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Throw Away Blogs - a Trial Blog
So, considering starting a blog but not sure about ????
Consider starting a Throw Away Blog.
A Throw Away Blog is a trial blog, to
- become familiar with blogging
- blogging software
- and quite frankly to see if blogging is for you.
It's a zero pressure blog - not permanent and not related to your business or profession.
If I were starting a Throw Away Blog today, what would it be on? Not technology or business! Maybe fishing, or biking, or wine -- in other words a hobby or non-work interest.
The concept comes from Rick Short.
"I started with a local fundraiser blog," says Rick. "But it didn't have legs – it was an annual event and not a 12-month thing and it was boring."
Although the blog was perhaps a failure, Rick learned a lot, both about blogging and his blog software.
Consider a Throw Away Blog - a zero pressure way to experience blogging.
My problem is throwing the blog away. I have 5 blog accounts plus a group blog that I contribute to. Now one of the blogs was created only to have an account on a blogging site so that I could comment on blogs at the site that require an account. That one has no real activity. But once I start a blog I have trouble giving it up. Perhaps I have an addiction. :-)
Posted by: Alfred Thompson | 03 August 2006 at 01:55 PM
You, an addiction? Absurd :)
If you've never blogged before, it might be easier. And even if you never "throw" the blog away, it takes any pressure off.
Posted by: Ted Demopoulos, Blogging for Business | 03 August 2006 at 11:12 PM
And the last thing he listened to were the breaks when we stopped. He didn't want to hear any squealing from them.
Posted by: exiqueRuice | 21 December 2007 at 04:06 AM