Trucking – Yes, if your blog is attached to your business you need to ensure you share the same attributes as your company brand, otherwise you’ll confuse your customers and potentially damage your business.

Chicago – Good point. If you love to write in different styles depending on your mood, then having more than one blog could be a great solution.

Cody – Half the time, I don’t know how I come up with them either; on some days it’s really easy, on others it’s really hard!

John – I agree. If this blog was on anything other than online communities it would have died a long time ago!

Nicola – Yes, things do stick around on the Internet. The last thing you want to do is start preaching about something only for someone to dig through your archives to find you disagreeing with yourself!

Smiley – The readers of this blog really do provide much of my inspiration for blog posts. I tell you what though, it’s still hard work and something I only do because I have a passion for the subject.

I believe he listens to his readers, takes ideas based upon their questions, and then gives them their answer in the form of a blog article based upon his experience!

I can’t see the owner of any big chat site starting a blog, allowing people to ask him/her questions, and then have them actually answer them publically in the form of an article to help others form successful communities. Only Martin, eh?

A good man to be respected, and certainly not one of the fat cats.

Nicola

John

Martin i don’t know how your write all these rich posts! GJ

I may try and start blogging again in the future now that i have some wisdom from you.

When you have a few blogs going, you can emphasize different aspects of your persona that lead you to be interested in different topics. Then you get to manifest a wider spectrum of your personality while still offering your readers at each blog the type of personal focus that they can understand and connect with.

I guess blogging speaks what and who really you are. Its an expression of something that you an say in real life. I think its bit of art.
But in business world, it has change a lot. People try to make it more professional by adding some many stuffs that are for selling purpose.
I decided who and where I am going to blog about, what do I have to give etc.etc.
Well anyways, the Admin has quite been sucessful to post interesting article regarding the Blogs which is must I think for every new blogger.

That’s my ha’penny’s worth anyway.

Mr Woc – I agree with you; you should decide on a particular focus or niche for your blog, otherwise you will struggle to attract and retain an audience. Blogging as an art? Well I guess if you add deadlines and work quotas then you aren’t far off!

Smiley – Yes, I think that what I have said applies equally to other communities where you have an ‘authority’ role. You need to determine exactly who you are in order to convey a persistent, clear message and avoid confusion. Good luck with your soul searching!

Ramana – I agree that age shouldn’t be an issue; unfortunately though, it can be for some. That’s why it is important to consider your audience before making any firm decisions about how much information you want to reveal about yourself.

Reena – Definitely. When deciding how you want to be perceived, you should ensure you are not going to be deceiving yourself or your audience.

Kate – You make a great point; the importance of how you are perceived varies according to the unique characteristics of your blog/online community. I still think it’s important for technical or authority blogs to convey some of the author’s personality, though.

Andrew – You’re right. In addition to understanding what you want, it’s important to consider what your readers want!

Eva – Thanks for your kind comments, I am glad you enjoyed the article.

John – I would agree with you. Choose a niche, and stick with it – you’ll find it far easier to attract and retain an audience.