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ses5909
11-08-2007, 10:22 PM
Some of the best blogs I read are where the author relates a story or some info they experierienced first-hand.

Shyflower did this recently: Older Space How Do You Measure Success? (http://older-space.com/freelance-tips/freelance-success/)

and I think she did it so well. She told a story and related it to her message. So many times people just try to say the message but an example is really needed to illustrate it. Very nice post Linda.
davemcnally
11-08-2007, 10:26 PM
I enjoyed that article too. I liked the way the two were compared :)
shyflower
11-09-2007, 01:41 PM
Wow... thank you both! :blush:
ses5909
11-09-2007, 01:44 PM
I actually like it so much that today when I read an article that took a similar approach, it inspired a blog post from me: Once Upon a Time (http://www.theblogexperiment.com/blog/2007/11/09/once-upon-a-time/)
shyflower
11-09-2007, 01:56 PM
Well you outdid me & foo. Two personal stories in your post! Well done! :)
ses5909
11-09-2007, 02:10 PM
Well quantity is not better than quality which I can't outdo, but I do my best!
berlinlife06
11-10-2007, 03:56 PM
My blog is mostly personal, so, most of the content are personal stories. Most of the blogs I read are basically also based on peoples experiences. I think that is something that you can't find in other places.
aerofreak
11-13-2007, 05:32 PM
yeah lots of my posts are somhow inspired by me like my feelings about Lindsay Lohan (http://thirdworldchaos.blogspot.com/2007/10/sorry-lindsay-lohan-you-just-became.html)and lot more. i love to relate my story on my post.
Dan Schulz
11-14-2007, 08:22 AM
Nothing on a blog, but the General Chat area of SitePoint is littered with personal stories of mine. Usually involving things like the drug dealing next door neighbors (who've already been arrested and released despite living just down the street from an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - figure that one out), drive-by shootings, the dealing neighbor's place being shot up, or my unwanted trips to the emergency room over complete, pure and utter BS.
ses5909
11-14-2007, 08:45 AM
All of that would make great blog content Dan. I've read several of your posts there.
Dan Schulz
11-14-2007, 09:10 AM
What, and the video I linked to from YouTube of a US Navy carrier-based squadron with too much time on its hands doesn't? :p
Dan Schulz
11-14-2007, 09:20 AM
Ok, here's one of those threads I was talking about earlier (copied to my temp-blog).

http://my.opera.com/Dan%20Schulz/blog/2007/06/19/why-does-this-keep-happening-to-me
erikko
11-23-2007, 03:28 PM
it is really effective if you include personal experience in your posts that way it is not mistaken as a Press Release or something