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Do You Blog?
OP - May 27, 2009, 08:37 PM

I can't remember who or where but somebody recommended I start a blog if I want to give myself a career boost. I was very confused. Isn't a blog just a tiny place somewhere in webspace where some people go to retreat like a cave where nobody else ever goes? If so, then why put effort into writing things that nobody is going to read? Especially if your main objective is to get people to read it. To me, a blog is just like an online notebook. Have I got it all wrong?

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Reply #1 - May 27, 2009, 09:12 PM

Ah, you certainly listen well to yours truly

There are literally thousands of blogs on the internet and they all started from the same place: a blank screen. You will find that the more popular blogs that have a regular flowing do so because of the consistency in the writing. I don't think you can expect popularilty from the outset but you never know who you will attract. And even if it doesn't turn out to be such a great venture, it can still serve as an online notebook, so it will not really be a waste of time imho.
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Reply #2 - May 27, 2009, 09:16 PM

If you start a blog you could put a link to it in your sig here, then some of us will read it.

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Reply #3 - May 27, 2009, 10:52 PM

Quote from: Cheetah on May 27, 2009, 09:16 PM
If you start a blog you could put a link to it in your sig here, then some of us will read it.

So how does a blog become popular or famous? As in, if I was to provide a link for it in my sig, it would become accessible, yes, but also limited to the users of this forum.

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Reply #4 - May 27, 2009, 10:52 PM

So who here has a blog?

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Reply #5 - May 27, 2009, 10:54 PM

Quote from: J4m3z on May 27, 2009, 10:52 PM
Quote from: Cheetah on May 27, 2009, 09:16 PM
If you start a blog you could put a link to it in your sig here, then some of us will read it.

So how does a blog become popular or famous? As in, if I was to provide a link for it in my sig, it would become accessible, yes, but also limited to the users of this forum.

I think the more people go to your blog the higher its google ranking, so then more people see it, etc.

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Reply #6 - May 27, 2009, 11:00 PM

Quote from: Cheetah on May 27, 2009, 10:54 PM
Quote from: J4m3z on May 27, 2009, 10:52 PM
Quote from: Cheetah on May 27, 2009, 09:16 PM
If you start a blog you could put a link to it in your sig here, then some of us will read it.

So how does a blog become popular or famous? As in, if I was to provide a link for it in my sig, it would become accessible, yes, but also limited to the users of this forum.

I think the more people go to your blog the higher its google ranking, so then more people see it, etc.

Crikey, that's aiming high..

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Reply #7 - May 27, 2009, 11:02 PM

Well, you might as well aim high.

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Reply #8 - May 27, 2009, 11:03 PM

Quote from: Cheetah on May 27, 2009, 11:02 PM
Well, you might as well aim high.

I know but there seems to be other ways of aiming high where you have more guarantee of a return.

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Reply #9 - May 27, 2009, 11:05 PM

Quote from: J4m3z on May 27, 2009, 11:03 PM
Quote from: Cheetah on May 27, 2009, 11:02 PM
Well, you might as well aim high.

I know but there seems to be other ways of aiming high where you have more guarantee of a return.

True, I'm just saying if you're going to do it at all, you might as well do it properly.

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Reply #10 - May 27, 2009, 11:11 PM

It's almost the same as becoming a movie star...
Choose your style (your subject), create unique and interesting blogs and pass away your links...
A good way to let people read your blogs is through sites like Digg.com.
The more people like it, the more they'll press on "Digg" and the higher you get.
You can make real money with it if you do it right...
Also try to use as many social communities as possible. Post videos on youtube etc...

I haven't started blogging yet. But I've already created a blog on www.faridzor.co.cc.
I'm using the Wordpress CMS hosted on Zymic.com (So I have more freedom than normal people on wordpress.org have).

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Reply #11 - May 27, 2009, 11:19 PM

Quote from: Farid92 on May 27, 2009, 11:11 PM
It's almost the same as becoming a movie star...
Choose your style (your subject), create unique and interesting blogs and pass away your links...
A good way to let people read your blogs is through sites like Digg.com.
The more people like it, the more they'll press on "Digg" and the higher you get.
You can make real money with it if you do it right...
Also try to use as many social communities as possible. Post videos on youtube etc...

I haven't started blogging yet. But I've already created a blog on www.faridzor.co.cc.
I'm using the Wordpress CMS hosted on Zymic.com (So I have more freedom than normal people on wordpress.org have).

Sounds like hard work. What is your blog going to be about?

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Reply #12 - May 27, 2009, 11:31 PM

Setting things up takes a lot of time...
I did mine in about 3 days and I have experience with web developing... xD
But everything will go automatically as soon as you've customized and tweaked it. ^_^

I was thinking about making it a Technology blog (Computers and Internet in general), but I also want to do things with all the problems in the world...
So I still need to find a way to make it unique... xD

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Reply #13 - May 27, 2009, 11:36 PM

Quote from: Farid92 on May 27, 2009, 11:31 PM
Setting things up takes a lot of time...
I did mine in about 3 days and I have experience with web developing... xD
But everything will go automatically as soon as you've customized and tweaked it. ^_^

I was thinking about making it a Technology blog (Computers and Internet in general), but I also want to do things with all the problems in the world...
So I still need to find a way to make it unique... xD

Are you going to try get it to the point where you can make money out of it?

