@Koka – Exactly, people have different communication and learning styles. Some might learn better from practical exercises too so sometimes it is good to give something for them to do.

@Martin – I think a lot of people have selective blindness to any advice that suggests something is hard work

@Brad – It is very easy to slip over the line into tenderized equine but it is worth the risk I think

@Galba – Agreed! That’s the main point; are you providing value to the reader? If you are, good work, if not, why? See, another of my themes repeated

@Koka – Exactly, people have different communication and learning styles. Some might learn better from practical exercises too so sometimes it is good to give something for them to do.

@Martin – I think a lot of people have selective blindness to any advice that suggests something is hard work

@Brad – It is very easy to slip over the line into tenderized equine but it is worth the risk I think

@Galba – Agreed! That’s the main point; are you providing value to the reader? If you are, good work, if not, why? See, another of my themes repeated

I agree. I write most of my articles as series. The final article is a round up that summarises the previous examples. Here’s an example.

This also enables me to link back to the rest of the articles in the series.
I think the trick is to keep on focussing on what the reader needs. I’ll say it again, repetition is a necessity for the aspiring authority blogger

I agree. I write most of my articles as series. The final article is a round up that summarises the previous examples. Here’s an example.

This also enables me to link back to the rest of the articles in the series.
I think the trick is to keep on focussing on what the reader needs. I’ll say it again, repetition is a necessity for the aspiring authority blogger

But repetition can be a very good thing, if done properly. There’s a fine line between repetition and beating a dead horse (pardon the cliche`).

But repetition can be a very good thing, if done properly. There’s a fine line between repetition and beating a dead horse (pardon the cliche`).

- Martin Reed

- Martin Reed

This is why I think that images in blog posts are so important. besides breaking up the wall of text it give a reader a visual reference to raw from.

This is why I think that images in blog posts are so important. besides breaking up the wall of text it give a reader a visual reference to raw from.

Riffing on this theory, I would say that repeating someone else is not very useful, but repeating yourself (in new and fresh ways) is a good teaching tool. Remember that old chestnut from NLP, “repetition is the mother of skill”?

Then again, I see my blog primarily as a teaching vehicle–a blog like Boing Boing has a different aim so that technique won’t be right for them. But I think most authority sites have that teaching aim, would you agree?

Riffing on this theory, I would say that repeating someone else is not very useful, but repeating yourself (in new and fresh ways) is a good teaching tool. Remember that old chestnut from NLP, “repetition is the mother of skill”?

Then again, I see my blog primarily as a teaching vehicle–a blog like Boing Boing has a different aim so that technique won’t be right for them. But I think most authority sites have that teaching aim, would you agree?