Stefanac's piece about blogging served to really reinforce what I already thought I knew about blogs. It provides very relevant and useful tips for creating and maintaining a blog as well as it warns about potential pitfalls. One such pitfall had an interesting connection to my own life.
Last summer, a couple of my friends and I were on a long drive home from New Hampshire and ended up on the topic of trying to get rich. After an hour or so of throwing ideas around and knocking them down, one of my friends mentioned blogging. He told us about how successful blogs can end up making decent amounts of money through advertising and other methods. My response was that you have to start a blog because you have something to say, not to make money. I may show my friend Stefanac's piece for an "I told you so," type of moment.
Another thing I noticed was that Stefanac's number one piece of advice tied in nicely with some of Rebecca Blood's ideas. Stefanac writes that the best blogs are the best because of the author's personality shining through. If a person wanted the most factual, informative information, they wouldn't go to a blog for it... unless they had never heard of Google, I suppose. People frequent blogs to read about things they love, and read them in a style and tone that entertains them. Blood wrote about the process of finding your own real opinions and having the confidence to express them the way you want to. Surely, if you're capable of doing this, your blog will end up with a personality.
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