Yesterday I attended Blogpodium, a panel discussion on blogs and the media. I wasn't sure what I would get out of the morning, other than the opportunity to meet some fellow Canadian bloggers.
Shame and embarassment! When the media mavens* said, 'editing is important', I felt guilt over my poor use of punctuation**. When we heard 'be true to your brand' and 'stay on topic', I started to sweat, thinking 'what is my brand? do I have a brand? was blogging about my new boots offside?' The final blow was 'consider a writing class'... (shame) After Blogpodium I read some old posts and thought: 'Shannon, you sound like an idiot!!!!'
Last week, you may have noticed that I started to reformat the blog. I played with the template and took down the old dark banner. I took the first steps to (hopefully) making the blog better! I need to spend some time sitting at our computer trying to clean up the old, while producing more thoughtful content (do I have extra time?). I will definitely take more care in my photos and writing!
Anyways, here are three other takeaways from Blogpodium:
1- pin your own work: I created a pinterest board called 'at home' to pin my favorite photos
2- 'There are only two types of press: press, and no press' ... I will go for it!
3- 'Put your photo up, write a bit about yourself, show your personality' - ok!
Were you able to attend Blogpodium? Will it change the way you blog?
How do you feel about punctuation, or a lack of it!?
*They were intelligent, funny, and thoughtful women! I was so glad to be able to attend (with the baby) ...the discussion was lively and entertaining...however, I couldn't help but take notice of these comments....did I really need a magazine editor to tell me that re-reading a post before you publish is a good idea? I suppose it was exactly what I needed!
**I blushed the entire time I read 'eats, shoots and leaves'...yet I continue to abuse punctuation.
**I blushed the entire time I read 'eats, shoots and leaves'...yet I continue to abuse punctuation.
