Who even blogs these days? Okay in all honestly everyone blogs! Obviously, I am blogging now, and you are reading it, so there are at least two of us. There are endless possibilities for blogs these days, ranging from professional blogs to personal blogs, including; mommy/craft tutorial blogs to professional business/corporation blogs.
Blogging isn't just for personal journals anymore, it is new opportunity for personal branding. Your blog is available for millions of people to view on the world wide web, If you wouldn't want your grandparents or boss to see it, I would recommend filtering your posts. It helps to set professional guidelines and boundaries such as using appropriate language and tone in posts. I recommend censoring yourself but not losing yourself.
The key to blogging is to find the perfect balance and blending them to create a hybrid of a professional blog with the right amount of personality.
Here are a couple articles that give great blogging advice!
http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/blogging-personal-branding/
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2011/05/16/setting-personal-and-professional-boundaries-fo-your-blog/
http://www.slideshare.net/trishaokubo/blogging-for-personal-branding
http://socialmouths.com/blog/2010/05/17/7-examples-of-kick-ass-personal-branding/
Happy blogging and good luck with your personal branding.
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I love the idea that you talked about with blogs being personal branding tools. Some people have valid opinions that need to be shared and blogging is one sensational way to do just that.
ReplyDeleteI like your point about censoring, but not losing yourself. I feel like the writing should be very "you" on a blog, but at the same time, you never know who is reading it.....:)
ReplyDeleteYou will make someone an excellent mommy blogger one day. I hope you name your kid something trendy.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, Professionalism goes a long way on blog posts these days. Anyone can be immature and crass. I totally agree that things should be filtered, but dont lose own identity.
ReplyDeleteI normally don't blog, except for this class. I can see the usefulness, but don't love them personally. This was a good post though.
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