I’m trying to get better at blogging—I’d like my writing to be useful to people, and I want to get better at making it more useful and reaching more people for whom it would be useful.
There’s a ton of advice out there, but much of is aimed at people doing this at least partly for profit who want to sell ads /​ product referrals /​ subscriptions.
What should a blog do differently if it’s just aiming to be useful? Some ideas:
organize content so it’s easier to find things by topic, not just newness
be more willing to not have snappy answers, to acknowledge stuff like “I might be wrong here” or “I’m not sure what the right approach is”
send full posts and not just teasers out by email. I still haven’t found a service that makes it easy to do this!
Do you have favorite examples of blogs or posts that do well at this?
[Question] How should altruistic blogs be different?
I’m trying to get better at blogging—I’d like my writing to be useful to people, and I want to get better at making it more useful and reaching more people for whom it would be useful.
There’s a ton of advice out there, but much of is aimed at people doing this at least partly for profit who want to sell ads /​ product referrals /​ subscriptions.
What should a blog do differently if it’s just aiming to be useful? Some ideas:
organize content so it’s easier to find things by topic, not just newness
be more willing to not have snappy answers, to acknowledge stuff like “I might be wrong here” or “I’m not sure what the right approach is”
send full posts and not just teasers out by email. I still haven’t found a service that makes it easy to do this!
Do you have favorite examples of blogs or posts that do well at this?