Preséntate (Publicación de ejemplo)
Vas a publicar una publicación hoy. No te preocupes por el aspecto de tu blog. No se preocupe si aún no le ha dado un nombre o si se siente abrumado. Simplemente haga clic en el botón «Nueva publicación» y díganos por qué está aquí.
¿Por qué hacer esto?
- Porque le da contexto a los nuevos lectores. ¿Qué vas? ¿Por qué deberían leer tu blog?
- Porque te ayudará a enfocar tus propias ideas sobre tu blog y lo que te gustaría hacer con él.
La publicación puede ser corta o larga, una introducción personal a su vida o una declaración de misión blogger, un manifiesto para el futuro o un resumen simple de los tipos de cosas que espera publicar.
Para ayudarlo a comenzar, aquí hay algunas preguntas:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus your own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
Cuando esté listo para publicar, asigne a su publicación de tres a cinco etiquetas que describan el enfoque de su blog: escritura, fotografía, ficción, crianza de los hijos, comida, autos, películas, deportes, lo que sea. Estas etiquetas ayudarán a otras personas que se preocupan por sus temas a encontrarlo en el Reader. Asegúrate de que una de las etiquetas sea «zerotohero», para que otros bloggers nuevos también puedan encontrarte.
