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Posts Tagged ‘OC/IC blogging’
“New” Indie Blogger: Vagrant Vicar
Check out Will Meyer’s new – well new to me – blog on the indie experience over at Vagrant Vicar. And if you know of other active indie bloggers you think we should be reading by all means drop a note in the comments. Tweet
God-Blogging: The Ring Cycle
I stumbled upon this “tip” regarding scheduling one’s use of Twitter. I use Twitter, but only on a limited basis as most regulars might already know. But it did spark an idea relating to God-blogging. If as part of on’es God-blogging one were to “assign” an idea, a theme, or similar to each day of [...]
Now The Tricky Part: Getting Them Talking
There is definitely something working within our OC/IC context that inhibits engagement generally, and sustained engagement particularly. I am not entirely certain what this “something” is, I have some working theories and would very much like to read yours. However, I find it disheartening to compare our sites (or lack thereof) with, for example, Episcopal, [...]
Stay! Find A Niche And Stay There.
One tip I see over and over again is be consistent. That is to say restrain the themes of your blog to a particular set. You may have noticed that I never write about the politics and issues of other sacramental traditions here – it is a conscious decision one that keeps this site focussed [...]
Sit With It: The Zen of Quality
Some of the reading I’ve been doing suggests you abandon blogging altogether because it is becoming too professionalized, to commercial, it is no longer the “indie” “underground” fraternal activity it once was. Instead these authors are encouraging the greater use of social networking like Facebook and Twitter (I’ll post on these later). Other articles, far [...]
3 Min. / 300 Words
People have a very short attention span and, if recent studies are accurate it is even shorter when viewing things on line. One article I read recently (sorry can’t find the link again) said that a recent experiment shows that the majority of visitors will not watch an online video beyond the three minute mark. [...]
Furthering Discussion – Shifting Sand, Raising the Level of Engagement
We’ve got a thread going talking about raising the level of identification within our community with our OC/IC tradition. I’ve been asking for your ideas – and look forward to hearing more of them. However, as I was making my “rounds” this afternoon it dawned on me that I’d not put A, and B, and [...]