My past few posts have been related to my trip to Disney World. I hope you’ve enjoyed them, but I am compelled to return to the main purpose of Building Content – to help my fellow Architects become great professional bloggers.
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I’ll take one last look at the Orlando trip, not as a travelogue, but as an example of how consistent blogging can lead to new opportunities. In addition to my posts here at Building Content, I also guest blog on the member site UPworld and I am active on a few key social networking sites including Architizer, LinkedIn, and Twitter. These extracurricular online activities, coupled with blogging, form the framework of my story, presented here briefly.
Prior to the Coverings 2010 show, Architizer established a contest to send a guest blogger to the event. The entry itself was a blog of sorts; a 200 word self promotion pitch. The selected entry (linked here) was a light-hearted, if not cheesy, take on the Disney’s What’s Next ad campaign “I’m going to Disney World!”
I was flown to Orlando, met some great people (Nicole, Mark, Ryan) learned a lot and prepared this recap blog (linked here) after the show.
Meanwhile, back at UPworld, I had been conversing with Duane Craig who was seeking a LEED AP architect to interview for a pod cast on his own blog, The Construction Informer. Duane contacted me based on my member profile and a few earlier shared comments. Although credentialed, I didn’t feel qualified to discuss the LEED process, but I was interested in expanding my network through Duane’s pod cast. Fresh off the WordPress, I suggested my Architizer guest post as content for our interview.
After a bit of coordination, we connected and produced this podcast (linked here).
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The long and short of it is that social network connections can and should positively impact others. Your blog content can be shared and exchanged and formatted in new ways to enrich different audiences. Be open to opportunities, enter online contests, seek the opportunities that abound in your social networks.
Take a first step and share your story here.
Now, add your own content and make this a conversation; please comment below.
This is great info for all bloggers but especially those who haven’t quite seen the benefits of social media as respects their blog. The opportunity to network is tremendous for bloggers and can lead to great opportunities such as the ones you have had and will no doubt continue to have. Thank you for sharing this.