Know what it takes for a blogging evangelist (Arianna Huffington) to convince someone from mainstream media (Jon Stewart) to get into blogging. It ain’t that easy.
Arianna, founder of the world’s most influential blog, was recently on The Daily Show to promote her new book - The Complete Guide to Blogging.
She articulates the whole thing pretty nicely - "Blogging is like the game Othello: It takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master." H/t Darren.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/arianna-huffington-on-blogging/5897/
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Reader Comments
Well and truly said. I am now in to my 3rd month but I am yet to generate decent bit of traffic. I would love if visitors to your site just can drop by and mail their comments about my blog. The moment you let your urge to make money go, you start paying more attention to the content rather than some Adsence positioning. I would opine that during your first 2-3 months blogging don’t put any ads and concentrate more on content.
Written by Neeta on 12.08.08
Sticking her name on a book that she didn’t write. Nice work.
Written by nka on 12.08.08
“The Huffington Post” is one of my favorite blog (same as labnol :)) and reading it almost daily since last 2 years. So i think its worth to buy this book.
Written by K3vin on 12.08.08
It’s very easy to start a blog but it is very very hard to keep it going. There have been such books for quite some time now and they’re all the same. Whether the author is a blogging evangelist or some newbie, the books are all the same…write about your passions. The best thing is, write and don’t expect; the traffic will start pouring itself.
Written by Siddharth Agarwal on 12.08.08
The more I learn about blogging the more I realize that I have a lot more to learn.What mentioned here is absolutely true- a lifetime to know master blogging.
Written by Rohit on 12.08.08
It’s worth to mention that it’s a lot more of an effort to market your blog to make it successful than to just write about your passion and just go away after some time.
Written by DemoGeek on 12.15.08