Comments on: Keeping it Real: A Smart Approach to Blogging? http://www.startatnothing.com/keeping-it-real-a-smart-approach-to-blogging/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Megs http://www.startatnothing.com/keeping-it-real-a-smart-approach-to-blogging/#comment-169 Megs Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:01:26 +0000 http://www.startatnothing.com/2008/02/18/keeping-it-real-a-smart-approach-to-blogging/#comment-169 Stanley is definitely up there as one of my top characters on 'The Office'. He gets his work done, but basically on his own terms. It's interesting that you mention Stanley's approach as one comparative to an approach to blogging. I would agree (I mean, he knows what works and what doesn't), however I think maybe Jim would be a good model as well. Jim Halpert on 'The Office' is a good salesman, so he's good at getting business, but he is also really light-hearted. As Stanley seems kind of stubborn at the office and a little bit stuck in his ways, Jim rolls with the punches a little more and thinks of things that happen as opportunities to play/make a joke, improve something, learn something, or just have fun. In terms of writing about what people want to read, it seems like you're doing well... some people probably really want to know how to start and develop a blog, some want to be entertained, some want to learn something, etc... I think, as long as you guys are progressing, learning, and enjoying the whole process, I think the blog will be successful. :) Stanley is definitely up there as one of my top characters on ‘The Office’. He gets his work done, but basically on his own terms. It’s interesting that you mention Stanley’s approach as one comparative to an approach to blogging. I would agree (I mean, he knows what works and what doesn’t), however I think maybe Jim would be a good model as well.

Jim Halpert on ‘The Office’ is a good salesman, so he’s good at getting business, but he is also really light-hearted. As Stanley seems kind of stubborn at the office and a little bit stuck in his ways, Jim rolls with the punches a little more and thinks of things that happen as opportunities to play/make a joke, improve something, learn something, or just have fun.

In terms of writing about what people want to read, it seems like you’re doing well… some people probably really want to know how to start and develop a blog, some want to be entertained, some want to learn something, etc… I think, as long as you guys are progressing, learning, and enjoying the whole process, I think the blog will be successful. :)

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