9 Terrific Blogs about Blogging, Because 10 is 1 too Many

Eight months back, when first investigating Blogopolis, it seemed I added every blog into my reader that had anything interesting whatsoever to say about blogging. I use my reader is a toolbox, and have constantly cleaned and sharpened my feeds so they don’t grow dull. Upon starting the Blueprint, I started to read a few blogs about blogging again. This time with a slightly different perspective.

The following list of blogs crosses the gambit, each doing something slightly unique and each one worth reading. Though I don’t read all of these every day, each sits in my reader. 

• Chrisg.com is where Chris Garrett posts semi-daily. His blog consistently has intelligently articulated thoughts and advice on new media, blogging and online marketing in general. He continuously offers his readers new ways to create compelling content and provide more value to their audience, which ultimately leads to greater rewards for the blogger.

• Dosh Dosh is a blog run by Maki, a Philosophy student from Toronto, Canada. He offers Internet marketing and blogging tips, with a fair sprinkling of social media strategies. Dosh Dosh is best read by bloggers, entrepreneurs, web publishers, marketers, freelancers and small business owners. Though Maki’s posts don’t seem to follow any sort of schedule, they are always worth reading.
   
• Converstations is a blog that promotes the idea that we are all contagious with a unique contagion to spread (but in a good way). At the core of each of us we are still the child we once were – simply seeking acceptance and fun, while letting our curiosity guide us to where we need to go.
   
• Bloggers Blog is kinda weird, I’ve no problem admitting. It seems to be a news site about blogging. It occasionally has some fairly interesting stories that I don’t find elsewhere.
   
• Blog about your Blog is a blog about quality blogs, quality bloggers, and quality people. It is a wide open blog promoting collaboration, that warmly welcomes communities from every different spectrum. Blog about your Blog continuously promotes all types of blogs and bloggers, the common thread being those blogs they believe to have the greatest impact on Blogopolis as a whole.

• Quick Online Tips is, no doubt, a web 2.0 blog. It discusses regular technology news, quick tips for blogging, new media, and various web 2.0 services. It also has the seemingly mandatory section that most big blogs have about how to make money online. Quick Online Tips has over 17,000 readers and is a member of the 9Rules network (which has twice rejected me).

• Daily Blog Tips has been around for a while, but has really blown up in the last year or so. It’s author, Daniel Scocco started developing blogs and websites in 2005, and has built Daily Blog Tips to share all he’s learned along the way. His posts are intelligent, consistent, and often fun.

• ProBlogger doesn’t need an introduction, but just in case you came here from the moon, Darren Rowse was the first guy to plant a flag deep in pro blogging. ProBlogger is the crown jewel of the staggeringly bloated pro blogging niche.

• Copyblogger needs no more of an introduction than Darren’s site does, but I’m the type to save the best for last. Brian Clark is king of the copywriters. His site offers constant, practical advice that provides a tremendous value to anyone using words to make their living online. 

 

By no means is this list meant to be comprehensive, but every once in a while I know I like to give my feeds a little freshening. Maybe you do too.

Sean

Sean writes for himself at Writer Dad, and others at Ghostwriter Dad dot com.

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Changing the World

There is no doubt, blogs are changing the world.  Only a few years old, something entirely new is already evolving into something entirely different.  Their immediate accessibility gave instant rise to a new fad, but the inherent power and immediate validation pushed blogging closer toward revolution.

Blogging gave birth to social media, and social media is fundamentally altering the manner in which millions of readers access information.  Blogs have democratized media, and though they have not yet fully wrested control from the gatekeepers, the inevitability is impossible to argue.

Prior to the internet, information was accessed primarily through print, radio, and television.  What saw the bright light of day and what remained forever buried were decisions arrived at by a relative few.

The birth of blogging busted the dam.

Traditional media is an endangered species.  The number of people reliant on the old gatekeepers will continue to dwindle; tired soldiers in a war that is already lost.  A new breed of writers have been born into this new world where it matters not where you went to school or engineered an internship, but rather the wisdom in your words and clarity of your voice.

Blogging is the great equalizer.  We all start with equal sound, it’s our responsibility to spread it.

Blogging is only the impetus to even greater change.  It isn’t blogging so much as the democratization of information that will lead to an alteration in everything from our entertainment to our government.  Consider the following.

