How To Reach An Audience Through Blogging
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Today, I was assigned to write an entry on "How To Reach An Audience Through Blogging". 300 words seem a lot to me since I've left the time when I used to write essays (clearly school + university years) for quite some time (even before I always had trouble cracking up my heads for good choices of words so I really admire those who are gifted in writing). But since this is just for blog, it's not like someone's going to evaluate my writing skills, yeah, I'll just write the way I'm capable of. As long as the readers understand, even if it is not beautifully written. Moreover, I already spent some words on the introduction, so there's not much left to write. hehe. :p
In my opinion, generally blog serves these purposes; it is a platform for a person to express his/her thoughts or opinions on something, to let out the pent up feeling/emotions that can't be expressed on other people and also to deliver and share information and knowledge with others. In return, the responds given can eventually helps to solve problem or calm down a person and also blog becomes a channel that links people together and helps broadening the circle of friendship.
No matter what is your objective for starting a blog, obviously the main concern in the subject of blogging will be the audiences or the readers. Most people write because they want others to read it. So, what should you do in order for your blog to be appealing enough thus allowing your messages to be conveyed to the audience?
One of it involves the use of good visual elements on your blog page. Visual elements include:
- Images/video - It is best to incorporate some images/video in your entry. Besides making your post more attractive, they also assist in clarifying any statements you make.
- Combination of visual elements that make up a blog (fonts, background) - Avoid using really small font size so that all the words can be easily read. Choosing the right font colour for your background is also an essential step in creating a post. For example, you can't use a dark colour of font if you are using dark background for your blog. How do you expect people to read when they can't even see a thing?
- Widgets - Widgets can be seen all around the blog page (left/right side, top/bottom of page). By adding widgets, your page won't look just plain and boring because they come in many shapes, sizes and colours. Moreover, widgets also have their own functions other than acting just like another visual elements on your page. For example, a music playing widget allows audience to listen to songs while browsing through your blog. It doesn't hurt to put in some effort to search for these widgets.
It's a funny post.
It is time that you hung up all the excuses about language and gifted writing standing in the way of you becoming a blogger.
It isn't about that at all.
If you read Huckelberry Finn by Samuel J Clemens or famously known as Mark Twain, neither his writing style nor grammar is particularly correct in the strict Queen's English sense.
However, because he was such a good storyteller, his books are a classic hit.
Your readership then depends on what you want to tell people. Of course, good language is always a bonus.
And you can't sell your wares running on excruciating language unless the story so is irresistibly good that your readers will see past the sentence structure.
Good luck, and happy blogging!