Okay, finally got this to a point where I'm not completely embarrassed to open it up for viewing.
Still needs more content, but I've got a framework in place at http://momgamer.weebly.com/. If you have any feedback, I'd be glad to hear it.
Got a question for the room.
I've got my new platform stable enough that I can concentrate on content for a while, and now the question comes up. I have several years worth of previous blog material sitting here (I pulled it off my old blog sites into raw text and I can do whatever I want with it). I'm wondering if I should even bother to put it back up and reference it, or should I just let it go and start fresh?
Some of it is fairly time-bound, so I wouldn't want to just repeat it, but there is quite a bit of general stuff that wouldn't be bad.
I'm thinking maybe I should just go through it and use those "timeless" entries as backlog to help me build my habit of posting at least once a day up again.
What do you think?
I'd go with "revisiting" old content, with any additional thoughts that come to mind.
Uh... all of the above?
Sometimes I do just write a bit and post it. But I have written long-form things with all the drafts and bells and whistles.
Most of my writing is drafted with Notepad on whatever computer I'm at.
I keep stuff in an old share-ware tabbed notebook software called Keynote. I have it organized by destination/project, and then each one under that has various pages and folders. The biggest one by far is just labeled "Ideas" and that's where random stuff goes to wait until genius gets to burning or whatever. There's stuff that's floated around in there for literally years before seeing the light of day somewhere.
I just find a way to get the words out there. I can fix them later.
Also: Wordsmythe, here is a link to my RSS feed.
Added!
My game criticism blog, Infinite Lag, is updated far too infrequently.
making Avatar's villain (the movie, not the show) more three-dimensional would have made it a lot better.
I get it!
Hey, I blogged!!
Oh, I didn't know about this thread. My site is www.gamingculture.org
This is me tagging the thread too so I remember to go back to the OP and read some other goodjer blogs.
I'm writing about my life in Laos at the unoriginally named:
http://www.bruceinlaos.com
I am trying to get my WP blog to also publish to my FB page at the same time.
I don't know if it because I am tired or hat, but the instructions I am getting don't seem to actually match up with what the options are on the screen. I will try again tomorrow after sleeping, but does anyone have any suggestions or advice on how to go about doing it?
If I could push it out to G+ as well (different plugin or the same, doesn't matter to me, as long as it is easy to set up), that would be even more awesome.
Revived elementsofmeaning.blogspot.com to keep track of my MA work.
I am trying to get my WP blog to also publish to my FB page at the same time.
I don't know if it because I am tired or hat, but the instructions I am getting don't seem to actually match up with what the options are on the screen. I will try again tomorrow after sleeping, but does anyone have any suggestions or advice on how to go about doing it?
If I could push it out to G+ as well (different plugin or the same, doesn't matter to me, as long as it is easy to set up), that would be even more awesome.
Are you using a plugin?
This one apparent;y is quite good.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...
and will publish to facebook and twitter. No G+ on it yet. If he was teh smarts he'd get on that.
There are others and lots that just publish to FB.
mudbunny wrote:I am trying to get my WP blog to also publish to my FB page at the same time.
I don't know if it because I am tired or hat, but the instructions I am getting don't seem to actually match up with what the options are on the screen. I will try again tomorrow after sleeping, but does anyone have any suggestions or advice on how to go about doing it?
If I could push it out to G+ as well (different plugin or the same, doesn't matter to me, as long as it is easy to set up), that would be even more awesome.
Are you using a plugin?
This one apparent;y is quite good.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...
and will publish to facebook and twitter. No G+ on it yet. If he was teh smarts he'd get on that.
There are others and lots that just publish to FB.
I have been trying with the official FB app, but will dump it and try that one.
I'm sorry I've neglected this thread, guys. It didn't seem to be sparking much in the way of discussion, and my intent was not to just use it to pimp stuff out.
Though I will momentarily note that I got front paged on Destructoid not too long ago. I mostly use their blog system for stuff that I want to ramble on about but doesn't have a fitting thread here and is too informal (at least at first) for my own blog.
But something that's been bugging me lately is how to go about gaining new readers, aside from the fact that I really need to update more regularly than I do (though irregular updates doesn't stop Brainy Gamer from having more readers). While my content isn't the best, I'd like to think it's entertaining.
So the question becomes: how do I share it? I basically just post my stuff on Facebook and Twitter, but that typically means my friends see it, maybe glance at it, and then it is never looked at again. I don't really use hashtags either.
A friend of mine said I should post it on Reddit, but I don't feel right posting my own article on Reddit, especially since a lot of what I'm writing about is old news by time it's up. Plus, who the Hell am I to be posting my own work?
So I'm curious if anyone has any ideas or advice for getting a blog out to more readers. Marketing has never been my strong suit (but, naturally, I'll be sure to voice my opinion as to how the game industry should go about it).
I'm a marketing dude, so I'd like to think I can help. Here are some suggestions, in no particular order:
(Although, I haven't exactly set the world on fire with my blog, so take everything I say with a healthy grain of salt.)
First: forget the rules. You know that whole "you need to blog regularly thing"? Forget about it. Post only when you have good stuff.
Second: Pacing. Break up your posts with images, headings. My first thought on looking at GamerTagged was...gorblimey, that's a lot of text!
Third: Master the SEO basics. Headings will help, but you need to have some basic tagging and keywording in your posts so they show up well in the Googleplex.
Fourth: Dude...only Stubleupon and Twitter? What if I wanted to share to Tumblr, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest? Make it easy to share!
Fifth: What do you want the reader to do? Comment? Share it? There's no call to action. When I get to the bottom of the wall of text, what is the thing you want me to do?
Sixth: Stumble Upon, Google+, and Pinterest drive interested readers. Look into promoting on those as well. Every post should be submitted on StumbleUpon, and Pinterest, at the very least.
Seventh: Just who are you following on Facebook and Twitter? Only people you know, or people you want to know? You need a broader base than just friends if you want to pick up readers.
Eighth: LINKS. Don't just link to the other blogs in a blogroll...link under the post to other articles you know the reader would like. Use Zemanta if you want to take some of the work out of this. Backlinks increase the chances other bloggers will notice you, and link to your blog with a response.
Ninth: No one comments. So, if you want to stand out, go comment on someone else's blog.
Tenth: Consider adding a Tumblr Blog as a feeder into this blog. Lots of literate gamers there. Toss in some gaming graphics, reblog some other folks stuff, toss in a link back to your blog....profit?
That's all I got for 12AM and exhausted.
I have seen a tremendous growth by posting to Google+ and implementing a consistent practice of tagging my posts.
Tremendous as in bordering on a 10 fold increase.
Hey now there,
I am looking for a desktop software solution that will allow me to backup websites, into zip, tar, or whatever format via FTP and download the file either to a cloud account or to my local machine.
Does such a beast exist?
Scheduling ability would be nice.
Free would be nice.
A buddy of mine is starting a gaming industry blog.
http://www.mousepoegamingrants.blogs...
For those that are interested, here is my blog post on my experience at the Spartan Race here in Ottawa 3 weeks ago.
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