into your blog
Need-to-know: What's a blog?
• A kind of website• New posts regularly (daily, weekly)• Newest post at the top • Text, pictures, videos• Readers can comment• Every topic imaginable
Great blogs with the "u" factor
• Edenland - edenriley.comHey, White Girl• Life in a Pink Fibro - lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.com
The Woman Who Saved My Sundayo
• Why Evolution is True - whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com An Owl is 70% Feathers
• Aussie on the Road - aussieontheroad.com
Off to China• Styling You - stylingyou.com.au
How to Wear a Jacket
Secrets for putting "u" in your blog
• Blog for yourself - not trying to impress, and don't expect everybody to like you
• Write what you'd like to read• Blog like you talk - without the ums and aahs• Break grammar rules (but know them first)• Read your posts out loud• Don't be too slang, and don't be too formal• Be honest, be daring, be a little afraid • Have your own style (format, word choice)• Write from the heart, no matter what topic
How Go forth and blug!!
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