Monday, April 5, 2010
Well, two words: I suck. at keeping a blog, that is. But after some thought, empirical research, and my second Chobani yogurt of the day (just so damn good), I think I finally understand what a good blog needs and what I need to include in my posts to keep this juicy and entertaining. This is what I got:
1. Visual aids - for all of the visual learners out there, pictures, videos, comparative bar graphs, box and whisker plots depending on what I choose to talk about - will add a whole other dimension to how I explain my life, so I'll be sure to get some of those up.
2. Consistency - blog readers, as I've discovered become attached to the blogger as he or she writes about their goals or plans for the future. It's nice to be able to check back in on a faithful blogger and see them really pluggin' away at the lives. So, i hereby vow to post often enough for you to follow me following my dreams haha
3. Humor - while I don't consider myself a comedian or all around hilarious gal, my roommate Allison Jagoe seems to laugh a lot at me and says I do good impressions of people, so let this be a caution to anyone out there with a sarcastic voice or a silly laugh, you are subject to being blogged (only if I feel that poking fun at you won't affect me socially or professionally in the future via hotelie networking skills and Julian Bruell's father, the man's got swag).
4. Finally, Honesty - I have decided from reading some of my fellow bloggers' posts that honesty really is the best policy when it comes to writing a truly entertaining post. I think readers like to relate to the ups and downs of the blog subject (me) so I'm going to be as honest as possible, again without hurting myself socially or professionally.
So, now that I seem to know what to do - or what not to do I see some successful posts in my future which may do one of two things for me: catapult me to blogger stardom or at least a 10 Questions with Alex Lalos article in the Cornell Daily Sun, or possibly ban me from the city of Scranton. We shall see ....
1. Visual aids - for all of the visual learners out there, pictures, videos, comparative bar graphs, box and whisker plots depending on what I choose to talk about - will add a whole other dimension to how I explain my life, so I'll be sure to get some of those up.
2. Consistency - blog readers, as I've discovered become attached to the blogger as he or she writes about their goals or plans for the future. It's nice to be able to check back in on a faithful blogger and see them really pluggin' away at the lives. So, i hereby vow to post often enough for you to follow me following my dreams haha
3. Humor - while I don't consider myself a comedian or all around hilarious gal, my roommate Allison Jagoe seems to laugh a lot at me and says I do good impressions of people, so let this be a caution to anyone out there with a sarcastic voice or a silly laugh, you are subject to being blogged (only if I feel that poking fun at you won't affect me socially or professionally in the future via hotelie networking skills and Julian Bruell's father, the man's got swag).
4. Finally, Honesty - I have decided from reading some of my fellow bloggers' posts that honesty really is the best policy when it comes to writing a truly entertaining post. I think readers like to relate to the ups and downs of the blog subject (me) so I'm going to be as honest as possible, again without hurting myself socially or professionally.
So, now that I seem to know what to do - or what not to do I see some successful posts in my future which may do one of two things for me: catapult me to blogger stardom or at least a 10 Questions with Alex Lalos article in the Cornell Daily Sun, or possibly ban me from the city of Scranton. We shall see ....
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