A Blog Too Casual

Blogs thrive on their image as a spontaneous, constantly updated and somewhat intimate format. Blogs are a sort of broadcasting, with the bloggers spreading their words, thoughts and accounts of current events across the world from their keyboards to a large audience. The best blogs manage to be casual and conversational without slipping into poor form.nnMost blogging software contains a spell checker integrated into the program. If yours doesn't, there are a number of "right click" spell checkers that can check your spelling from the blog's entry window. Use whichever one you prefer but always use a spell check. Misspellings take away from the credibility of the writer and can do a great disservice to the blog.nnBefore you post something on line, make sure it's true. Blogs are sometimes used as propaganda tools, to be sure, but the most popular ones have a reputation for providing relevant and, most importantly, accurate, information about the subjects which they cover. If you happen to be authoring a commercial blog, be sure to avoid libeling your competitors. Blogs are a written form of communication and leveling untrue charges against anyone therein is a very serious matter; potentially one that can lead to legal entanglements.nnYour blog can be fun and casual while also being literary and even high-brow. Many scientists maintain blogs that describe their work in subjects as diverse as molecular biology and astrophysics. The popularity of these blogs comes from the fact that the authors manage to create fun entries without being trite and to be intellectual without being stuffy.nnIf you're worried about your writing skills, consider writing in a word processing program first and using the spelling and grammar check in that program before entering text into your blog. This way, you can simply cut and paste the blog text into your site when it's all ready to go instead of proofreading on the fly. If you really want to be pro and avoid the linguistic pitfalls of many blogs, print out your text and proofread it on paper before posting it. Remember, the world will be reading. You owe it to them to give text a proofread before you post it.nnBlogs that are extremely personal are usually only interesting to close friends and family. If you're trying to draw an audience, remember to include information that's generally interesting, not just personally so.nnHave a blog, but struggling for traffic? In my “Fast Blog Traffic Report” I reveal some proven, seldom revealed in public kind of techniques to driving massive traffic to any blog.