Today is another WordCount Blogathon Theme Day! The topic is “if I started blogging today I would…” What would I do differently?
I haven’t been a blogger for very long, barely 4 months at this point.
I started my blog, on something like a whim, when I felt that I needed a better place to share my photos and get feedback about them than what I was getting from Facebook. I can’t remember how I came to WordPress, but I like it here. At least for now, WordPress offers everything I need from a blog site.
So I’ve been thinking about it. What would I have done differently?
The most important thing I would change is that I would definitely mark my work as my own, from the beginning. I watermark everything I post now, but I didn’t start out doing that. As far as I know no one stole anything from me, but that was a pointless risk to take. I started watermarking my work when my sister encouraged me to do so, at least a month after I’d started blogging.
It seems so obvious now, but I had little idea of how to actually go about the whole blogging thing, and how easy it is to steal and pass off work as one’s own.
Michelle at WordCount compiled a list of newbie mistakes to avoid. You can check them out on her website, HERE
(Sorry, I couldn’t make this photo apply to this topic!)
Anyway, since I started, I’ve started following a number of other blogs on similar topics, both photographers near my level and ones who have been in the business for a years, as well as non-photographer bloggers! All of these have been fun and interesting to read, and many have inspired me to try new and different things!
For all the bloggers out there, what would YOU do differently, if you started now? Do you have any good tips or advice for a fairly new blogger like me?
