What kind of blog are you going to have?
* Key topics
* What kind of feeling do you want readers to get from your blog?
* What will a typical post look like?
* What kind of tone will it have?
* Will your posts be short and uplifting? Thorough and helpful? Long and fascinating? Revealing? Authoritative?
* How will the blog help build your business?
The rogue - attracts attention
* bends the rules ang goes against the drain
* take bold stances on divisive issues
* You get to tell everyone what you really think
* You polarize, which attracts attention
* It's tough to pull off without feeling forced
* Passion - don't sound forced and manufactured
* Knowledge - ability to craft an informed, intelligent argument
* Experience - qualify and reinforce your argument
The Guest host - regularly host top-notch guest content
The Crash-test dummy - sharing what works and what doesn't so you know exactly how to build your business better
* tests different strategies, techniques, and tools. Then shares what works and what doesn't, so you can know what to implement and what to avoid.
- What strategy, technique, tool have I recently tried out in my business?
- What kind of results did I see?
- What actions did those results cause me to take?
- How does this information apply to my audience?
The Niche - hyper-specific rather than focusing on broad topics
- What can I do better than everyone else with some extra time and effort?
- What real audience needs is everyone else ignoring?
- What's working for others that could work for me?
The Giver - hands out incredible free bonus content with every post
The Guide - posts that help readers with their personal lives
* personal development, life coaching, spirituality
* give your audience more than just words
* never neglect your own struggle
* empower your readers to solve their own problems
The homer - posts of epic proportions, 2500 words, transformative journey
The tell-all - shockingly revealing details and highly valuable info or lessons learned
* comfortable swapping stories with the most interesting man in the world
* have you been to the top of a mountain
* learned a lot of valuable info the hard way
The personal brand
* your own struggles and failures within your field and what you've learned from them
* strategies and techniques you've personally created and used
* the tools you've used to achieve results your audience desire
* your personal stance on divisive issues within your field
The enterprise - blog built for a company, team of writers
* roundup posts
* long form posts
* podcast episodes
* customer case studies
* free landing page templates
* leadpages feature updates
* Use data from your business to provide unique insights others in your space can’t offer.
Detail specific strategies you’ve learned from testing them in your business.
Take a stand on something people have different opinions about and share how your company arrived at that stance.
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personal blogs
corporate blogs
by genre - political, journalism, health, travelogs, gardening, house, book, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, party, wedding, photography, project, psychology, sociology, education, niche, classical music, quizzing, legal or vlawgs, dreamlogs, how to tutorial, art, music, mom features home and family, splog for spamming
A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one comprising links is called a linklog, a site containing a portfolio of sketches is called a sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a photoblog. Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types are called tumblelogs. Blogs that are written on typewriters and then scanned are called typecast or typecast blogs. A rare type of blog hosted on the Gopher Protocol is known as a phlog.
How to
an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish a specific task. Usually meant to help non-experts, and may leave out some details, and may also be greatly simpliefied from an overall discussion of the topic.
Tutorial
a method of transferring knowledge and may be used as a part of a learning process. More interactive and specific than a book or a lecture, a tutorial seeks to teach by example and supply the information to complete a certain task.
Internet tutorials - give step by step instructions on how to do something
* screencast recording, written document, interactive tutorial, audio file
* a presentation of the view, usually explaining and showing the user the user interface
* a demonstration of a process - using examples to show how a workflow or process is completed; often broken up into discrete modules or sections
* some method of review that reinforces or tests understanding of the content in the related module or section
* a transition to additional modules or sections that builds on the instructions already provided
* Tutorials can be linear or branching
* Many writers refer to a mer list of instructions or tips as a tutorial, this usage can be misleading
* software, video game, webinars
* interactive tutorials - student does exercises and receives feedback depending on his her actions
* webinars - users participate in real time lectures, online tutoring, or workshops remotely using web conferencing software
#4 – Forum  Blogging
It is a place to discuss general blogging issues of  where blogger can share  their thoughts about blogging. Here you can ask question, give answers, express things, share how we can improve in blogging.
Tips for becoming a Successful Blogger
You must keep on posting continuously.
Don’t move away from your niche,  stick on specific topics you usually talk upon.
Don’t blog only for money, but for passion.
Let the people share their views also
Respond to Commentators
Respect your readers.
Use tags, which will help you in come up in searches.