Ms Greenhill's Blog: librariansmatter.com/blog/
States that there is a sub-culture of Mommie-Bloggers (!)
Sirexkat is her web presence - just like mine is FyawNym, which I would not actually disclose in a lecture auditorium or to online students. I wonder why she reveals this second ID:
By using Sirexkat she inadvertantly branded herself...
She uses Wordpress for her blogging purposes.
The reason why she blogs is that she wants to be a node in a community. She later also states that she wants to share with people who are happy to share their experiences with her. (approx. 29:00)
Decided to do a blog every day over thirty days. Result was that at least ten followers unsubscribed from her blog because they thought it was just to much to roead.
My comment: That is what I am most concerned about. People sometimes just do too much or emphasise too much on "getting it out there". People should look forward to your next blog with anticipation. Not blogging enough can also be seen as a lack of interest in keeping the blog alive or having moved on to other environments, communities or interests.
She states that it took her six months to come up with a tag line:
It is and we do. Musing, Enthusing, Libraries, Emerging Technologies, Balancing, Being Mum.
Comment:
She used this tag line for her professional blog Libmatters. To me it feels very unprofessional to put this half personal half professional tag line up. What has musing, enthusing and being Mum to do with professinalism? I certainly regard being mum as some kind of profession, but you cannot provide the service of being mum. Being mum is something family related that belongs inside the family. It cannot be applicated to any other job. You are the mother to YOUR children, not to those at work and not to anyone you might consult in a professional relationship.
It wouldn't work in Germany...
'Who am I speaking for and who is speaking?'
She prefers to make her blogs interesting by putting in a lot of related stuff: Slides from Slide Share, Youtube videos, all sorts of links to related topics and material etc. pp. Just to make it more interesting.
Uses Sitemeter to analyse her blog, and how it attracts visitors.
Because she blogs about things like 2nd life people assume that she is an expert in the field. I experience the same with my contributions to discussion of Germans, wanting to immigrate to Australia. Because of my comments people keep coming back asking me about the best way to immigrate. They think am a specialist in the field, which I am not. I only reflect on my own experiences and what I read from immigration agents or other people who moved to Australia.
'Do you attract the audience you want? Or do you want another audience? Attracting the wrong audience, what are you going to do?'
'Is the voice of your blog human?'
Findability is forever and this should be of major concern before posting something. Do you really want to share this the way you formulated it and put it?
Prewrite blogs and publish them later in a certain pattern so that readers who like your blogs can expect something new to come up at certain tiomes - just like Spicks & Specks...
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