Tris Hussey and Marshall Kirkpatrick just got done with their short session on Pro Blogging. It was all about the tools that every serious blogger ought to be using. A few of the great ideas and suggestions taken from this session are as follows:
- RSS is Essential
- Don’t be afraid to not be able to read everything you get in your RSS reader.
- Offline Blog editors are essential. Ecto, Windows Live Writer, ScribeFire
- Free Graphics editors! Gimp & paint.net
- Read, Write, Link, Comment!
- Blogging is still about passion and relationships; successful power bloggers keep feeding these.
- Keep post counts down so things don’t get lost in the wash
- use the post time function on your blog to keep your post stream constant
- let your readers catch up with your content
- Most importantly – Listen to your readers!
Great list, wish I could be there to hear it in person. I like #5, read, write, link, comment… that about sums it up. Hope everyone in Vegas is having a great time. Scott