I am a new born baby in the world of blogging.. In the same vein as dedicating the first page of a notebook to the Lord I would like to devote my first blog to blogging itself. As I was wondering where this concept of blogging would have originated from, with a combination of thinking (not the usual me:-)) and netflicking I came up with the following conclusion. Diaries, an age old concept , is a precursor to the modern blog. A diary (Trivia: The word diary comes from the Latin diarium meaning daily allowance) is a record arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or a period of time. But just as concept of cinema is vastly different from its ancient root "stage play", the evolution of blogging (keeping up with the filmy trend of using the title atleast once irrespective of its relevance: P) has also taken such a drastic change that its little hard to believe that they share the common root with diaries. While diaries may detail more personal information and normally intended to remain private or to have a limited circulation amongst friends or relatives, the modern blog has a universal appeal. The success of a diary lies in its privacy (cinematically it can be used to find out the hidden love or for flashback purposes :P) but in the case of a blog its just the opposite. The more the people read the more successful is the blog. I have decided to follow the following guidelines to make my blog successful. It would be great if fellow bloggers reading this can edit or add to these.
*The blog should be informative, interesting or humorous
*The subject matter should cater to the needs of the target audience
*Keep an eye on the length so that it doesn’t become an alternative for a sleeping pill
*Frequency of blogging. Dont blog more than once a week. People have much better work than just keep reading your blog
*Write about a variety of topics (don’t become predictable)
*Never conclude with a fixed opinion. People should be able to give it a thought and start a discussion after reading the blog
*Try to minimise giving advices to people. People like me are not that experienced or influential to give great ones
I am neither a voracious reader (I can count the number of books I have read) nor a movie buff. So the influence from external factors are very minimal and all the writings will be in my own pristine style. The reason behind my header "Straight From my Heart"
Stay tuned to my next blog about marathon.
*The blog should be informative, interesting or humorous
*The subject matter should cater to the needs of the target audience
*Keep an eye on the length so that it doesn’t become an alternative for a sleeping pill
*Frequency of blogging. Dont blog more than once a week. People have much better work than just keep reading your blog
*Write about a variety of topics (don’t become predictable)
*Never conclude with a fixed opinion. People should be able to give it a thought and start a discussion after reading the blog
*Try to minimise giving advices to people. People like me are not that experienced or influential to give great ones
I am neither a voracious reader (I can count the number of books I have read) nor a movie buff. So the influence from external factors are very minimal and all the writings will be in my own pristine style. The reason behind my header "Straight From my Heart"
Stay tuned to my next blog about marathon.
7 comments:
Welcome to the blogging world. Great to see your blog!!. Indeed the blogging has brought out the writers in all of us giving voice to our innermost thoughts and making them part of other people's minds.
The directives or ideals about a blog that you have mentioned are definitely true. Length, content, ending, style, all are ingredients which will add to make a wonderful blog. and the fact that they come straight from your heart....is just great. So best of luck...and keep blogging.
Awesome man .. welcome.
It was a good intro, nice usage of language :)
Now that you have set a bar, looking fwd for more such posts.
Happy Blogging !!!
Good to know, I have another blog to read each week.
All points about blogging, well researched and well sought after!
Adding something -
Avoid, being over zealous and blogging too often and too many thoughts. This can lead to a writers block!
Good one man .... A nice intro about blogging .... hoping to read some more straight from your heart ... goodluck and keep blogging
Welcome Vikram!
A blog is sometimes the best place to think aloud, especially at times when you feel lonely, and miss having a friend around... It can be about anything and everything, right from your last meal to the oil crisis.
It is the one friend who will always listen, no matter what you have to say :) which is my favorite part!
Really a nice one. I am very positive that this will surely inspire me to revive my long forgot blog . Good start buddy. Try to infuse more of your trademark witty dialogs in between your writings. :-)
welcome vikram to the world of blogging..nice intro article.....
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