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6.Work project. Same as above. 7.Collegiality. Get a group of like-minded people together, such as coaches who coach in
same field. Ideas can be shared.
8.Learn about Internet (children, teens, beginners). It’s a website, but a simple formula, and cost-free.
9.Rant and rave.
10.Have fun and learn how to write. The way to learn how to write (once you know you’re A-B-Cs) is to write, and here’s opportunity. And you get to write about your favorite subject – you! (or in some cases, your favorite topic)
You can set up a blog free at www.blogger.com . At this site you’ll get a free trial: www.typepad.com.
Examples:
Supposedly slashdot.org (www.slashdot.org) is most popular blog on Internet. Its tagline is “News for nerds. Stuff that matters.”
Nancy Fenn, IntrovertzCoach has a blog called “Introverted and Intuitive (INFP)”, http://www.theintrovertzcoach.com/blogger.html . Her tagline is: “Nancy R. Fenn describes what it’s like to be intuitive and introverted every day!”
Here’s a blog leading with “I am here I am whoever whenever wherever whichever you say I am … your choice: http://darklaquer.blogspot.com/2004/09/i-am.html
As noted above (cooking for engineers), a blog can be very popular.
If you want to increase popularity of yours, here’s an article with tips on how to do that: http://www.blogger.com/knowledge/2004/09/promoting-your-blog.pyra . It contains such advice as write well if you really want to attract traffic, post a lot, keep posts short and sweet (say, less than 1000 words per entry), and submit blog site to search engines.
So jump right in and get your blog going. You’ll enjoy it, and so may a lot of other bloggers.
Susan Dunn, MA, Marketing Coach, http://www.webstrategies.cc . Let me help you market yourself on the Internet. Coaching, consulting and ebooks. Market plan, article writing and submissiong blogs, press releases, and more. For FREE ezine, mailto:sdunn@susandunn.cc and put “checklist” for subject line.
