Becoming a Balanced Blogger

As delivered at Wordcamp Mid-Atlantic on May 16, 2008, Jared Goralnick explained tips for being a more balanced blogger

Technology Business

BECOMING A Balanced Blogger

technotheory.com
@technotheory

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I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU

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Tell Me About You

Why do you blog?

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Tell Me About You

Why are you here?

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WRITING, WRITING, WRITING

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WordPress Dashboard
• Insert a Link ALT + SHIFT + A
• Apply Blockquote ALT + SHIFT + Q
• Unordered List ALT + SHIFT + U
• Ordered List ALT + SHIFT + O
• Left Align ALT + SHIFT + L
• Center Align ALT + SHIFT + C
• Right Align ALT + SHIFT + R
• Switch to Code Editor ALT + SHIFT + E
• Insert Read More ALT + SHIFT + T
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Windows?
Try Windows Live Writer

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Mac?
Try MarsEdit or Ecto
MarsEdit2

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Focus on the Content?
Q10 or DarkRoom
for the PC
WriteRoom for
the Mac

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Type Faster
with Texter (PC) Texter
and TextExpander
(MAC)
• Stop typing the
same thing over
and over
• Custom keyboard
abbreviations to
insert frequent
phrases

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For Quick Posting
Try Press This
http://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Tools_Subpanel

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Mix It Up
Video, Photos,
Links, Text
• (You May Even Find
a New Voice)

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MORE TOOLS?

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Make WordPress Faster
Use Turbo mode with Google
http://codex.wordpress.org/Tools_Tools_Subpanel

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Plugins for Productivity?

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BUT YOU STILL NEED BALANCE

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Purge Your Mind

Sit still, and make a long-ass list

Achieve “Mind Like Water”

http://snipr.com/makealist [Technotheory]
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Analytics That Count

Flickr Photo: tyla Flickr Photo: leoplus
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Analytics That Count (vs masturbation)

Flickr Photo: tyla Flickr Photo: leoplus
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50/10 (50 min work, 10 min break)

Flickr Photo: lwr
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Social Media Fame vs. Real Life

Flickr Photo: cybertoad
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In the Stream, Out of the Stream
Get your value
and then get
AWAY.

Flickr Photo: bullish1974
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Unplug

Flickr Photo: ppdigital Flickr Photo: mark78
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Cone of Silence + Batching

Start a task

“Cone of Silence”

Don’t multitask

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The Essential and the Incidental
Decide on
your goals
Group together
the incidental

Flickr Photo: OceanView2008
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Learn your Circadian Rhythms
Schedule around your body’s cycle

Wide awake Dead tired
Thought-intensive, Bite-sized tasks
creative tasks and those that
require movement

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Done? Go Home

http://snipr.com/justgohome [Technotheory] Flickr Photo: laertes
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Thank you. Let’s keep in touch…

www.awayfind.com

www.technotheory.com

jared@setconsulting.com
twitter.com/technotheory
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