Comments on: How To Create Pen Portraits and Understand Your Target Audience http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/ Build your business by sharing what you know Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-2356 Chris Garrett Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:16:17 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-2356 This post is really not about blogging but it is a technique useful for any activity where you have a target audience - use paper and a pencil, post-it notes or a whiteboard if you need. The key is to understand everything you can about your audience, who/what they are about, where they are alike and where they differ This post is really not about blogging but it is a technique useful for any activity where you have a target audience – use paper and a pencil, post-it notes or a whiteboard if you need. The key is to understand everything you can about your audience, who/what they are about, where they are alike and where they differ

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14854 Chris Garrett Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14854 This post is really not about blogging but it is a technique useful for any activity where you have a target audience - use paper and a pencil, post-it notes or a whiteboard if you need. The key is to understand everything you can about your audience, who/what they are about, where they are alike and where they differ This post is really not about blogging but it is a technique useful for any activity where you have a target audience – use paper and a pencil, post-it notes or a whiteboard if you need. The key is to understand everything you can about your audience, who/what they are about, where they are alike and where they differ

]]> By: Patrice http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-2353 Patrice Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:02:21 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-2353 Chris, This list is great. My problem is that I do not understand the way to go about doing what you suggest. I have a blog on blogspot just because I figured out how to set it up but I don't understand linking, tags or all these different blog hosts. I am a writer and my blogs usually deal with some aspect of writing, publishing and marketing and I would like to connect with people interested in these topics but I am internet illiterate. I read lists like yours and get paralyzed by my ignorance of how to physically complete the tasks noted. Is there a dummies guide to blogging that would address these issues? Thanks so much for taking the time to help novice bloggers. Chris,

This list is great. My problem is that I do not understand the way to go about doing what you suggest. I have a blog on blogspot just because I figured out how to set it up but I don’t understand linking, tags or all these different blog hosts. I am a writer and my blogs usually deal with some aspect of writing, publishing and marketing and I would like to connect with people interested in these topics but I am internet illiterate. I read lists like yours and get paralyzed by my ignorance of how to physically complete the tasks noted. Is there a dummies guide to blogging that would address these issues? Thanks so much for taking the time to help novice bloggers.

]]> By: Patrice http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14853 Patrice Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14853 Chris, This list is great. My problem is that I do not understand the way to go about doing what you suggest. I have a blog on blogspot just because I figured out how to set it up but I don't understand linking, tags or all these different blog hosts. I am a writer and my blogs usually deal with some aspect of writing, publishing and marketing and I would like to connect with people interested in these topics but I am internet illiterate. I read lists like yours and get paralyzed by my ignorance of how to physically complete the tasks noted. Is there a dummies guide to blogging that would address these issues? Thanks so much for taking the time to help novice bloggers. Chris,

This list is great. My problem is that I do not understand the way to go about doing what you suggest. I have a blog on blogspot just because I figured out how to set it up but I don’t understand linking, tags or all these different blog hosts. I am a writer and my blogs usually deal with some aspect of writing, publishing and marketing and I would like to connect with people interested in these topics but I am internet illiterate. I read lists like yours and get paralyzed by my ignorance of how to physically complete the tasks noted. Is there a dummies guide to blogging that would address these issues? Thanks so much for taking the time to help novice bloggers.

]]> By: Ashley Cecil http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1531 Ashley Cecil Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:27:35 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1531 Oh, the art of pleasing your readers. And here I thought I as a blogger I would write whatever I wanted. Turns out I linger on every suggestion and carefully rewrite/rethink before posting to accommodate for my readers interest. Well worth it and enjoyable nonetheless. Oh, the art of pleasing your readers. And here I thought I as a blogger I would write whatever I wanted. Turns out I linger on every suggestion and carefully rewrite/rethink before posting to accommodate for my readers interest.

Well worth it and enjoyable nonetheless.

]]> By: Ashley Cecil http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14852 Ashley Cecil Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:27:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14852 Oh, the art of pleasing your readers. And here I thought I as a blogger I would write whatever I wanted. Turns out I linger on every suggestion and carefully rewrite/rethink before posting to accommodate for my readers interest. Well worth it and enjoyable nonetheless. Oh, the art of pleasing your readers. And here I thought I as a blogger I would write whatever I wanted. Turns out I linger on every suggestion and carefully rewrite/rethink before posting to accommodate for my readers interest.

Well worth it and enjoyable nonetheless.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1518 Chris Garrett Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:00:12 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1518 @Bes - I might revisit this, there is a lot still that can be discussed @Craig - Cool, thanks :) @Mark - Yes, definitely <a href="http://www.chrisg.com/whats-even-more-important-than-a-headline/">I wrote about that</a> earlier @Bes – I might revisit this, there is a lot still that can be discussed

@Craig – Cool, thanks :)

@Mark – Yes, definitely I wrote about that earlier

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14851 Chris Garrett Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14851 @Bes - I might revisit this, there is a lot still that can be discussed @Craig - Cool, thanks :) @Mark - Yes, definitely <a href="http://www.chrisg.com/whats-even-more-important-than-a-headline/" rel="nofollow">I wrote about that</a> earlier @Bes – I might revisit this, there is a lot still that can be discussed

@Craig – Cool, thanks :)

@Mark – Yes, definitely I wrote about that earlier

]]> By: Mark Alves http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1501 Mark Alves Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:06:26 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1501 You might add: How informed are they? If writing for audiences of varying levels of familiarity with your topic, you'll need to address those with the least amount of knowledge. You might add: How informed are they? If writing for audiences of varying levels of familiarity with your topic, you’ll need to address those with the least amount of knowledge.

