Debbie Weil over at Marketing Profs writes a good article on Seven Tips for Blogging Your Way to a New Job. She writes quite an extensive aricle – but her main points are:
1. Start with a topic you’re passionate about
2. Concentrate on shorter, more frequent entries in your blog
3. Let your authentic voice emerge
4. Use correct grammar and syntax (no misspellings allowed)
5. Purposefully organize the content of your blog
6. Post a new entry at least once a week, preferably two or three times a week
7. Include your key contact information on your blog
Its a good list not only for bloggers looking for a job out of their blog – but for other bloggers whether they are blogging for money or not.
I’d especially echo her call for shorter and more frequent entries. Long rambling entries are a mistake that I see many beginner bloggers making the mistake of going with.
Of course this will depend upon the topic you choose – but in most cases people are not looking for major essays when they surf the internet – rather they are looking for specific information on a specific problem, opportunity or question. Often this can be provided very quickly in a short post. Keep it punchy, on a single topic and to the point.
Read Debbie’s full article at Seven Tips for Blogging Your Way to a New Job
As always, Debbie Weil provides some very valuable tips on blogging. They are applicable to almost any blog, whether in the hunt for employment or for business.
I agree on writing shorter posts, even though I am a long post writer myself. :-)
I completely agree with Debbie on the length of posts, when I first started I had a tendency to create lenghty posts but since I’ve started creating shorter posts I’ve noticed my hits going up quite nicely!