7 Immutable “Blogging” Rules to Keep in Mind and Then Crush!

(Twitter comes online historic post in 2010) and blogging ideas

The “Statusphere” Arrives

The short form is here. Twitter, Facebook status updates, TXT, mobile, shorter attention spans. All of these things contribute to the death of the long-form, or POST. BUT… if you are coming to blogathonATX you might have different ideas. I certainly do. While I love Twitter and the other channels of the “statusphere” I think I sometimes do my best work up in the 500 WORD range. Your opinions may vary.

Here are a few rules of the trade that I find breakable and I often make efforts to subvert them actively. I thought you might like to consider them today, as we will be sharing some air and bandwidth tomorrow.

1. Make your posts short.
2. Always put up your posts mid-morning to maximize exposure.
3. Write about what you know.
4. Never, ever go “negative.”
5. Don’t do too much self-promotion of your blog.
6. The blog is a dying publishing form.
7. Always keep your goal in mind.

That said, please do keep the above rules in mind as you sally forth and blog your hearts out. And here are…