By Youth.SG Campus Spy Blogger Mentor, Darryl Kang

1. Why does anyone want
to read your blog?
Darryl Kang (darrylkang@dk.sg)

2. • blog.dk.sg
• @dk on Twitter

3. Before we start...
• Why does anyone want to listen to me talk
about “Why does anyone want to read
your blog?”

4. Before we start...
• Vina told me to come
• My teacher told me to come
• Got free food and drinks
• I’m in the wrong room....

5. I want to be a
Campus Spy! WOOHOO!!!!

6. Why does anyone want
to read your blog?
Ask yourself this question:
• Every morning
• Before you blog
• Before you click the publish button
• Whenever you are free

7. So WHY???

8. Why?
• Why do some blogs get lots of readers?
• Why do some bloggers get all the invites?
• Why do some bloggers get all the freebies?
• Why do some bloggers become famous?
• WHY WHY WHY?

9. Why does anyone want
to read your blog?
• You are pretty
• You are handsome
• You are famous

10. What if you are not?

11. Blog about something
Special
• Something nobody else blogged about
• Something interesting
• Something people want to know
• Something you know and nobody else
know

12. Blog about something
Current
• Something that is happening now
• Something that happen few hours ago
• Something that happen today
• Something that happen recently

13. Blog about something
Useful
• Tips and tricks
• How to ...
• Reviews

14. Blog about something
Entertaining
• Comic
• Jokes
• Funny things you see

15. Blog about something
Beautiful
• Beautiful landscape
• Beautiful people
• Beautiful photo/music/video
• Beautiful poem/quote/story
• Anything beautiful

16. Blog about something
people want to read
Don’t blog about:
• Just yourself (unless you are pretty,
handsome or famous)
• Advertisements
• Whining....
• Things that nobody cares

17. Blog about something
ANYTHING!!!

18. Blog about anything?
• Don’t worry if nobody reads your blog
• You can never get it right the first time
• Find your strength and weakness
• Explore the blogsphere

19. But most importantly...

20. Enjoy