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Below is a conversation I had with my son tonight…

Our topic: “What to Blog About”

Perhaps you are just starting out or have been working on a blog or website for “a while” now.

You can probably relate to my concerns and feel the same as I do.

Thinking it has to be “perfect”, informational, intelligent, have value for someone to want to read it, comment or make fun of you?!

I think you might appreciate the encouragement and insight from my son, who has his own blog.

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9:37pm Peggy

…need to get writing more for blog. I see alot of articles I like for posting and small comments but not sure if I should use others info a lot.

9:38pm Andrew

my big thing for you is to not talk about this stuff and just start doing it

just start grabbing great articles and posting them on the blog

copy and paste with some quick commentary about it at the beginning

no more education….

you know how to do it

nike: just do it!

9:41pm Peggy

I know, I need to get a capture form for email marketing and sending back that Scribd article we did before as FREE “product” of information. I will work on this weekend.

9:43pm Peggy

I received 6 good comments and need to followup with sending that. Not sure how unless set in to my email marketing on a list with some other additional autoresponder of more information

9:43pm Andrew

don’t worry about the “capture form”!!!

just start producing good content on the blog

that is what will drive traffic..

nothing else

don’t worry about sending follow-up stuff…just have conversations with people on your blog

and be sure to respond right away.

9:44pm Peggy

well I would like to know who or how many look or come to my site

9:44pm Andrew

you know how many from GA

and you will get to know people by talking with them when they come

9:44pm Peggy

what’s GA

9:45pm Andrew

Google Analytics

the key is talking to people

just like at church

you tell people about yourself

and talk with them about their needs

but your blog is the church!

you are the pastor

and you gotta preach!

to spark growth in your “followers”

and to get more people to come…

just sent the email with some of my media stuff

9:46pm Peggy

ok baby steps to grow a family of followers and friends!

9:47pm Andrew

yep…

and you can write the simplest stuff

little reflections of 100 words or less

and people will respond

just talk about your key words

make it like a diary

share your thoughts and feelings about stuff happening in your life related to nutrition and health

9:47pm Peggy

alright, I’m been making it more difficult than it needs to be

9:47pm Andrew

exactly

keep it really simple

and just start doing it

I guarantee there are people on the web doing a lot worse!!!

i would say that you shouldn’t do anything else until you have 5 really quick posts up

no more studying…

9:49pm Peggy

ok I get good comments about how nice the blog looks and good content, so far

9:49pm Andrew

exactly

it’s really nice

9:50pm Peggy

ok teacher, I’ll work on my “homework” this weekend, I have a lot of ideas, just sitting here on my desk, in little notes etc.

9:50pm Andrew

just write

even if its 2 sentences!!

you should see how Steve, my boss/buddy writes his blogs

sometimes he doesn’t have more than 10 sentences

really simple…and he gets lots of comments

I just looked at your comments

really nice!

you get more comments on your blog than I do on mine!

9:53pm Peggy

alright, I’ll review your articles and look at Steve’s too.

Yes, I know I need to cross with FB and Twitter too.

join discussions or fan pages too

but #1 WRITE

9:54pm Andrew

yep

write, write, write

write your heart

keep it real

don’t worry about whether it’s “good”

if you write from your heart, it’s usually God speaking through you

and it really doesn’t matter at that point

b/c it’s the Holy Spirit

who brings the blessings

Even this little FB stream could be something you copy and paste!

9:56pm Peggy

ok, I’d better get reading and writing, put it into God’s hands and let him lead and control to bring people in to learn about my passion for health and wellness for all

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Let’s start encouraging one another and just share interests, things you feel people could learn from, offer suggestions to improve health and wellness.

Thanks for stopping by, hope we can keep in touch and support one another.

Peggy