The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging … And When To Use Each One
by Rohit Bhargava
Category: Digital Influence
When we are coaching clients on the types of blog posts and what to post about, we often talk about styles of posting and what each is good for. Some types of posts are good when you don’t have time to really write something detailed. Link posts are great to start to provide resources for readers. Using a “top ten” list style is wonderful link bait - using driving curious readers to click and read more. Yet until now, these categories we have intuitively understood haven’t been aggregated together. In an effort to put all of this information together, we just designed a presentation for the World’s Best Presentation Contest over at Slideshare that outlines our list of the 25 basic styles of blogging, and when to use each one. You can see the presentation here:
If you like the presentation, follow the links to SlideShare and add your vote. And if you’re a blogger, let us know which styles you use more often, and if there are others you use which we missed.
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May 1st, 2007 at 10:04 am
[...] Anyone who has been blogging for any period of time definitely develops a unique voice, style and approach to their content. But did you ever hit a dry spell or wonder if there is a more effective way to communicate your message? Ogilvy PR coaches clients on this topic regularly as they discuss types of blog posts and what to post about. Here is an excerpt from their blog posting on the discussion Some types of posts are good when you don’t have time to really write something detailed. Link posts are great to start to provide resources for readers. Using a “top ten†list style is wonderful link bait - using driving curious readers to click and read more. Yet until now, these categories we have intuitively understood haven’t been aggregated together. [...]
May 9th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
[...] Apresentação de Rohit Bhargava e Jesse Thomas, da equipe 360 º Digital Influence da Ogilvy PR, descreve e exemplifica 25 estilos de posts e avalia a facilidade de escrevê-los, seu potencial de geração de buzz e o número de vezes que devem ser usados por semana. Parece uma c****** de regra exagerada, mas pode ser útil para explicar para os clueless o que ajuda a popularizar um blog. [...]
June 11th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
[...] 25 Types of Blogs (Via Alfred Thompson the Cyberspace People Watcher.) Alfred links to Rohit Bhargava and Jesse Thomas’ “The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging.” This is a good read for anyone who blogs or is interested in what blogging is about… and it offers some structure for blogging that teachers can share with their students.
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June 12th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
[...] Continuing with this blogging topic, I came across a great slideshare show, The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging, on Mark Wagner’s Educational Technology and Life Blog. Rohit Bhargava and Jesse Thomas of 360 Digital Influence Blog published the show. Now that I know I have visitors, I will have to apply some of their recommendations. [...]
June 15th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
[...] Rohit Bhargav share this presentation in which 25 basic styles of blogging are identified. Many of these applications to blogging fit perfectly in a variety of educational applications. [...]
August 10th, 2007 at 2:40 am
15 Tipps mit denen Sie Ideen für Ihre Blog-Posts finden
Für viele Blogger ist es, nach einer Anfangsphase, oft schwer neue Themen für Ihren Blog zu finden. Sie haben über all das, was sie bewegt, schon geschrieben. Nun haben sie Schwierigkeiten die Post-Frequenz aufrecht zu erhalten.
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September 11th, 2007 at 6:32 pm
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October 18th, 2007 at 10:11 am
perhaps, through a fusion of various styles, the blogger may generate interest. on my music blog, I use combinations of the photo, link, review, interview, event, feature, video and insight styles. And since music is a broad-spectrum interest, there is plenty of music-related content to glean from.
October 28th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Good for people to know.
March 9th, 2009 at 6:03 am
[...] 1- Rohit Bhargava, “The 25 basic styles of blogging,” retrieved on 8th of March, 2009 from http://blog.ogilvypr.com/2007/04/157/ [...]
March 27th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Amusing to say the least.
April 29th, 2009 at 10:56 am
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May 4th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
[...] Read and view this well made post and presentation by a public relations firm. [...]
May 13th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
[...] The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging … And When To Use Each One Hmmmmm. Just like the 7 archetypal narratives, huh? (tags: blogging blogs guidelines tools tips) [...]