Types of Blogs
You are bound for a different place than where you started, and the blog tells the story of how.
Like the catalog, it is deceptively simple. You just put one foot in front of the other and at some point you have created a body of work.
The journey, in installments, is the original form of blogging. It is the "log" in "blog."
Journey blogs benefit from the structure of a tight focus.
Unless you are famous or exceptionally fascinating, people will not be interested in the random details of your life.
But they might care to know what it's like to train for and compete in a triathlon, spend a year in England, or recover from a loss.
Also, if you write regularly about any of those things, or your diet, or your new career, or your trip to India, it will help you to make that journey, and to get more out of it.
Advice for Journey Bloggers
Journey blogs of any length have to solve the problem of greeting new readers who arrive in the middle of the story.Carrots work better than sticks here. A well crafted title and tagline is important, and a prominent "About" page that explains what is going on, is a must.
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We are in the beginning stages of designing a blog to connect people by providing a platform to tell their stories in a podcast. What I can't seem to find is how to add tabs across the top like you have. I wasn't able to find a gadget named tabs. What am I missing?
ReplyDeleteBTW thank for this blog. No doubt it will prove quite useful to get what I want out of Blogger which is proving to be quite difficult.
The blog name is Speak ACCESS.
Norah, most blog themes automatically format any bulleted list as tabs when the gadget is located in the "above the posts" area.
DeleteI like the LinkList gadget for this, but there are others.
Good luck with your blog!