Blogger's guide to Media Blogs

“Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great!”

Based on Chief Gusteau’s signature quote from the movie Ratatouille (If you haven’t watched one of the most loving computer animation movies of 2007, be nice to yourself and watch it), I believe the same concept can be tied into writing. So here it is my phenomenon observation:

Anyone can write media blogs, but only the ambiguous will be read.

It’s a long stretch? I think not.

Writing is something everyone can do. Regardless of the grades you received in English class during grade school, you can still create appealing weblogs. Anyone who has a voice will attract attention across the web. But there are differences between an amateur blog and a professional blog. Follow the guidelines below as you blog and you will find the numbers on your Statcounter shoot out of the roof.

Discover then blog.

It is impossible for anyone to run out of topics to blog about when it comes to celebrities and/or today’s popular news. Blogging about the pop culture is different than any other sort of blogging. If there’s a channel that only reports celebrities, the show will run for eternality. Since there are stories out there, it’s your job as a blogger to go out there and search for them. Places to search for juicy stories and gossips are any of the celebrity magazines, TV shows and popular celebrity blogs. If you feel like you’re out of stories to blog about, then you’re certainly NOT doing a good job at scavenging hunt.
There’s also a difference between finding a story and finding the story. Blogging about popular news is one thing, but what most readers grave for is discovering rare news. It might be hard to find them, but once you wrote a few of them on your website, the number of many returning readers will increase.

Blog. Discover. Repeat.

To have the most desirable blog, you must an active updater. Pop news, especially ones about celebrities, is most people’s addiction. If you wish to bring your weblog to a higher level than those hundreds of armature’s blogs, you must update your entries daily with fresh hot news. This progress takes a tremulous amount of time, hence explains why most of the popular celebrity blogs belong to those who careers in it. Surf around, google for popular celebrity blogs and you will find most of them belong to young trendy authors who basically live off their website. But if your purpose of blogging is for entertainment, update your website every 2- 3 days will get you a decent amount of returning readers.

Be active.

The difference in writing blogs about pop culture and other topics is the spontaneous voice it delivers. When blogging you should pretend that your writing is the script for the MTV News. It’s also important keep in mind who your audiences are. Most of the people who read celebrity blogs are those of 16 to 30. Knowing the age range for the readers, you should blog in their voice and tone. This is a great way to build yourself a strong relationship between the readers and you. Once you have a solid relationship, you words and idea would be highly respected.

Sound smart. But not TOO smart.

Being active in your blog is one thing, but without the correct vocabulary it wouldn’t be easy to obtain that voice. Choosing the appropriate vocabulary in your blog is easy. Knowing who your audiences are, you should obtain a basic understanding of their vocabulary level and talk using their words and sentences. Avoid choosing sophisticated terminology in your blogs might not be the appropriate thing to do. If you sound too smart, your blogs will come out dry and boring. It’s those witty and slangs that make up an idea pop culture blog. But don’t go over the top or else you may be judged as unintelligent. The main key point is to write like the readers communicate.

For best results, apply with your formal writing skills.

As I mentioned in the beginning, writing this sort of blog is different from writing a formal essay paper because it requires a more active and social approach. For example, add some short and sweet sentences to have the hyper effect. However this doesn’t mean you should ignore the basic principles to writing. In fact, writing any blog requires more attention in paragraph organization and content. Since the writing revolves with mainly personal statements and commentaries, it’s crucial to have a strong balance between actual commentaries and personal intakes.

1. Introduction paragraph should have the main focus of the entire. Usually a picture and couple sentences of summary would do the job.
2. Middle paragraph is where all the criticism, critiques, and personal statements comes in. Be careful and don’t overwhelm the readers with too much detail to the commentaries or else the entry will become dry. Remember that media news spread fast, so most readers are more likely to be interested in what you have to comment rather than re-reading about the incident. Also have a strong organization because you don’t want to have your readers become frustrated filtering out the dry information and your witty comical comments.
3. In the Conclusion paragraph, it’s best to end the entry with a chic. It’s hard to obtain this if you’re rarely exposed to people’s media blogs and/or celebrity-based documentary TV shows. The key is to read more and learn the way they talk.

Remember the Golden Rule

Yes, it will still apply even when you’re online. This type of blog requires high criticism in a humorous way. If you’re being too judgmental or just plain harsh with your words, you will either be extremely loved by rational readers or utterly despised by sensitive readers. It’s really a 50/50 chance for your reputation to either rise or fall. Bottom line is, if you write anything that’s profane about celebrities, you will face the consequences. So please, criticize as much as you want, but keep it rated R. Foul languages not only will offend many readers, but it will also cost your credibility as a blogger.

General Dos and DON’Ts.

Do keep blogs to a medium length. If it’s too long, most people will end up only looking at the pictures.

Do have pictures for your blogs. After all, pictures are worth a thousand words.

Do make some predictions. Making predictions and/or betting on celebrities’ next big move is every fanatic fan’s joy of fun.

Do add amusing criticism but don’t over do it.

Do have outside sources if your story is found on some other websites (You can just add a hyperlink at the end of your blog). This way it will encourage readers to believe your story.

Don’t forget to add your sources please.

Don’t get too serious about your blogs.

Don’t be offended by some of the comments from readers. You need to keep in mind that not everyone agrees with everyone’s opinions.

It might seem an awful a lot of information but once you start writing your entries, all this will come to you. Remember to write every blog with passion and you will be getting many positive feedbacks!