Is Blogging Still a Thing?
Blogs were popular in the 90s and 2000s, when everyone who was anyone seemed to have one. With the rise of Facebook and Instagram everyone has access to their window of social media where they can gain follower, follow others, and most importantly rack up the likes. Yes, I have my instagram handle @prittyright and I have Facebook to keep up with my friends and see cool events. But do I really need a blog too?
Who is reading?
Does anyone visit a blog? If they do, they full of text and fluffy, self-indulgent essays? Sometimes, yes. The rest of the time people visit blogs because they are searchable, last longer than an IG post, and have more actual content. I visit Colin Haley’s blog site all the time, to get inspired by his most recent adventures. I go back to reference Chris Mutzel’s posts on places like Chamonix. And I enjoy Wayne’s posts and especially his traverses list.
Create useful content
Providing good information and a reliable way to access it is at the heart of a good blog. There is a lot of fluff out there. It doesn’t have to be that way. Most people can write good posts, they just might not know how to yet. Here are 10 tips on how to write decent blog posts.
Optimize for Search Engines
Search engines will pick up the key concepts in your post and rank your content search results
There are some good references out there with the rundown on how to optimize you post for search engines like Google.
Blog Climb Repeat!
This blog is about climbing.
I created it to share tips about Jeff and I’s climbing sabbatical that starts on Dec 29th 2019. Climbers looking for info on how to take a sabbatical might want to look at the 2020 the climbing sabbatical experiment. If you are looking for info on the climbing seasons for the alpine mecca the cascades this chart could be useful. I’ll be adding notes on our adventures as I get time between all the climbing and packing and unpacking that life is all about!
Live Climb Repeat!
