Blogging Tip: Best Blogging Quote of The Year
ByOne of my regular blog reads is Daniel’s Daily Blog Tips … he recently posted a great interview with a wildly popular blogger named Liz Strauss of Successful-Blog and one quote just blared out to me with wisdom.
Giving her advice to fellow bloggers, she said: “Breathe. Know that the Internet has no eraser.”
I nominate it for the best blogging advice of the year … and it’ll probably not be unseated for me all year long.
As she appropriately continues in her quote, “Your children, your grandchildren, your future spouse, your future boss, and your future enemy will see what you write eventually.”
Watch what you say. Even though the web is “virtual,” it’s really not. It’s quite permanent. The web has a memory. It gets indexed in search engines, your stuff gets posted on other sites and blogs … and people will find it.
Good advice, great advice, actually, for Christ-followers seeking to make a difference by using blogs … Thanks, Liz!
Hi Cory!
Wow! That’s really something! I’m a little bit speechless — my husband, thank goodness, hasn’t noticed.
Thank you so much for all of the lovely thinks that you said. Thank for your generosity of spirit! What a joy on a Sunday. Know that I truly appreciate it.
You are not a stranger . . .You’re a friend.
Liz
Thanks for all of the lovely “things” too.
Liz, very deserved … more bloggers and in particular Christian bloggers need to hear and take heed of your advice.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
–Cory
Gerry McGovern has some more on this topic in his post, “Don’t let your blog come back to haunt you.”
http://newsweaver.ie/gerrymcgovern/e_article000749116.cfm
“…Blogging is a long-term investment of time, energy and creativity. It is also about discipline, about getting the facts right. Sure, there is impulse involved, but the impulse should not drive you to write something that will make you look foolish in a year’s time.”
There’s a fine line between fool for Christ and just plain foolish.
Mark, thanks for this … great advice!
I’m afraid many Christian bloggers might not see this — or worse, not heed it.
–Cory