Learned by doing. When I started, I made a strong commitment that required a real stretch, 3 days a week, no matter what. At first I wondered what to write about, even though I have a huge inventory of content from my books, audio and video products, speeches and training programs. But now, every time something piques my interest, there’s a good chance i’m going to pursue that interest by writing about it.

Was your theme free, or did you pay for it?

My blog got better when i got a better theme, which I paid for and would happily pay for again.

Best wishes,
Rick

Dr. K´s last blog post..Life Skills – Quick! Think Fast!

Thank you for the warm welcome. I’m so glad to be here! As for your question… Yes, you’re absolutely right!

*smiles*
Michele

Michele´s last blog post..Guest Post: Even Writers Need to Back Up

One thing I realized early on is I wanted a three-column layout which is an unusual thing on Blogger. I found a custom one that I paid someone to customize even further, with header buttons and all and I’ve been very happy with that.

My blog posts (topic, length, style) are a continuous experiment.

Pink Ink´s last blog post..Color Me Happy

I agree we can find a lot of information online and not have to buy books (and they may be outdated), but when we do find a good one, hopefully it’s timeless and makes a good resource to have in our blogging “library”.

Hi Michele – Welcome to the BWAB community. Isn’t that wonderful how that works? With blogging, we do learn something new everyday. Can’t beat that.

Hi J.D. – Haha. “The school of hard-knocks”, that’s the best (?) place to learn.

You do have a “real” blog. I’ll be over soon to check out your new writing style. I’m betting it’s great.

I’m a self-taught blogger and I could write several books on how NOT to blog. I’ll never forget the day I checked my comments on my one blog and found a few thousand I didn’t know existed. I like being from the school of hard-knocks — it’s where I learn the best lessons.

That said, I started a few blogs as experiments to learn more about blogging and I’ve learned a ton. One of the most interesting things I’ve learned is how blogging happens along the way during some other destination. For example, my one blog SourcesOfInsight is just a practice blog, but at some point, I might as well just admit, it’s a real blog for now.

Since I might actually use it as a real blog, I might shift my style to more conversational and more me, versus purely reference. I experimented with my last two posts and I’ll be shifting gears as I get my groove on.

J.D. Meier´s last blog post..Be Aware of the Larger System