1. Be yourself.
2. Blog often.
3. Be varied.
4. Exercise more.
5. Allow your boundaries to set themselves naturally.
6. Bring back retro phrases like “hanky panky.”
7. Don’t be afraid to embarrass yourself.
8. Try your best to spell words correctly and use proper grammar.
9. If you have writer’s block, push through and blog anyway.
10. Value every person who takes time out of their day to stop by your blog.
Excerpted from Ten Important Things I’ve Learned About Blogging | Confessions of a Pioneer Woman | Ree Drummond.
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very true, thanks for sharing this I like how you say boundaries will set themselves naturally 🙂 but after how long?
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Love it! And don’t forget #11– a good top ten list can say it all 😉
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Cool. Doing it just like it says. I am glad that’s the right way of doing it !
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No. 7 is just the best way of making it real – holding no boundaries 😉
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I like “Be Yourself”. I often read blogs where it is obvious that the person is trying to write in another voice, reaching too hard to be funny, cute, contoversial, whatever. Be Yourself when you write! Judy
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Love all ten tips, especially # 3, be varied. I’ve read so many places that you should find a “niche” and blog about that….how dull would that be?
Thanks for your insight.
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Great advice…I really like #1..it is what matters more
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So True Erica!
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Brilliant, thanks for sharing! It really as easy and as difficult as that.
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Numbers 2, 7, and 10 are what make blogging SO fun for me! 🙂
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That`s what i can do the 10 above
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Thank you for your commandments. They have given me more reasons to blog!
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Loved this post! Short, sweet, to the point and all so very true! Thank you for sharing this. 🙂
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I like #s 4 and 6 the most. #4 because it’s what I need to do, and #6 because it’s fun. I’m going to bring back icebox, car house, and light bread. #3 is good too; if I had to stick to just one subject, I would bore myself silly.
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Dont be afraid to embarass yourself : know what, Ive been bold in fits and starts… just see my blog innerdialect … its almost a dare to self.A week later sometimes Ive rushed back to hit Edit. One blogger rremarked, : ” its like you cant wait to say it like it is…”
Dunno if thats good ??
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I love #5 🙂 My blog is a living, breathing, evolving thing!!! — or at least, I think it is. Thanks for sharing!
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These are all so true for me. If you don’t follow them, your taking away the potential to write your best.
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Thanks for your 10 things. I guess I’ll take them all onboard – esp the part about being blocked but blogging anyway. That means blogging every day.
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Thanks for the tips ! Have a great blog writing day !
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Great tips! Blogs do need more retro phrases. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing!
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I have just joined wordpress to write a blog about my experiences following an internet marketing course. At 58 its an amazing departure from what I am used to and this was the very first blog post I read! Obviously a signpost just for me!
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glad i saw this.. better late than never
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Allow your boundaries to set themselves naturally
Sorry but I don’t get this point, could u explain
Please ,
Thanks in advance
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hah a good guide for a starter ike me!
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I love the concept of a list as a blog…I’m such a list-maker. Thanks for the inspiration.
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