Blogging is always at a transition point, that’s what I love about it
Where is blogging going? Will it last? Is it crashing? I think I’ve been asking, answering these questions as long as I’ve been a pro-blogger (almost four years now). Every year we see it. Heck, I’ve even predicted it, don’t make me try to find the post, but through it all this machine keeps churning—and changing.
That, Steven, you nailed:
Even with all this seeming confusion over where blogging is going there is still a core of both professional and non-professional bloggers who truly see a long term value for the medium. Whether then end up as some sort of new media conglomerate like TechCrunch, Mashable or ReadWriteWeb or just a bunch of really good independent bloggers the point is things are changing.
The trick for many of us – especially the independent bloggers and smaller networks – is to be willing to take advantage of anyway that comes our way to communicate with our readers. We can’t be afraid of changes as they happen but instead embrace them and use them to our benefit.
Blogging is changing. There is no doubt about that. The question is are we ready for it and are we willing to flow with those changes or will we end up in the weed pile somewhere.
Me… I’m looking forward to whatever changes come along.
How about you?—WinExtra » The Great Blog Weeding of 2008
I love the changes we’ve seen. Blogging moved from the stereotype of people writing about their cats to a real alternative to the MSM (maybe even becoming part of it). Business blogging, rose up … and maybe didn’t boom like we thought it might. Sure in our little world of Web 2.0 we consider is rather gauche not to have a blog if you want your new whatever to be taken seriously. Rest of the world? Eh, not so much.
That’s okay though.
Yeah, maybe we didn’t call that right, but we’re all still writing.
Pro-bloggers? When I started we all thought we’d be able to be hired-gun bloggers. Have RSS will travel. My first pro gigs where just that, a hired gun. Now? Not as much as we thought it would be. Sure it’s still going on, and will continue, but probably not how we figured.
Now? I look at those of us who’ve stuck it out and what are we doing? Writing. We’re still writing.
Next on the horizon?
I think I’m going to quit trying to predict, but I figure I’m still going to be …
writing.
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1 opinion for Blogging is always at a transition point, that’s what I love about it
Des Walsh
Jun 16, 2008 at 10:40 pm
What we thought, in terms at least of business blogging, was a revolution became evolution. The blogification of the corporate website rather than the blog as stand alone communication artefact. It is still true that businesses can expand their reach very economically if they are prepared to take on the responsibilities of blogging.
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