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Reply #14 - May 27, 2009, 11:45 PM

I don't know... Have to see if people will actually read it... xD
Ofcourse I will, if I CAN... ; )

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Reply #15 - May 27, 2009, 11:53 PM

Omg I've just stumbled accross your facebook, Farid..

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Reply #16 - May 27, 2009, 11:55 PM

Feel free to add ^_^

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Reply #17 - May 28, 2009, 12:00 AM

Your mad, lol. I just found another user's (Tommy's) facebook. I wasn't even trying to search either of you two.

Don't you want to keep your identity private? If I was to add you, you would have access to all my personal details..

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Reply #18 - May 28, 2009, 12:13 AM

Lol xD
I feel way too comfortable on the internet... xD
I just don't see the danger of posting my address or phone number online... What could possibly happen? xD
And to be honest... I'm afraid of telling my family about "it" myself, but I really wouldn't care if someone else told them... xD

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Reply #19 - May 28, 2009, 12:41 AM

Don't you think you should be more careful? There was a thread on here talking about how atheists at a university Atheist society event got a death threat from a member of the Islamic society, simply for doing this Atheist event. Seriously, there are nutters out there!

The facebook group that I saw you on as a member, when you joined it did you know that other friends of yours will be able to see you have joined that group?

I'm not sure what circle of friends you kept but I hung out with hard-liners. I had 2 local mosques I used to visit the most. One of them is infamous for its extremism and the imam at the other one was quoted in The Times newspaper for saying that 9/11 led to a lot of good in the world such as more women wearing hijab. One of my friends was a grown man and he was under MI5 surveillance. I had another friend who was more my age and I thought was more moderate and more understanding, and when I told him indirectly that Islam wasn't for me anymore, he would give me wierd phonecalls asking me if I have left Islam. Then I met up with the guy who is under MI5 surveillance to give some books back to him, and he shocked the hell out of me. I was sat in his car, and he just comes out with "what's this I've heard that your not Muslim anymore". I swear, my sweat was dripping man. "Who the fuck could have told him that?!" I was thinking. He doesn't even really know my other friend who is same age as me. Boy was I glad when I got out of that car. Things get round in the Muslim community. It is darker than you think.

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Reply #20 - June 01, 2009, 07:52 PM

Lol, ok, no reply.

I think I have changed my mind for a blog. Anybody can read it and if you give out enough information, anybody could quite easily find you. So for security reasons I think I'm just going to leave it though.

Wanna write a book!

I know, I go from one interest to another; that is very much my type of personality. I always have an interest in Philosophy though. That never withers.

So how do you write a book? (non-fiction)

I'm thinking, take a topic (that will be the book's title), then think of all the main areas of discussion (they will make up the chapter titles) and then just go on and on and on? Is it worth planning how much I'm going to write and a structure of argument before I do? I'm not one for planning my essays when I write them, but if it is important to plan when it comes to writing a book then I shall consider it.

Also, does anyone have any alternatives to the structure of the whole book instead of chapter after chapter? Perhaps I could do one of those ones which ask a question at the end of a section and depending on what you answer determines what page to turn to and read...

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Reply #21 - June 01, 2009, 08:38 PM

Quote from: J4m3z on June 01, 2009, 07:52 PM
Lol, ok, no reply.

I think I have changed my mind for a blog. Anybody can read it and if you give out enough information, anybody could quite easily find you. So for security reasons I think I'm just going to leave it though.

Wanna write a book!

I know, I go from one interest to another; that is very much my type of personality. I always have an interest in Philosophy though. That never withers.

So how do you write a book? (non-fiction)

I'm thinking, take a topic (that will be the book's title), then think of all the main areas of discussion (they will make up the chapter titles) and then just go on and on and on? Is it worth planning how much I'm going to write and a structure of argument before I do? I'm not one for planning my essays when I write them, but if it is important to plan when it comes to writing a book then I shall consider it.

Also, does anyone have any alternatives to the structure of the whole book instead of chapter after chapter? Perhaps I could do one of those ones which ask a question at the end of a section and depending on what you answer determines what page to turn to and read...

Coming from someone who writes a bit and has studied English Literature (hence having the ability to criticise and analyse efficiently) I shall say that planning and structuring writing is very important. Otherwise, you can easily go off on a tangent and never really regain the flow of the original argument/point being made.

It is also very important to do research into your particular topic, identify the audience you are writing for (intellects/fact-bites/easy-reading introductory text),and then write. After that, send it off to prospective publishers (or hire an agenet to do it for you) and hope for the best.
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Reply #22 - June 01, 2009, 09:30 PM

I have a blog, me and phonetic blog now and then, although I have not updated in a little while, although I my blog is pretty popular. The thing to getting a popular blog is, just being yourself and not thinking about attracting others, it should be just for expressing yourself/your views never play to your audience.

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Reply #23 - June 02, 2009, 12:08 AM

Quote from: J4m3z on June 01, 2009, 07:52 PM
Also, does anyone have any alternatives to the structure of the whole book instead of chapter after chapter? Perhaps I could do one of those ones which ask a question at the end of a section and depending on what you answer determines what page to turn to and read...

Run a search for books or something on this forum. It has been discussed before, I remember sojournlemous, as well as others,have given some good advice on it as he has had some experience in this field

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