socialmedian: Blogging doesn’t have to be extra work

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Aug 22, 2009

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Recently I was conversing with some journalism colleagues about getting started with blogging. One of the most basic questions inevitably arose: How can you make time for blogging, on top of the stories you’re already writing or other work you’re doing or just having a life?

In my experience, blogging can be an easy way to get more mileage out of things you’re already doing. It’s a matter of shifting your process, not just adding new tasks. If something you think, encounter, or learn is interesting or entertaining and there’s nothing to lose by sharing it, then blog it.

For instance…

Whenever you:

Jot a note that seems like an important, interesting, prescient, or intriguing point

Think of an interesting question

Snap an interesting photo, or one that’s useful for explaining something

Have an interesting conversation (face-to-face, phone, e-mail)

Read an article you’re interested in or skeptical about, etc…

Rather than keep those insights and information entirely to yourself, or share it only in private e-mail or conversation (where, face it, you’ll probably fo

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Damondnollan,

Aug 22, 2009

I have been telling my friends and family this very thing when we talk about their need for blogging. Good point.