Many bloggers who have been posting for some time have intuitively figured out that different types of blog posts typically generate certain responses from readers. It’s not secret that "top ten list posts" are highly popular and that blogging can also help you fulfill your ambitions. We often classify blogs into genres, such as a tech blog or a mom blog. Blogging styles are not about genres, they are about types of blog posts. Any blogger at any time could use a different style that might not ordinarily be considered part of their genre. The most proficient bloggers use many styles through the course of posting – but there hasn’t been a definitive list. For more than two months now, I have been collecting a list of blog styles based on what I have found from the blogs I read. A few weeks ago, Guy Kawasaki’s post about the World’s Best Presentation Contest gave me the idea of turning this list into a presentation to enter into the contest. Thanks to some design help from my colleague Jesse, I just uploaded the presentation into the contest on Slideshare.net and it looks great. Check it out here and if you like it, please add your vote:
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Update (04/18/07): The presentation features many examples of each type of blogging, but several folks have asked to include links in the post so they can more easily get to each link. Here they are for your viewing pleasure …
Insight Blogging
https://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html https://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/future-social-web-experience.cfm
Ambition Blogging
https://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
https://www.snakesonablog.com/2006/01/12/snakes-on-a-blog/
Meme Blogging
https://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/12/fiveish_things_.html https://www.okdork.com/grand-opening-carnival-of-marketing/
Piggyback Blogging
https://www.technorati.com/search/habitaquo
https://www.technorati.com/search/twitter
Life Blogging
https://www.dooce.com/archives/daily/11_19_2004.html
Brand Blogging
https://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/cat_dell.html
https://rocketking.blogspot.com/2006/12/things-i-hate-about-panera.html
Announcement Blogging
https://www.sifry.com/stateoftheliveweb/
Link Blogging
https://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/04/links_for_20070_8.html
https://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/
Video Blogging
https://rohitbhargava.com/2007/01/chalkvertising_.html
Photo Blogging
https://www.amateurgourmet.com/the_amateur_gourmet/2006/11/chutzpah_truffl.html
Review Blogging
https://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/02/09/beyond_newsmastering_yahoo_pipes_is.htm
https://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/04/giuseppe-zanotti-at-the-bluefly/
Evangelist Blogging
https://brand.blogs.com/mantra/2006/03/cancer_mosaic.html
https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/celebrating-earth-day.html
List Blogging
https://www.10e20.com/2006/12/27/101-biggest-stories-in-search-2006/
Survey Blogging
https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/01/romance_survey.html https://mariosundar.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/are-we-bloggers-journalists/
Feature Blogging
https://johnbell.typepad.com/weblog/the_idea_bar/index.html
https://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/
Repost Blogging
Taking a post or article from another location and reposting a significant part of it as a blog post with limited original commentary.
Guest Blogging
https://www.intelchallenge.com/category/blog/
https://www.acsblog.org/cat-guest-bloggers.html
Interview Blogging
https://blog.guykawasaki.com/ten_questions/index.html
Event Blogging
https://rohitbhargava.com/2007/02/10_secrets_of_s.html
https://mashable.com/2007/03/23/under-the-radar/
Live Blogging
https://gawker.com/news/james-frey/james-frey-on-oprah-liveblogging-the-live-feed-150872.php
https://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007-steve-jobs-keynote/
Bridge Blogging
https://www.globalvoicesonline.org
Classified Blogging
https://blog.secondlife.com/2007/04/10/now-hiring-web-content-editor/
https://www.sitesalesblog.com/
Response Blogging
https://www.jetblue.com/about/ourcompany/flightlog/archive_february2007.html
https://searchengineland.com/070208-110711.php
Contact Blogging
https://clooneyproject.livejournal.com/
https://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/18/meet_a_92yearold_blo.html
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Thanks for giving me one more thing to figure out where I fit. I have never thought about different blog posts: I just write what I’m feeling that day.
Well, maybe I need a blog peer-counselor to tell me what my maladies are based on my blogging style. I expect in a few more years we’ll have special counselors for blogging addiction, and alas, I may have a new career.
And isn’t your list longer than 25? Thanks for the ideas!!
Thanks for this interesting collection, I have included the style list into my SMO lecture,
Manfred Leisenberg