Blogaholics Podcast: Canadian Professional Blogging Podcast #3

For those of you following the start of our Canadian Professional Blogging series, thanks for turning in. We've really appreciated the feedback!

To follow up with our last podcast on your blogging voice, Tris and I recorded this podcast with tangible tips on how you can go about developing your blogging voice. We really wanted to explore what series of steps you can take to have a distinctive and unique voice that comes through no matter where you write. We developed a set of notes for you to follow along:

How to develop your blogging voice:

* Read a lot online and offline
* Experiment on a "test blog" or personal blog so you can experiment with your topics
* Have fun - try some wacky posts on your personal blog to learn how to write casually consistently
* Practice, practice, practice
* Write like nobody is reading--with caveats
* Have an edge. Something to make you inviting
* Write like you talk. Cut things up if you talk like that or get excited and go on. be you.
* Write like you're having a conversation with a member of your audience
* Don't forget to interact. -- know how pushy your interaction is - do you ask questions? Are you stating something or trying to invite discussion?
* Ask yourself the role you want to take when writing and let it reflect. If you are an authority, then you need to write differently than someone who is just learning

General writing advice:

* Save to draft the first few posts on any new blog then post
* Know your topic. or at least cover your bases
* Have boundaries. watch your opinion and how far you want to take it

Canadian Professional Blogging Podcast #2.2
(11.9 MB, 13 min, 5 sec)