Why people should visit your blog rather than visiting Wikipedia?
Posted on July 15, 2008 by
Roy 
Blogging 
1 Comment
People and mostly blogging Gurus often say that to be popular and to improve your reader’s base, you must write quality content. There is nothing wrong in this sentence. But people often exaggerate this statement in his or her process of understanding. They often try to overload their content with data, facts and figures. It is good, but if your personal blog is full of them, it may create some problems.
Why should people read a blog if it is full of data and theory that they can also get in Wikipedia - why should not they visit Wikipedia? Ooops, here I would like to exclude Compete or other similar blogs as Wikipedia is not smart enough to provide you the latest updates. Here I am talking about blogs that want to develop into a business for example a blog on blogging or how to earn money online.
If you take a closer look, most successful blogs in this section are those that concentrate on adding a personal flavor. Those are like living beings talking to you about their experiences. However, this trait is visible since they are in their growing stages. I knew that you would contradict to this point. A running blog is always in the growing stages - there is no end to it unless the domain has expired and the blogger did not bother about it.
What I am saying here is simple - until you develop into a brand, you should continue to interact with your audience in a personal ground. And at the same time maintain a distance - something that you normally do in a party or in a social gathering.
However, once you board into the ‘Brand’ wagon, you would not need to worry much about these things. Because, by the time you have already developed a style (personality of your blog) and people have started accepting you (the most crucial part of online identity development and branding).
The end note: if you are writing a corporate blog, make sure that your readers are ready to accept your writing style. In such situation, people might accept something more professional. If the reaction is not warm, something must be wrong with your writing style.
A successful blogger knows his visitors and writes to satisfy them - do you follow this rule?
Popularity: 4% [?]
If you like this Article then please subscribe to my full RSS feed.You can also subscribe by Email.Related Posts
I think wikipedia is overused. I like blogging, you get real ideas from real people. I also like using software to check ideas, Glyphius works so great.