Comments on: Blogging for Blogging’s Sake http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2008/05/blogging-for-bloggings-sake/ The Innkeeping Industry Blog of the Professional Association of Innkeepers (PAII) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:55:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Heather http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2008/05/blogging-for-bloggings-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Heather Tue, 20 May 2008 22:04:00 +0000 http://innkeepingblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/blogging-for-bloggings-sake/#comment-63 Hi Jay: I was inspired to start a blog related to our B&B after the recent Oregon B&B Guild conference, and after reading your blog. You and Peter are correct--it's not difficult to blog as an innkeeper if the content's kept short (besides, many readers probably have a short attention span--just like the 2 minute-drill for a video). Now it's a matter of housekeeping and getting that blog linked to my website!<br/>Thanks again--Heather at the Bronze Antler B&B, Joseph, OR Hi Jay: I was inspired to start a blog related to our B&B after the recent Oregon B&B Guild conference, and after reading your blog. You and Peter are correct–it’s not difficult to blog as an innkeeper if the content’s kept short (besides, many readers probably have a short attention span–just like the 2 minute-drill for a video). Now it’s a matter of housekeeping and getting that blog linked to my website!
Thanks again–Heather at the Bronze Antler B&B, Joseph, OR

]]> By: Peter Scherman http://www.innkeepingblog.com/2008/05/blogging-for-bloggings-sake/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Peter Scherman Tue, 20 May 2008 21:14:00 +0000 http://innkeepingblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/blogging-for-bloggings-sake/#comment-62 Jay,<br/><br/>Great post! As one who writes a lot, there was a time when I wrote a bit of fiction, and I understand that HAVING to write when you don't FEEL like writing is a chore. That old writer's block thing is real. By the same token, a person doesn't have to be a great published writer to create a great blog; you just need to have some ideas, a venue (blog), and a half-way decent command of the English language.<br/><br/>The examples of inn blogs you give are good. It's also easy to see by looking at most blogs (yours, ours, theirs) that there are sometimes gaps, months when a lot gets posted and months where little new appears. I read a great article on someone's blog called "Regular posting really does mean a bigger audience." I know it's long, but here's the URL: www.creativelaunchpad.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/regular-posting-really-does-mean-a-bigger-audience.html . The gist is this: if people are going to visit a blog, there has to be new content. Do you want to turn on the TV and watch a repeat? No, you want a new episode, or at least one you haven't seen before (the archives on a blog). And new content means more visitors, which means more awareness, which means more postings, which means better rankings, which means more guests. Isn't that reason enough to try it out?<br/><br/>So, keep at it, folks! It really can be fun and doesn't take as long as you'd think.<br/><br/>Peter<br/>www.innkeepersresource.com Jay,

Great post! As one who writes a lot, there was a time when I wrote a bit of fiction, and I understand that HAVING to write when you don’t FEEL like writing is a chore. That old writer’s block thing is real. By the same token, a person doesn’t have to be a great published writer to create a great blog; you just need to have some ideas, a venue (blog), and a half-way decent command of the English language.

The examples of inn blogs you give are good. It’s also easy to see by looking at most blogs (yours, ours, theirs) that there are sometimes gaps, months when a lot gets posted and months where little new appears. I read a great article on someone’s blog called “Regular posting really does mean a bigger audience.” I know it’s long, but here’s the URL: http://www.creativelaunchpad.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/regular-posting-really-does-mean-a-bigger-audience.html . The gist is this: if people are going to visit a blog, there has to be new content. Do you want to turn on the TV and watch a repeat? No, you want a new episode, or at least one you haven’t seen before (the archives on a blog). And new content means more visitors, which means more awareness, which means more postings, which means better rankings, which means more guests. Isn’t that reason enough to try it out?

So, keep at it, folks! It really can be fun and doesn’t take as long as you’d think.

Peter
http://www.innkeepersresource.com

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