Counterintuity » blog http://counterintuity.com/blog Creative Marketing Made Fresh Tue, 15 May 2012 22:38:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Adventures as a blogger part 1 http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/04/14/adventures-as-a-blogger-part-1/ http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/04/14/adventures-as-a-blogger-part-1/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:52:51 +0000 Faith http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/04/14/adventures-as-a-blogger-part-1/ I first came into the world of Blogging via Blogger.com (before it was owned by Google). On their home page, they would have a few blogs listed or the most recently updated blogs so it was easy to find new content—and back then it was usually pretty good. Now, it seems, everyone has their own blog, which equates to: most of it has turned into words that share nothing at all. Content? Not at all. Filler? Definitely. A blog? No.

The reason why I love blogs (at least, the real ones) is because they are like reading a mini book. The author shares something, I can go to a new place via a link, I can learn whatever it is that the blog is about. Each day, there’s new content and it can be a new topic—though usually blogs stay on one topic (because of the nature of people and our capacities).

My “Blog Roll” a.k.a. Favorites list, rotates with my life, and also depends on if I think their content is worth reading.

To me, a good blog will:

  • Update a few times a week
  • Suck me in as a reader so I am waiting to read the next article
  • Draw me in to make a comment
  • Be relevant
  • Be refreshingly comical (though I think this is a matter of personal taste)
  • Not be bland (This makes me think that a good blog is like a good meal…)

A bad blog will:

  • Be predictable
  • Spit me back my own thoughts with no new commentary
  • Be at least more than a paragraph long
  • Have an author that infuses life

Any of your own ideas on what constitutes a good or bad blog? Comment away below!

]]> http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/04/14/adventures-as-a-blogger-part-1/feed/ 0 How to use Social Media during a rain storm http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/01/20/a-post-on-the-effectiveness-of-social-media/ http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/01/20/a-post-on-the-effectiveness-of-social-media/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:39:45 +0000 Faith http://counterintuity.com/blog/2010/01/20/a-post-on-the-effectiveness-of-social-media/ It’s raining in Southern California! Really raining. Overheard, “10 inches in 5 days!” I just signed up to be on the e-mail list of the City of Sierra Madre the other day. Generally, Sierra Madre doesn’t have much news going on, so I didn’t think I’d receive anything of notice or much interest– or if I did, it would be infrequent at most.

This morning I received 2 e-mails. One alerting me that the Farmer’s Market would be closed. And the second alerting me that the Upper and Lower Sierra Madre Canyons would be evacuated. I’m not sure if that pertains to us, so I checked the link to the blog. Yes, the City of Sierra Madre has a blog!

More and more cities (remember La Canada, their use of Facebook, and the fires?) are using social media as a way of reaching the community. In our Social Media Seminar, Lee talks about how the “Big Campfires” are disappearing and new/smaller ones are appearing. This is a prime example– If I hadn’t signed up for the e-mail list, then I wouldn’t have found the blog or the evacuation plan.

(My other idea for this post was to tell you Social Media-ists about mashable.com, an informational website with lots of articles concerning Social Media and everything surrounding it. Enjoy!)

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