Tuesday we had guest speaker Dr. Hochenauer come speak to our class about blogging. Dr. Hochenauer is the creator of Okie Funk blog and he has been blogging since 2004.
Okie Funk is a liberal political blog. When asked why he started this blog Dr. Hochenauer said that he thought there needed to be more liberal voices in the media. He has been employed at many different newspapers and currently works as a professor at the University of Central Oklahoma.
When Dr. Hochenauer came to class, what I was looking to get out of his discussion with us was to get the view of someone who had been blogging for a long time and how to keep it going.
When asked what he thought makes a good blog, Dr. Hochenauer replied that he thinks good writing makes a good blog. How to have a blog you love doing, you have to find something that you are passionate about and that is what makes a good blog. Measuring success isn't always about how many followers you have or if you're making money, its about the personal satisfaction you feel after you have written a post.
Listening to Dr. Hochenauer speak to us, I could tell that he was passionate about his blog and what he was writing about. He said its okay to have times when you just have no idea what to write about. Its okay to take a few days off to gather your thoughts, because something always comes up.
I loves being able to listen to someone speak that has been blogging for a long time. Blogging is something new for me, it's something I've never really tried before. So getting to hear from an experienced blogger and having him put some of my worries about having a successful blog to rest. It makes me confident that since this is something I am passionate about, this blog will be great!
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