]]> By: Mark Alves http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14850 Mark Alves Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14850 You might add: How informed are they? If writing for audiences of varying levels of familiarity with your topic, you'll need to address those with the least amount of knowledge. You might add: How informed are they? If writing for audiences of varying levels of familiarity with your topic, you’ll need to address those with the least amount of knowledge.

]]> By: Craig http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1500 Craig Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:57:01 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1500 I am a real beginner at this and reading your blogs is pushing me inexorably towards joining the world of bloggers. This has been one of the most rewarding of the series that I have read thus far, one could go so far as to say inspirational... I am a real beginner at this and reading your blogs is pushing me inexorably towards joining the world of bloggers. This has been one of the most rewarding of the series that I have read thus far, one could go so far as to say inspirational…

]]> By: Craig http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14849 Craig Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14849 I am a real beginner at this and reading your blogs is pushing me inexorably towards joining the world of bloggers. This has been one of the most rewarding of the series that I have read thus far, one could go so far as to say inspirational... I am a real beginner at this and reading your blogs is pushing me inexorably towards joining the world of bloggers. This has been one of the most rewarding of the series that I have read thus far, one could go so far as to say inspirational…

]]> By: Bes http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1499 Bes Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:55:52 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1499 Heh. You might, and you might also give some readers useful things to read while they stay up all night like owls looking for some good information to quench their thirst. ;) Heh. You might, and you might also give some readers useful things to read while they stay up all night like owls looking for some good information to quench their thirst. ;)

]]> By: Bes Zain http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14848 Bes Zain Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:55:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14848 Heh. You might, and you might also give some readers useful things to read while they stay up all night like owls looking for some good information to quench their thirst. ;) Heh. You might, and you might also give some readers useful things to read while they stay up all night like owls looking for some good information to quench their thirst. ;)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1496 Chris Garrett Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:28:56 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1496 Absolutely, knowing your audience is key to getting advertising deals. I think if I did each as a separate post I might lose some readers to sleep? ;) Absolutely, knowing your audience is key to getting advertising deals. I think if I did each as a separate post I might lose some readers to sleep? ;)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14847 Chris Garrett Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:28:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14847 Absolutely, knowing your audience is key to getting advertising deals. I think if I did each as a separate post I might lose some readers to sleep? ;) Absolutely, knowing your audience is key to getting advertising deals. I think if I did each as a separate post I might lose some readers to sleep? ;)

]]> By: Bes http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1494 Bes Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:26:37 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1494 Excellent point. Writing posts about making money can attract traffic, but one also has to know why people are looking for such posts and what kind of information they usually like to read. Wow, you should use those "things" as a list and write a post on each describing different examples and techniques in detail. :) Pen Portraits can help the customers/readers/audience more as the advertisers/bloggers can know what people actually need and want. Excellent point. Writing posts about making money can attract traffic, but one also has to know why people are looking for such posts and what kind of information they usually like to read.

Wow, you should use those “things” as a list and write a post on each describing different examples and techniques in detail. :)

Pen Portraits can help the customers/readers/audience more as the advertisers/bloggers can know what people actually need and want.

]]> By: Bes Zain http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14846 Bes Zain Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14846 Excellent point. Writing posts about making money can attract traffic, but one also has to know why people are looking for such posts and what kind of information they usually like to read. Wow, you should use those "things" as a list and write a post on each describing different examples and techniques in detail. :) Pen Portraits can help the customers/readers/audience more as the advertisers/bloggers can know what people actually need and want. Excellent point. Writing posts about making money can attract traffic, but one also has to know why people are looking for such posts and what kind of information they usually like to read.

Wow, you should use those “things” as a list and write a post on each describing different examples and techniques in detail. :)

Pen Portraits can help the customers/readers/audience more as the advertisers/bloggers can know what people actually need and want.

]]> By: Jack http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1470 Jack Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:29:04 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-1470 @Chris They are indeed called actors...anyone (or anything) that interacts with a system through a use case I like the subtlety between who people think they are and who they actually are. So true. We all like to delude ourselves from time to time... @Chris
They are indeed called actors…anyone (or anything) that interacts with a system through a use case

I like the subtlety between who people think they are and who they actually are. So true. We all like to delude ourselves from time to time…

]]> By: Jack http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14845 Jack Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:29:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/how-to-create-pen-portraits-and-understand-your-target-audience/#comment-14845 @Chris They are indeed called actors...anyone (or anything) that interacts with a system through a use case I like the subtlety between who people think they are and who they actually are. So true. We all like to delude ourselves from time to time... @Chris
They are indeed called actors…anyone (or anything) that interacts with a system through a use case

I like the subtlety between who people think they are and who they actually are. So true. We all like to delude ourselves from time to time…

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