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Re: My Changing Blog Portfolio

Aaron Brazell — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:48:59 -0000

I'm not really doing development much anymore and that's what Emmense has always been about.

Re: My Changing Blog Portfolio

Stacie — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:38:43 -0000

I just checked Emmense and it looks updated... what do you mean it's about 4 years late for your career?

Stacie

Re: My Changing Blog Portfolio

Aaron Brazell — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:50:56 -0000

It really depends on what you want to accomplish, Jesse. For a long time, I ran this blog as a universal voice for Aaron Brazell. Over time, I realized that I wanted my blog to work for me. In other words, I wanted to be an SME and seen as an 'insider' on various topics. I wanted to earn income. Etc.

So I started watching and learning from the guys who do this best, most specifically Darren. I realized that though it might be convenient to have one blog in one place, it's not good for Search engine Optimization, blog categorization or garnering the watchful eye of experts in niches. IOW, I'm not likely to get added to Steve Rubel's RSS reader as a general purpose blog. I'm not likely to be interviewed by Business 2.0 when I talk about everything.

However, I can still talk about everything I want to talk to if I break it all down and keep various blogs on various topics. So that's what's happening.

And through experimenting, I'm finding where I'm good at blogging and where I'm not so good and eliminating the weak points and strengthening the strong points.

Re: My Changing Blog Portfolio

Jesse — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:18:01 -0000

In the end it always seems to come down to the one blog many topics or many topical blogs. The idea of hving an "everything blog" always sounds appealing, but most people tend to find that it doesn't work after a while, as you seem to have. There are some that claim their blog is really about anything they want it to be, but if you take a closer look you'll see they don't actually focus on very much...