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By: Less Doubt, More Do « The Opinion Paige

Less Doubt, More Do « The Opinion Paige — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:08:46 +0000

[...] Sydney Owen, a blogger who works in PR (and is also a fun person to follow on Twitter), wrote a great follow-up to Matt Cheuvront’s post. She talks about her experience as someone who does PR for a living but not necessarily a blog [...]

By: Paige Landsem

Paige Landsem — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:27:00 +0000

Sydney,

I've been reading your blog for a few months and as a PR student, have been encouraged to see someone have a PR career and a blog that talks about life. My blog has focused a lot on PR, but you've got me thinking about opening up to more personal topics or at least mixing that in with PR/social media thoughts. I deal with “publish button hover syndrome” and really appreciate your thoughts about creating valuable, interesting content that evolves with your interests and who you are as a person. Thanks!

By: Tim Jahn

Tim Jahn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:29:56 +0000

“There's nothing braver than writing in front of people. And there's no right way to do it except doing it.”

Amen to that.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:44:15 +0000

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By: doniree

doniree — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:07:59 +0000

"As we evolve as people, we should allow our blogs to evolve with us."

YES. Yes, yes, yes. Hi, I've missed you online, by the way.

What keeps me going? The inherent NEED to process my thoughts and feelings into words, and the community that has grown around opening up myself to feedback, new relationships, and brighter perspectives. I learn SO much from my readers and myself in the space here, and THAT keeps me going like the Energizer Bunny.

By: DShan

DShan — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:00:39 +0000

Writing + People + Cool Shit is the upside to blogging.

My first blog was called PsychoticNormalcy and it's from a time when you had to link surf to find bloggers, and if you got lucky you found little nodes of people doing cool things on the platform. I wasn't doing cool things. I was totally uncomfortable with the concept, but I kept at it.

Fortunately we had less yelling back then, and the real writers wrote things like How To Blog and they basically were just talking about how to write. Tony Pierce, for me, became my foundational 'how to do it' guy, and remains that.

There's nothing braver than writing in front of people. And there's no right way to do it except doing it.

By: April

April — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:41:06 +0000

Hi, Sydney!
I couldn't agree more – I go all over the map; one day railing about my daughter's homework, and the next discussing gay marriage, but I write about what I care about, and I'm happy so far with the results.
Especially as a reader, I appreciate it when I never know what they're going to write next. There are some how-to blogs that I read, but I rarely comment, and don't feel like I know the whole person the way that I know bloggers who don't stick to one niche.

By: Colleen Maley

Colleen Maley — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:14:55 +0000

This post is great. Not only am I certain that I need to get back in the saddle of regular blogging, but I'm lucky enough to sit down the hall from you & your total social media savvy. Looking forward to sharing ideas with you!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:28:39 +0000

I think that you have to enter the blogging scene with a passion to write/share and that passion has to be strong in order to withstand the first months of blogging to yourself and your circle of six devoted friends (a.k.a. your 3 “test” email addresses and your parents/signif other). That passion is what keeps you going in the beginning and it's what keeps you on track when you do start to get some attention. For me, it's something I have to do. Regardless of the ridiculous nature of my content, my blog is a creative outlet and it keeps me going. I do enjoy comments from people who usually read “silently.” It's always nice to get a “hey.. i secretly read your blog every day and i love it” type email.

By: Matt Cheuvront

Matt Cheuvront — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:25:07 +0000

I love this Sydney:

“As we evolve as people, we should allow our blogs to evolve with us. Sticking to a niche because that’s where you started and you’re afraid to deviate is robbing yourself and your community of good, passionate, honest writing.”

This is the essence of what I was saying with my blog yesterday. It's more than OK to deviate from the “set” path you've created for yourself – that's when things get really interesting, when you put yourself outside that box and think/write in new ways. It's OK to be totally random and not appease to the masses every single day.

Featured your post here today –> http://www.lifewithoutpants.com/friday/friday-q...

Have a great weekend!