Does Your Blog Engage the Public?
Many of the posts I wrote as a beginning blogger were written for other ActiveRain members. Folks read them and commented, but will anyone (besides me) ever look at the again?? Not likely.
I started blogging in 2009. It wasn't until 2011 that I started realizing the value of localism posts. Many of these were time sensitive, so not exactly Evergreen, but they do provide content to demonstrate that I know my local area. Valuable? Yes!
In 2012, I continued posting local events and activities. I also started sharing HUD listings. This was very powerful and made the phone ring. Of course, the HUD listing were very time sensitive. I also started reblogging "features". My definition of features included reblogs from experts on staging and flooring. The best thing I started doing in 2012 was writing Q & A's. My blog was definitely taking a turn to more consumer driven posts.
It's fine to write posts to amuse yourself and others. It's great to write posts that educate and build relationships with AR members. It's awesome to write posts that engage the public!
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Does Your Blog Engage the Public?
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