Our WordPressA2 meetup group was honored to have Ed Vielmetti as our June 2011 featured speaker. Ed spoke about “Ten lessons learned from a decade of blogging”, here are the main bullet points:
0. You have to decide at the outset whether you are trying to make money or you are trying to make sense.
1. Tools matter.
2. Keep the project in scope.
3. Repetition is the soul of the net.
4. Work from a calendar.
5. Writing is hard work.
6. Write for a reader, and make sure that reader sees what you write.
7. Set long term and short term goals, and be prepared to measure success on each of those goals.
8. Measure success where you have succeeded, and build upon that success.
9. Leave room, if your style allows it, for questions.
10. Know when to bring a project to a close.
Read Ed’s full post over at his site Bloggers Secret: http://vielmetti.typepad.com/secret/2011/06/10-lessons-learned-from-a-decade-of-blogging.html
