The Power of Being Specific
Don’t be afraid to be a little Bossy on Your Blog.
Over the weekend I was reminded that sometimes readers just like being told what to do.
In my post How to Launch a Blog and Have Fresh Content for Weeks I was asked by a reader for advice on how much content to write before Launching a Blog.
When I sat down to write that post I had two choices:
1. I could have written a post with fairly general advice filled with Good principles. The main headings would have gone something like:
Have Some Posts Already Published on Your Blog
Have a Few Posts Saved as Drafts
Have a List of Topics/Titles that You can Write in Future
This post would have gone pretty well. The advice is sound and readers would have been able to take it and apply it to their own situation.
2. I could have written a post with specific instructions - telling […]
Original post by Darren Rowse