What your readers find valuable may be quite different than mine or anothers. Readers gravitate to what they enjoy. It’s so darn subjective—it’s a matter of personal taste when you boil it down. If I were told to write on certain topics to get readers but the topics did not appeal to me, I wouldn’t do it. Neither would most people, I suspect. That would be blog slavery.

Even our readers value different things at different times. They may not always want a How To list. Maybe they need to hear us rant on something that will excite them to comment. I find that few comment on “How tos” or “List of best this or that”. It’s passive content, if you will. Comments come from stirring emotions and controversial topics. But both have their place. Both have value.

Ultimately I do not like blogging rules. I think the medium is too young to pigeon hole & it stifles creativity & innovation.

In addition, there’s nothing better than providing a small bit of my mind that that gets people to think a little differently. Thanks jf for your recent comment. Makes this a little more worthwhile.

Here’s my “Golden Rule of Blogging…” And by Golden Rule, I don’t mean something everyone should follow, just something I know I should follow.

What is the most valuable thing I can say right now that will have the greatest impact on my readers?

Works for me…

style, readability, freshness, market specific, and valuable information are all variables subject to each blog viewers uniqueness