Entertainment: Music, movies, literature, television… it’s all about to change.  Though much will be done to impede the transition, there is no doubt the voices up high have been dimmed by the rallying cry of the rabble below.  Changes in distribution will lead to changes in everything else.  HD-DVD and Blue-Ray were fighting a war that was over before it even started.  Either winner the last of its tribe; hard media soon a fossilized memory.  Tomorrow’s authors, artists and musicians will not require a team of people to anoint their talent.  They will need a clear voice alongside the ability to spread it.

Government: Sure, we live in a democracy now, but it is nothing compared to the possibility lying at the lip of tomorrow.  For the last century, it has grown increasingly difficult for our leaders to bloom with the full American Promise, the idea that a nobody can blossom into somebody deep from the depths of nowhere.  Soon enough, a clear voice will be able to rise from the masses, articulate the issues, and compete with career politicians.  When sound bites are no longer in heavy rotation, the landscape of politics (and elections) will be forever altered.

Labor: We’ve already witnessed a monumental shift in the way we work online.  This will continue to evolve until the old methods seems as quaint as changing the ribbon on a manual typewriter.  Collaboration is key.  Blogging allows people to come together in a new way, not possible before.  Spend some time roaring down the right roads of Blogopolis and you are sure to find rich contacts and even richer opportunities.

Transformation is inevitable.  Though it will not arrive in a sudden storm, it will most certainly wash our world like a long season of snowfall.  Blogging is not yet a household word, but many of those who have tasted the freedom are now drunk on its possibility.  When the majority are swimming in the same sea, there will be no option but to swiftly swim to a new shore together.

Sean

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Welcome to the Blueprint

Greetings, and welcome to the Blueprint!

The Blueprint is a blog, born from the idea that every adventure is better when started with a map.

This is the office of both Sean Platt of Writer Dad and Eric Hamm of “Motivate Thyself.”  We know what it’s like to begin with nothing, gather a whole lot of something, and then aim for an abundance.

We offer a new breed of blog dedicated to finding your voice.

Blogging is still brand new. If the first computer was manufactured at midnight, the first blog wouldn’t show up until  5 o’clock the following evening.  Technology transforms culture.  Culture drives future direction.

The online world sits balanced between everywhere we’ve ever been and everywhere we’ve yet to go.

Today’s bloggers are tomorrow’s pioneers.

Blogging is history happening; an open door to anyone who cares to carve out their online space.  The Blueprint is a place for newbies and up and comers to learn from those who have been there before through a series of insights, guest posts and interviews.

Our focus

• To help build better bloggers.  The best lessons are learned through the wisdom of others.  At the Blueprint we are on a constant quest for continuous growth, seeking knowledge from the best and brightest, then passing it along to our audience in an ongoing effort to refine our voices.

• Shared experience. Blogging is social.  Those bloggers who find the greatest success are those with tapestries thick from contacts and practical knowledge.  The more people you know, the more you can connect; enabling you to both assist others and benefit from available help.  Connection is the key that opens most every door.

• To build a beacon within Blogopolis. The Worldwide Web can be confusing.  Navigating with a map means it’s harder to find yourself lost.  The Blueprint aims to be a landing spot for eager beginners and seasoned travelers.

What makes Blogopolis Blueprint different?

• The Blueprint is co-authored by Eric Hamm and Sean Platt with sharp voice.  Eric specializes in the more technical side of blogging, while Sean leans more toward the creative.  Together, we offer a blended voice, rare in the online world, exploring the full scope of what it takes to be a better blogger.

• Includes both video and traditional content. We have no plans to break with tradition, but fully acknowledge the future of blogging and its warm embrace of video.  Observing trends and keeping ahead is fundamental to consistent growth.

• The Blueprint embraces both sides of the brain. We deliver information conducive to rapid proficiency.  Each week will cover a separate topic, explored thoroughly between written and video content.  Our partnership is forged by the philosophy that true learning requires various angles of depth.  That mindset is woven into the architecture of the Blueprint.

The structure of The Blueprint

• The Blueprint will start with a posting schedule of 8 posts per week – five traditional, and 3 videos to compliment.

• Each week has a single theme thoroughly developed.

• We will include guest posts, interviews, co-authored posts, and always relevant links.

Blogopolis brims with blogs on blogging.  Ours is different.  Join us from the beginning.

The BB Team

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