Personal Magic BLOG Help

[Scott]

hi,
if u have a question, or problem with your blog, then please ask here for support

PERSONAL BLOG FEATURES :-
Theres a personal blog for each, and every user
Blogs that can be used for anything you like personally, even none magic related stuff, as we all have different interests at heart ( music, art, news, gaming, sports etc ), and its good to see what others interests are apart from magic
so please put the blogs to use, and enjoy them

HERES FEW IDEAS FOR BLOGS IF YOUR STUCK FOR IDEAS :-
• Instructional blogs :-
Instructional Blogs tell people how to do something.

• Informational blogs :-
This is one of the more common blog post types where you simply give information on a topic. It could be a definition post or a longer explanation of some aspect of the niche that you’re writing on.

• Review blogs :-
I know every time I’m considering buying a new product, I look for a review on it first. Reviews come in all shapes and sizes and on virtually every product or service you can think of. Give your fair and insightful opinion to users

• Lists blogs :-
One of the easiest ways to write a blog is to make a list blog. Posts with content like ‘The Top Ten ways to….’, ‘7 Reasons why….’ ‘ 5 Favourite ….’,
its all good to help out others

• Interview blogs :-
Sometimes when you’ve run out of insightful things to say it might be a good idea to let someone else do the talking in an interview (or a guest post).
This is a great way to give your readers a relevant expert’s opinion, and to perhaps even learn something about the topic you’re writing yourself. One tip if you’re approaching people for an interview on your blog - don’t overwhelm them with questions. One of two good questions are more likely to get you a response than a long list of poorly thought through ones.

• Case Studies blogs :-
Another popular type of blog is Case Studies, there are many opportunities to do case studies in different niches, so have a go maybe

• Profile blogs:-
Profile blogs are similar to case studies but focus in on a particular person. Pick an interesting personality in your niche and do a little research on them to present to your readers. Point out how they’ve reached the position they are in and write about the characteristics that they have that others in your niche might like to develop to be successful.
BUT BE NICE WITH THIS ONE PLEASE

• Link blogs :-
The good old ‘link blogs’ is a favourite of many bloggers and is simply a matter of finding a quality post on another site or blog and linking up to it either with an explanation of why you’re linking up, a comment on your take on the topic and/or a quote from the post. Of course adding your own comments makes these posts more original and useful to your readers. The more original content the better but don’t be afraid to bounce off others in this way.

• Problem blogs :-
This is similar to a review blogs (above) but focusses more upon the negatives of a product or service. Don’t write these pieces just for the sake of them - but if you find a genuine problem with something problem blogs can work for you in a blog

• Contrasting two options blogs :-
Life is full of decisions between two or more options. Write a post contrasting two products, services or approaches that outlines the positives and negatives of each choice. In a sense these are review posts but are a little wider in focus.
ie :- should we openly share are videos on the internet for all to see, or not

• Rant blogs :-
get passionate, stir yourself up, say what’s on your mind and tell it like it is. Rants are great for starting discussion and causing a little controversy - they can also be quite fun if you do it in the right spirit. Just be aware that they can also be the beginnings of a flaming comment thread and often it’s in the heat of the moment when we say things that we later regret and that can impact our reputation the most.
SO BE WARNED, REMEMBER ITS YOUR BLOG

• Inspirational blogs :-
On the flip side to the angry rant (and not all rants have to be angry) are inspirational and motivational pieces. Tell a story of success or paint a picture of ‘what could be’. People like to hear good news stories in their niche as it motivates them to persist with what they are doing. Find examples of success in your own experience or that of others and spread the word.

• Research blogs :-
Research blogs can take a lot of time but they can also be well worth it if you come up with interesting conclusions that inspire people to link up to you.
so be creative

• Collation blogs :-
These are a strange combination of research and link posts. In them you pick a topic that you think your readers will find helpful and then research what others have said about it. Once you’ve found their opinion you bring together everyone’s ideas (often with short quotes) and tie them together with a few of your own comments to draw out the common themes that you see.

• Prediction and Review blogs :-
We see a lot of these at the end and start of the year where people do their ‘year in review’ posts and look at the year ahead and predict what developments might happen in their niche in the coming months.
so do you fit ino this type of blog??

• Critique blogs :-
‘Attack blogs’ have always been a part of blogging (I’ve done a few in my time) but these days I tend to prefer to critique rather than attack. Perhaps it’s a fine line but unless I get really worked up I generally like to find positives in what others do and to suggest some constructive alternatives to the things that I don’t like about what they do. I don’t really see the point in attacking others for the sake of it, but as I’ve said before this more a reflection of my own personality than much else I suspect and some people make a name for themselves very well by attacking others.
enough said there i think lolol

• Debate blogs :-
I used to love a good debate in high school - there was something about preparing a case either for or against something that I quite enjoyed. Debates do well on blogs and can either in an organised fashion between two people, between a blogger and ‘all comers’ or even between a blogger and… themselves (try it - argue both for and against a topic in one blog - you can end up with a pretty balanced blog ).

• Hypothetical blogs :-
I haven’t done one of these for a while but a ‘what if’ or hypothetical blog can be quite fun. Pick a something that ‘could’ happen down the track in your industry and begin to unpack what the implications of it would be. ‘What if….Google and Yahoo merged?’ ‘What if …’, you get the idea

• Satirical blogs :-
writing in a satirical form and taking pot shots at politicians (I can’t seem to find the blog to link to). Well written satire or parody can be incredibly powerful and is brilliant for generating users to your blog.

• Memes and Projects :-
write a post that somehow involves your readers and gets them to replicate it in someway. Start a poll, an award, ask your readers to submit a post/link or run a survey or quiz,

This all helps build MPT into a better place to be on, and gets you noticed with other users, and will get you ranked higher up into MPT
so please get a blog going, either on one of the ideas above, or on a toally different subject, or topic you prefer to start
your blog can be on magic if you like, but any subject outside of magic is good too, as its your own personal blog, and will only be controlled by you