Where The Hell Am I Going With This?

The blog of Life

I don't know, where you going?  Don't look at me!   I'm not your destiny guide.  Why are you looking at me like that?  How am I suppose to know? Didn't I point out that this blog is something out of Mary Poppins?  

It's occurred to me that this blog is a wandering conflict of genres.  I have relationship advice to Marketing strategies.  This will never change--for this blog.  This is the hub for all things me.  However, having different blogs for different topics can target an audience you seek. 

Yes, this is Marketing advice.  This blog is an example of How Not to do "it".  It being whatever you want to market.  Branding is important.  Sometimes people have different products to brand.  How do you bring them together?  Sometimes you don't.  Other times, you can find a way to tie each topic together.  Trail riding isn't a far cry from hiking because they both use trails.  Fantasy books aren't a far cry from Sci-Fi books because they share an element that can seem too far fetched (yet seem real).  Mix romance in to those topics and you have a future jumping vampire that goes back in time to save his lady love.  Is that a genre yet?

Stick to one topic.  I've heard this many times.  It's sound advice.  Wouldn't it be great if every man, woman and child wanted your book?  No.  The marketing cost for that project would take more money than God.  Unloading your wad to mass general populace would be indecent exposure.  People get fired or put in jail for that.  Unless you're a porn star don't try this.  Start with the people interested in your book before (if ever) you try mass exodus.  Even the bible started with a small target audience.

Personalization. Do what the heck you want with your blog.  Stick to relevant topics but your voice is unique.  Use it.  If you feel strongly about politics, put it in there.  This BS about being void of opinion solicits the non uniqueness of bland town.  Your writing to an audience who has opinions.  People get offended at milk cheese.  Is your blog aiming to make everybody happy?  The everybody's not a j-hole and life is perfect blog.  Boring.  With one exception--"The Key Class" is the best blog I've ever seen in the category of "let's everybody not be an ass".  But that blog's mission is to help everybody not be an ass.  Yet you still hear the "voice" of The Key Class over the Internet waves.  Even Captain Spock aboard the USS Enterprise had personality.  If a Vulcan can do it so can you.

But if you find you're blog doesn't have one concentrated topic, then call it life.  Or Nose droppings.