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Let's blug!
Putting the "u"
 into blogging
Putting the "u" into blogging ...

• What's a blog?
• Blog voice: It needs "u"
• Great blogs with lots of "u" factor
• How to get "u" into your blog
Need-to-know: What's a blog?

•   A kind of website
•   New posts regularly (daily, weekly)
•   Newest post at the top
•   Text, pictures, videos
•   Readers can comment
•   Every topic imaginable
Great blogs with the "u" factor
 • Edenland - edenriley.com
Hey, White Girl
 • Life in a Pink Fibro - lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.com
The Woman Who Saved My Sunday
   o
• Why Evolution is True - whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
  An Owl is 70% Feathers

• Aussie on the Road - aussieontheroad.com
Off to China
• Styling You - stylingyou.com.au
How to Wear a Jacket
Secrets for putting "u" in your blog
• Blog for yourself - not trying to impress, and
  don't expect everybody to like you
• Write what you'd like to read
• Blog like you talk - without the ums and aahs
• Break grammar rules (but know them first)
• Read your posts out loud
• Don't be too slang, and don't be too formal
• Be honest, be daring, be a little afraid
• Have your own style (format, word choice)
• Write from the heart, no matter what topic
How
      Go forth and blug!!


      amandakendle.com

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Amanda Kendle: Putting the "u" into blogging

  • 1. Let's blug! Putting the "u" into blogging
  • 2. Putting the "u" into blogging ... • What's a blog? • Blog voice: It needs "u" • Great blogs with lots of "u" factor • How to get "u" into your blog
  • 3. Need-to-know: What's a blog? • A kind of website • New posts regularly (daily, weekly) • Newest post at the top • Text, pictures, videos • Readers can comment • Every topic imaginable
  • 4. Great blogs with the "u" factor • Edenland - edenriley.com Hey, White Girl • Life in a Pink Fibro - lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.com The Woman Who Saved My Sunday o • Why Evolution is True - whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com An Owl is 70% Feathers • Aussie on the Road - aussieontheroad.com Off to China • Styling You - stylingyou.com.au How to Wear a Jacket
  • 5. Secrets for putting "u" in your blog • Blog for yourself - not trying to impress, and don't expect everybody to like you • Write what you'd like to read • Blog like you talk - without the ums and aahs • Break grammar rules (but know them first) • Read your posts out loud • Don't be too slang, and don't be too formal • Be honest, be daring, be a little afraid • Have your own style (format, word choice) • Write from the heart, no matter what topic
  • 6. How Go forth and blug!! amandakendle.com