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  • July 17th 2008

What I have learned from Blogging.. Pt.2

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Here is the second part, you can read the first installment here!

5. You get some cool stuff!

I have gotten a few books to look over and read from people that read our blog, I have a review coming on one pretty soon so keep looking. I really love to read, so this has turned out as a great bonus to my blogging. I hope everyone will go out and look for these books when I post the review, because they were all excellent.

I have even gotten invited to a few entrepreneurial conferences here in my home town from readers that have caught on. There is quite a thriving business scene here that I didn’t even know existed!

6. How to write better

I will admit that my writing style leaves a lot to be desired, but I think I have made quite a few strides in my writing style over the past few months. I can confidently write and article now, and while not perfect I don’t feel as paralyzed looking at the screen than when I first started.

My idea’s seem to flow onto the page much easier and my structure has gotten better. I am always open to constructive criticism as far as my writing goes, and I would welcome and tips that people have that could help me improve. And I promise my writing style will continue to evolve in the future.


7. Social networking is very important

Had no clue what twitter was when I first started blogging, now it is a very important part of my day. Having a connection with people that really want to see what you are up to is great! I also find it very enjoyable to wake up and first thing in the morning to see what articles people have posted and what they are doing. It is a great tool to drive traffic to your site, and to keep current on whats happening with your “followers”!

I still use facebook quite a bit to post my articles, it is quite the opposite from twitter for me. I am introducing my articles to friends I haven’t seen for awhile or people I know that normally wouldn’t have followed a site like YGG. I have picked up a few subscribers and visitors from friends that actually took in interest in what we were writing about. Great to get them involved as well!

What social networking sites do you use that I have missed?

Conclusion

I am sure I will learn a lot more in the future, and at that time I will revisit this article and add to it. But this is an accurate snapshot of what I have learned over the past seven months, I hope you enjoyed it!

  • http://www.remarkableblogging.com/inside-preview/ Codrut Turcanu I Remarkable Bl

    I like your points regarding Blogging specially writing better content and social networking.

    Good work.

  • http://www.remarkableblogging.com/inside-preview/ Codrut Turcanu I Remarkable Blogging dot Com

    I like your points regarding Blogging specially writing better content and social networking.

    Good work.

  • http://www.nearsoft.com Victor Velasquez

    I am using Stumble-Upon it is nice tool for discovering websites that you like. You can also submit your new posts there and get people to vote.

    I like your learning attitude I have so much to learn… and this media is constantly evolving.

  • http://www.nearsoft.com Victor Velasquez

    I am using Stumble-Upon it is nice tool for discovering websites that you like. You can also submit your new posts there and get people to vote.

    I like your learning attitude I have so much to learn… and this media is constantly evolving.

  • http://www.ToiletPaperEntrepreneur.com Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

    There are millions of social networking opportunties. To me the key is finding a specific niche and being a regular and helpful participant.

    Thanks for the great post, Justin.

    - Mike Michalowicz

  • http://www.ToiletPaperEntrepreneur.com Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

    There are millions of social networking opportunties. To me the key is finding a specific niche and being a regular and helpful participant.

    Thanks for the great post, Justin.

    - Mike Michalowicz

  • http://www.snow-maker.com Gregg Blanchard

    I hate to go against the grain Justin…but I really have no interest in Twitter. I love learning from others, but I am not in the business of being concerned about what others do…but what I am doing. Once, in a computer lab at school, I saw someone on Facebook and made a bet to myself, that I could write a short ebook report I needed for a squeeze page before that person got off Facebook. I succeeded. I later made $1500 from the list that report generated…what did they get from Facebook?.

    I know twitter is incredibly popular…but I am just not sure why. I feel like there are much better things we could be doing with our time…especially as entrepreneurs.

  • http://www.snow-maker.com Gregg Blanchard

    I hate to go against the grain Justin…but I really have no interest in Twitter. I love learning from others, but I am not in the business of being concerned about what others do…but what I am doing. Once, in a computer lab at school, I saw someone on Facebook and made a bet to myself, that I could write a short ebook report I needed for a squeeze page before that person got off Facebook. I succeeded. I later made $1500 from the list that report generated…what did they get from Facebook?.

    I know twitter is incredibly popular…but I am just not sure why. I feel like there are much better things we could be doing with our time…especially as entrepreneurs.

  • http://www.theleaderworld.com leaderworld

    Thanks for sharing your ideas on blogging, It is really enjoyable to when you see more visitors in your site.

    The Leader World - Personalbrand

  • http://www.theleaderworld.com leaderworld

    Thanks for sharing your ideas on blogging, It is really enjoyable to when you see more visitors in your site.

    The Leader World - Personalbrand

  • http://www.dogwalkblog.com Rufus

    @Gregg We use Twitter as a free text message distribution service for a JobBoard… http://twitter.com/narmsjobs beats having to manage all those numbers.. folks who want real-time job posting notices follow, those who don’t ignore you…

    @Justin. Ouch on the writing better….
    “I can confidently write and article now….” you write confidently, not confidently write… and you are using “article” as a verb when it is a noun… you write articles…

    “My idea’s seem to flow…” should be “My ideas seem to flow…” You are using the genitive case when you meant to use the plural of idea.

    Some other things, but minor. At least we can say that perhaps we are learning irony. The irony here is typos in a paragraph titled “How to write better.”

    Forgive me if I find amusement in that; I’m just a dog and I sniff where I can ;-)

  • http://www.dogwalkblog.com Rufus

    @Gregg We use Twitter as a free text message distribution service for a JobBoard… http://twitter.com/narmsjobs beats having to manage all those numbers.. folks who want real-time job posting notices follow, those who don’t ignore you…

    @Justin. Ouch on the writing better….
    “I can confidently write and article now….” you write confidently, not confidently write… and you are using “article” as a verb when it is a noun… you write articles…

    “My idea’s seem to flow…” should be “My ideas seem to flow…” You are using the genitive case when you meant to use the plural of idea.

    Some other things, but minor. At least we can say that perhaps we are learning irony. The irony here is typos in a paragraph titled “How to write better.”

    Forgive me if I find amusement in that; I’m just a dog and I sniff where I can ;-)

  • http://daCocio.com Dominic

    @Rufus
    I believe when he wrote “I can confidently write and article now….”, he had meant to say “I can confidently write an article now….” . Maybe it was just the way I looked at it.

  • http://daCocio.com Dominic

    @Rufus
    I believe when he wrote “I can confidently write and article now….”, he had meant to say “I can confidently write an article now….” . Maybe it was just the way I looked at it.