Blogging training for the World Development Movement
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Blogging
Who reads blogs?
• 17.8 million people in the UK
• 66% of the UK internet population
How to get readers?
• Write original and good content• Link to others• Join conversations – comment on other
blogs• Tag in social bookmarking sites• Share using Twitter and Facebook• Think about your headlines• Encourage readers to subscribe
What to blog about?
You’re the expert
• Don’t research for days
• People won’t know what you know
• If you find it interesting, others will too
So what can we blog about?
• Quote and link to an article on food speculation• List the top 10 global justice bloggers• Report from the climate talks in Bonn• Summarise a session at the Africa conference• Interview a long-standing group member• Tell people how a campaign is going• Post pictures from a protest or media stunt• Criticise an FT journalist’s food speculation
analysis
It’s not a science
I can’t teach you how to be a good blogger.
Read blogs and find your own style.
But remember:You’re not writing a press release.
RSS is your best friend
• Subscribe to blogs
• Get a notification whenever a post is posted
• Read where and when you want
• Spend less time on the internet
• Look for the symbol
Some blogs in my RSS reader
http://liberalconspiracy.org/
http://www.brightgreenscotland.org/
http://lindaraftree.wordpress.com/
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global
development/poverty-matters
http://www.bethkanter.org/