seven habits of highly effective bloggers

Michelle Dalton Liaison Librarian, UCD Library t @mishdalton

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Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers

Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers*

(*not me)

libfocus.com november 2011

open editorial policy

300+ posts

30+ different writers

10,000+ views a month

organisation

& corporate

blogs

personal blogs

(Melissa Gregg, 2006)

“conversational

scholarship”

…but different Source: http://angiesweetgirl.deviantart.com/art/Christmas-snowflakes-275898008

it’s like ‘writing’

collaborating

publishing

blogging

sharing

communicating

learning

discussing

creating reflecting

thinking informing

entry point complement

no author guidelines

no word counts

no conventions

no restrictions

no formatting

freedom is not free.

Habits

start now

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/4222533261

Copyright: Tom Gauld http://myjetpack.tumblr.com/

keep going

write for

yourself

Harald Weinreich et al. (2008) “Not Quite the Average: An Empirical Study of Web Use,” ACM Transactions on the Web, vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb)

on an average web page

(593 words) users only

stay long enough to read

up to 28%

engage

55% spend less than

Source: Tony Haile, 9th March 2014, http://time.com/12933/what-you-think-you-know-about-the-web-is-wrong/

actively on a page 15 SECONDS

share http://www.flickr.com/photos/castaway_in_wales/4872069327/

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find inspiration

every where

thematic blogs

journal clubs

group blogs

guest posts

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Michelle Dalton / Liaison Librarian, UCD