Cook Your Way to a Better Blog
Blogging and cooking are a lot alike.
Both require a minimum of planning, the right ingredients, some time, and a state of emotional readiness, a desire to please, and an end goal of pleasure. Both also create a tangible end result that creates an experience for the audience.
What are the ingredients for a good blog?
- Know who you’re cooking for? Who is your target audience?
- Know what your end result will be. If you’re cooking an omelet, you need to know that at the start. If you’re writing a list of do’s and don’t’s you need to know that, too.
- What experience or result to you want you readers, your audience, to have? Just like you want to offer a savory or maybe a sweet meal to you and your loved ones, you need to know what kind of flavor or emotional experience you want to offer your blog readers. Read more
Exceptional Resource for Bloggers and Writers
There’s a first time for everything. First steps. First date. First kiss. First job. First blog post. And the Breakfast Blogging Club is no exception. Just last week we received our first ever link exchange request, shored up by a glowing review of our Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog. O.M.G.
Here’s what happened: I received an email from Roger over at Published & Profitable complimenting us on the quality of the information we provide from our Quick Start Guide. The email included a link to a post he wrote about the Guide on his blog, and concluded with a request to exchange blog rolls. Read more
Your Blogging Voice
Our new member via Meetup.com, Trish Roque, posted this great comment: “Hi Beth, thanks for the greeting. My biggest blogging problem is finding the right blogging voice. I know that will only come from blogging a lot. Looking forward to spending more time with the breakfast bloggers!”
Trish, We look forward to spending more time with you too!
You’re right — time will help you sort out your blogging voice.
Voice is a combination of factors, primarily:
1. Who you are.
2. Who your audience is.
3. The result or experience you want to provide to your readers.
Breakfast bloggers, What do you think about your blogging voice?
Are You Dumb Enough To Blog?
“Why the hell am I doing this?” “Does anyone read my posts?” “It’s hard to make time time to write.” “I don’t know what to write about.” “What’s the ROI, anyway?!”
Danger. Danger. Danger.
Any of these questions and doubts show up for you? The Breakfast Blogging Club usually meets twice a month in person. Sometimes, it feels like a long time in between meetings. During these long stretches, I often ponder, “Am I making a difference for anyone?”
Danger. Danger. Read more
What is our Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog?
Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog
Many small business owners and entrepreneurs may think that blogging is just one more chore to add to their marketing list. But actually blogging for your business can be fun and create results, as long as you know what you want from your blog and how to go about getting that.
After teaching over 20 blogging workshops in 2009, the year we launched the Breakfast Blogging Club, we (Cheryl Liquori and Beth Barany) have distilled our knowledge into a fun and useful (and free) Quick Start Guide to Writing Your Blog. Read more
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PLUS, 1 Year of Juicy Blog Topics!
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