Comments on: The Ten Commandments of Blogging

By: How to Fail at Blogging Inspired by @RobertBravery | Erica Says

How to Fail at Blogging Inspired by @RobertBravery | Erica Says — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:48:30 +0000

[...] probably seen at least one version of the 10 Commandments of Blogging, but what about the flip-side? What does it take to [...]

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:24:44 +0000

Hey Alex,

Another great post. I’m so glad I found you and your insights to blogging.

Although I’m looking for my own path, and I have been deceived a little early on, your sincerity proves you to be a real role model.

Thanks.

By: ravi

ravi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:35:07 +0000

Great post! This should come packaged with all blog systems.

One thing . . . on #6 Role Models V. Idols – we should also keep this in mind when looking at political leaders

By: Blogging tips and insight

Blogging tips and insight — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:07:05 +0000

Great post indeed. This is really nice stuff.

By: On Simplicity » Blog Archive » Six Months of Simplicity!

On Simplicity » Blog Archive » Six Months of Simplicity! — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:02:19 +0000

[...] a blogger and you haven’t had a chance to check out Blogsessive, I highly recommend it; The Ten Commandments of Blogging and Blogging Myths Busted are great examples of [...]

By: FeRHaD

FeRHaD — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:36:54 +0000

“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” – Pablo Picasso

By: Tom Pick

Tom Pick — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:35:10 +0000

Great post Alex, I’ve bookmarked this for my “Best of 2008″ series. This dovetails very nicely with a piece I wrote a while back on The 7 Deadly Sins of Blogging:

http://webmarketcentral.blogsp.....gging.html

Between these two posts we’ve kind of got the Biblical metaphors covered, no?

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:35:21 +0000

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Mike Blackburn: Unfortunately I’m not following Telegraph’s articles, but you’re right, both articles are based on the Biblical story of the Ten Commandments. Even so, I’ve shared these as my personal rules to live by, rather than an adaption of the original Ten Commandments, as Telegraph did.

Rarst: You have 2 strong points there, my friend!

By: Rarst

Rarst — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:04:48 +0000

I have not formed extensive set of rules for myself yet. If I had to name some:

1. Don’t forget to have fun. If your blogging is negative experience you hardly can bring positive value to readers.
2. If blogging is not a job don’t treat it like one.

I am finding that with serious approach blogging can be time consuming and somewhat hard. It’s probably exactly what makes most of people quit in first months and it’s important to deal with it.

By: Mitch

Mitch — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:43:59 +0000

These are good rules, but I have a few that are somewhat different. One, be kind to your commenters, unless you just can’t be. Two, be somewhat entertaining. Three, have fun. Four, don’t oversell. And five, respond to your commenters, and visit their blogs also.

By: Mike Blackburn

Mike Blackburn — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:45:24 +0000

Ten Commandments of Blogging seems to be a bit of a fashion items at the moment – have you seen this article from the Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....aders.html

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:37:02 +0000

Great post! This should come packaged with all blog systems.

One thing . . . on #6 Role Models V. Idols – we should also keep this in mind when looking at political leaders.

By: InfectedByBugs

InfectedByBugs — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:25:32 +0000

You have some very good points here.I would have to agree with them all, and have blogged about all of them in the past as well.

By: Stefan Alexandru

Stefan Alexandru — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:40:56 +0000

Just saw you’re twit, and just read it. Excelent idea. Bet you will get loads of traffic on this post. This post has the same “blast” and “effect” as the one you wrote about blogging and movies.

Respect and keep up the good work.