Start a blog devoted to your expertise.
Start a vertical blog.
A vertical blog is for your readers. Personal blogs are great, but they’re focused on you and what you find interesting. They’re not focused on your readers.
A vertical blog is focused. Focus is a competitive advantage. It will be a better blog.
A vertical blog is branded. Its focus re-inforces its branding. People remember and spread brands.
A vertical blog attracts a specific audience. Readers come to a vertical blog because they know it has what they want. And they know you’re the world’s expert on the topic. What is the audience for your personal blog?
Example: mikearrington.com vs. techcrunch.com.
And every once in a while, summarize your vertical blog posts on your personal blog.
Personal blogs are dead, long live vertical blogs.
That’s why I started Venture Hacks.
Nice post! I’d add:
A vertical blog is still a “blog”. It has a personality. You can’t “see” the personality, but you can “feel” it. Example: Techcrunch Vs. GigaOM … Both Vs. CNet
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