Syndicating Your Blog
I’ve been reading Brazen Careerist for a while but today I became a convert. I’m not sure what did it but I reached the tipping point and now I absolutely love it. This post is about syndicating your blog.
Your posts could turn into a column that runs in a newspapers. Obviously the idea of that is appealing to me. Getting in a magazine, newspaper, or writing a book reaches a whole new group of people. It’s a good way to extend your brand and credibility.
I made a new friend and gained a lot of credibility for one article I wrote about affiliate marketing. It still comes up and it’s been over a year since I wrote it. I have written many articles for newspapers on topics I’ve cared about but never knew the impact.
Perhaps my favorite article I’ve ever written was during college. It was about how botany professors were livid so many trees were being cut down on campus. It made the front page. I appreciated the trees (the ginko and tulip trees in particular) and it seemed the grounds crew was cutting them down without much of a thought. The trees were part of an outdoor classroom. You don’t usually see this much emotion from a scientist – but he was MAD. Made for a great story, and hopefully less tress being cut down…
Ok, I think I just got caught up in the story all over again! I think you get the point.
2 Responses to “Syndicating Your Blog”
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February 28th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
Hi, Janet. Thanks for linking to Brazen Careerist.
The credibility issue is so interesting. I see that print gets me credibility with some people, but blogging gets me credibility with others.
And PS, I love your photo. Looks like a still from a movie.
Penelope
March 3rd, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Penelope,
And I love your name! Is it a pen name or your actual name? Thanks for coming and commenting. Your post about how “changing jobs often is the new stability” was inspiring.
I need to learn more about how print and web merge and how to integrate them. It’s been a while since I’ve done offline PR.
I decided that if I had a pen name it would be Alexa Blackwell. It’s very close to my Second Life name (why can’t you choose your own last name??).
Blog on-
Janet