Tips for new bloggers
Starting a blog? Want to get noticed? For the big fish perspective, here’s Eugene Volokh’s perspective. The part of the post I agree with the most: No-one is looking for a new blog to read. They may, however, be interested in a specific new story you’ve found, or a new idea you have. Therefore, pitch ...
Starting a blog? Want to get noticed? For the big fish perspective, here's Eugene Volokh's perspective. The part of the post I agree with the most:
Starting a blog? Want to get noticed? For the big fish perspective, here’s Eugene Volokh’s perspective. The part of the post I agree with the most:
No-one is looking for a new blog to read. They may, however, be interested in a specific new story you’ve found, or a new idea you have. Therefore, pitch the blog post (“Here’s a post I just posted:”) not the blog (“Come and read my blog”). If people really like your posts, then they’ll start to regularly read your blog…. Don’t bug the recipient too often. Pitch him only your very best posts…. Of course, all this assumes that your posts are worth reading — that they’re generally interesting, novel, and readable, and entice people to return once they’ve visited.
The part of Eugene’s post that I sort of disagree with is his claim that
“Here’s why I disagree with your post on . . .” messages aren’t likely to catch the recipient’s attention, if the recipient runs a popular blog
Maybe it’s the contrarian in me, but I like posts that disagree with my argument — if they rest on a compelling conceptual or empirical basis. An additional note for those using Blogger — make sure your f#@&ing permalinks are working. From the smaller fish’s perspective, here’s Will Baude’s perspective. The part I agree with the most:
Find blogs with more traffice (sic) than yours, but not overwhelming amounts, the sorts that can still check their referral logs regularly. Then your links to their posts are more likely to inspire a response.
Indeed.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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