Blogging Star

1. Don’t expect to be rich @. Write what you want to write about in your own words 3. Fit blogging into your schedule 4. Keep a reliable rythm of posts for your readers 5. Always link baack to blogs whose idea you repeated 6. Put yourself out there by posting your link on other sites.

What is your favorite blog that you read on a regular basis?

Photo Flickr

Getty images finds Flickr photos to be of such good quality that they are reviewing all the photo’s and buying the one’s they like best. Flickr photo’s look more authentic because they are not taken by commercial photographers and advertisers like authentic. A program is underway in which all Flickr photo’s are eligible and those liked best will and participants will be ensured that their images have the proper releases to be licensed legally.

Do you think that Flickr is a good way to get photographers out there as a way to start your career?

Why Blog?

There is a man who started a blog called Stuff White People Like. Many many people like it and find it funny. Now they are planning on making a book. The article talks about how blogs being turned into books is an up and coming thing. But is also hit or miss. Some blog books make it big, others do not. White people will hopefully be a success because it’s site gets so many hits and the book will have mostly new material. Also, the blog is similar to a book already because it is written like a series of short essays. In reading this article I thought about in the past when books were written through magazines. Everytime a magazine came out another part of the story would be published with it. Blogging is similar expect it isn’t with a story, but arguments, thoughts, and topics.

What blog that you read would you like to see become a book?

Download this

Marie Digby made it look like she was an ametuer singer through her videos on youtube. In reality though, she has a record deal and it was Hollywood Records idea to get her name out into the pblic by making her sing cover songs. People search a famous singer’s song and she pops up in the results page with her cover. It is clever really, but also deceptive because she is still keeping up with this front. She still makes it seem like she was this nobody and youtube made her discoverable.

Do you think the fact that she made it seem like she was an ameteur helps or hurts her success as a star now that people know it wasn’t real?

Rebecca Blood

The article talks about the history of blogging. How it went from a few weblogs to hundreds upon hundreds. It also talks about how the definition of a blog has changed. Now it is a website that is updated frequently, with new material posted at the top of the page. A filter-style weblog provides many advantages to its readers. It reveals glimpses of an unimagined web to those who have no time to surf. Writing a weblong hepls you discover your own interests and value your own point of view more highly.

What topics would you like to discuss in your own weblog?