Comments on: So you wanna write a RPG Blog? Part 1: Why?

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:07:09 +0000

Welcome to the Sphere. I’m starting to feel like I’m the daddy of all kinds of blogs.

Now what you must do is get a few week’s worth of posts and apply to the RPG Bloggers Network.

The last post blog thing is a plugin called commentluv. When you leave a comment, just enter your blog URL in the form and make sure the commentLuv option is clicked.

By: Dean

Dean — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:03:53 +0000

Well, you can add another 4e blog that you’ve directly influenced on creating:
http://www.arcanespringboard.com

PS. How do you add the ‘last blog post’ thingy to comments?

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By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:32:02 +0000

@Alfred: Wow… Thank YOU! I’m happier and happier to have tackled this series. The response has been overwhelmingly positive for something not all that original (I should listen to my own advice eh?)

Thanks again!

By: Alfred Bonnabel

Alfred Bonnabel — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:06:18 +0000

This is a great post that really boils down why you should write an RPG blog. I have been working on my site off and on since October 2007, but things have really kicked into high gear starting earlier this year. The ultimate point of blogging is to say something that you want say. All of the tricks about SEO, blog design, and making money are for people trying to sell something.

Personally, I just want to share my views about the game and gaming as a hobby. Maybe tell some stories about my games and friends or perhaps share some of the tips and tricks that I have learned.

@Chatty Thank you so much for posting this series. In a world filled with get rich quick oriented guides to blogging we really have needed a gamer’s take on things. You have given us that.

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By: Carlos de la Cruz

Carlos de la Cruz — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:17:49 +0000

I began my blog because my brother has one and to post a comment in it I have to be a member of Blogger… but as I had an account, why not write something in a blog?

In a few weeks I had posted some entries, and then (and only then) I decided I didn’t want to write about my life, so every post I publish is about something associatted with “Geek Life”: RPGs, movies, books or the logs of my RPG campaigns.

So I wrote because at the end of the year I have the feeling of having something *real* done and completed, and not only dreams gone with the wind .

Best regards,
Carlos

By: Pete Sears

Pete Sears — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:05:22 +0000

I’ve been writing the World Famous Crank Report for many years now and i’ve never run out of material. And the main reason why is because, every player i meet, every larp I do, and every con I go to, has something to teach me. It’s just up to me to pay attention and see if I can find it.

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By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:47 +0000

@Chatty: No, no, I meant to say that no one else should ever submit their scoops, because then Gnome Stew will be the only game in town. Mwahahahaha!

Thanks for catching my slip-up.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:49:25 +0000

@Martin: I added a ‘not’ after ‘no reason’… I guess that’s what you wanted to say.

I did just that for my Keep on the Shadowfell review… I should do it more often.

Excellent tips which I’ll revisit in the What/Who post coming after the ‘how’ I’m working on right now.

By: Martin Ralya

Martin Ralya — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:46:39 +0000

Re: Free publicity, there is absolutely no reason not to submit your quality, on-topic posts as scoops on Gaming Report and EN World. I do this for Gnome Stew articles every week or so. Both bring visitors, Google juice and name recognition.

For ENW you need a free account; GR takes anonymous scoops. I choose Community News (ENW) and Game Advice from Gamers (GR) for my scoop categories.

Proofread/test your links, don’t spam either site with scoops and learn how both sites prefer their scoops to be formatted by reading current news, and you should be good.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:30:40 +0000

A blogger posting comment is among the most powerful publicity you can get, short of a direct link shoutout from a higher readership blog.

The target audience of a yet to be created blog will be the one that fits the themes the blogger will write about.

The Internet is wide enough that there is an audience for anything… as long as it’s well written. Trying to write for a yet to be established audience is starting with a huge handicap IMHO.

By: Tommi

Tommi — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:22:42 +0000

Posting on other blogs is as much advertising I ever did (and a forum sig or dozen, but those never did much). Now I have 70 or more subscribers. No posting schedule. Arcane content some of the time, random game reports the other half.

I never assumed I’d have more than ten or so readers, but they just come from somewhere.

Is there a target audience for a blog before articles are posted? What about those poor trees that happen to fall when nobody is listening?

Tommis last blog post..WoAdWriMo

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