This is your third week as an official "blogger," and hopefully by now you've realized two things: 1) A blog is a powerful communication tool. You can immediately communicate your thoughts and observations to a world wide audience. 2) When you push the "publish post" button, you are indeed doing something writers could not easily do in the not so distant past - PUBLISH!
But with great power comes great responsibility (in the words of Spiderman's Uncle), and you should always ask yourself two questions: 1) Does it look good? Is everything straight? Can people read my font? 2) Does it sound good? Does it make sense? Is my writing clean and effective and error free?
It might come as a surprise to you, but there are people in this world who blog professionally, and make a lot of money doing it. Blogs spread ideas, and often times these ideas are the stuff of popular culture - which means capitalism! This means "product placement" and "marketing." Word of mouth advertising is what makes things sell, especially things like music and fashion. On that note, check out "Style Rookie's Blog." She's just 13 years old, and she's using the exact same website, Blogspot, as we are. Her blog is already attracting world wide attention from fashion industry giants. Everyday, she gets tons of free stuff in the mail, and invitations to fashion shows all over the world. They all want her to blog about their clothing. If Style Rookie says it's cool, lot's of young girls will wear it. Again, blogs spread ideas, and the more people who read your blog the better.
Think of all the blogs out there with specific themes and purposes. Some blogs are about travel, some are about music, and some are even about chocolate or Starcraft. The people who write these blogs become virtual experts, and constantly get free stuff. Free meals, free movies, free clothes, free music. What do you want for free?
Read about her Style Rookie here.
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