A post by Devin Reams came up in my referrals stats today that I thought was has an interesting way to thinking about the ways that people blog. He talks of the 5 E’s (Ease) of Blogging as being:
- Educate
- Entertain
- Emote
- Engage
- Earn
I’ll let you read about them in his post – but what ‘E’ do you primarily concentrate upon in your blog? Can you think of any more? (I wonder whether ‘Evangelize’ might be a good one for business bloggers.
Oooh, evangelize. I guess I considered that ‘educating’ but its certainly something to think about…
it’s gotta be Engage for me – nothng beats a blog that engages with its readers.
+1 @ Martin
Educate and Earn are 2 key things what my “blog” is about ;)
“Entertain” results from these two things.
Primarily “Educate”; followed closely by “Entertain”.
To “Earn” would be a bonus.
Entertain is primary for me. If I entertain, it will Engage the reader. If enough readers are entertained and engaged, it will Earn.
Brian
Education is what my blogs are all about. In fact, I really doubt that I could do a different kind–it’s entirely not in my personality to focus on “entertain” or “emote,” especially, as a goal. Then again, to me education IS a form of entertainment.
Evangelize seems like a good fit for Technology Evangelist. Education plays a large role in that.
For me first thing is Educate. If you Educate people, surely your blog will be Engage + Earn.
And then you will Entertain with that Earning …. :))