Thu 4 Oct 2007
Paying Attention Pays Off for Bloggers
Posted by Jeremiah under Blogging
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Well, I decided to join the blogging about blogging bandwagon. I bet most of my readers are bloggers anyway, so I don’t feel too bad about it.
The one thing I’ve learned that a blogger absolutely has to do is this:
Pay attention
Pay attention to the news. To other blogs. To your friends. There is blogging inspiration everywhere. And of course, pay attention to your readers. You probably have some good ideas of your own, but remember that your readers have their own interests. I’ve noticed that my best posts aren’t the ones where I’m rambling about my own ideas, but where I seek out and meet the needs of the reader.
Paying attention is the best way to choose a niche. It’s the best way to choose a topic to write about. Paying attention to social phenomena can have a huge payoff:
How Does a Bestseller Happen? A Case Study in Hitting #1 on the New York Times
