Seth Godin on Blogging
One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice. You won’t get it for a while, but you’ll get it. To one person who wrote in and said he didn’t think he had anything interesting to say, I asked him whether he was boring in person too? Boring at breakfast? Boring on a date? That boring?! Probably not.
A great interview with Seth Godin who is arguably one of the best bloggers out there, and is certainly the #1 marketing voice on the Web. Godin follows his own path when it comes to blogging. He doesn't accept comments, he doesn't tweet and he doesn't advertise or try to drive revenue directly from the blog itself. He also cranks out amazing content and posts each and every day, ranging from marketing parables and insights to riffs on current affairs.
The best part about Godin and his blog is that he knows who he is online. He has developed his unique voice. It's unquestionably Godin when you read anything of his. It's something that I personally aspire to - trying to find a voice in my blogging. I believe I found it with blownmortgage.com and I hope to find it again soon with my new blog, pmorganbrown.com.
I think my Posterous posts are the exercise of trying to find that voice in small bites at a time - like riding a bike with training wheels - while trying to hone it on my longer pieces for pmorganbrown.com.
I hope you enjoy the article. Everyone that has an online presence has a lot to learn from Mr. Godin.
