Let's Recap
We also looked into Blog Content, Blog Themes, Blogging Motives, Blogging Formats; Styles such as short isolated thoughts posted one after the other and not necessarily with any thread of relatedness as well as personal journal type blogs, Forms such as one-offs and running commentary blogs, Media, Social Networking and Forums as well as Interactive Blogs where the reader can leave comments or contribute in some way.
From here we went on to check out some of the current types of Blogs including: Private Blogs, Corporate Blogs: of both the internal and external PR and promo varieties, Public Blogs, Art Blogs, Video Blogs, Photographic Blogs, Multimedia Blogs, Mobile Device Blogs, etc.
Technologies both established and developing such as Blog Search Engines, Blogging Communities and Blog Directories were introduced.
Blogging Objectives
We are now going to take a closer look at some of these while we develop a more expansive understanding of the whole “blogging thing”. First we will discuss a little more about blogs and what makes blogging possible. If we want to gain greater and wider public attention, adoration or even acclaim we need to understand a little about the basic philosophies behind blogging and the reasons why it exists in the first place.
Then we will be in a position to use this information to our own advantage and as large numbers of people measure personal and corporate advantage by way of the almighty dollar we will start to develop tactics and strategies that will help to assist us to get more than just a little of our share of the green stuff.
Another objective that many strive for is “how to become a guru”. This will also be laid open to you as well as monetizing ideas for blogs, blogging and bloggers.
Education
While it's possible that you may wish to go to university or some other educational institution or even take online study at your own pace courses most of which will cost considerably and I will agree; with you in, that personal advancement is a good thing.
Let me tell you a little of my background as I have had considerable experience in all of this myself. I can assure you that this university thing is not only hard work but whilst at university the pay is not the greatest. At least not until you have graduated.
Being a medical student sucked financially. Being a doctor was definitely better; but it takes six years of being a medical student to become a doctor and another year or two of a residency before they will let you run off into the big wide world to start earning.
The Cruelest Blow of All
Then you find out that the pay; while better than that for most people, is not really the greatest considering the amount of time spent in earning it. The costs and worries of running a business and employing staff are something they never told you about in medical school and most certainly never taught you how to deal with and manage them efficiently.
Then the cruelest blow of all. The taxman turns up and wants more than a share. He wants most of it. So back to the books and specialize. Now as a specialist and consultant the money has improved, the job is more interesting, I am helping more of those who need my expertise but the issues of running a business have still to be resolved.
Business Management Classes
So it was off to learn a little business management for me. This did help. But never content and with my desire to help people in need still burning as strongly as ever I decided that technology would be of value in assisting me to help more people; mainly other doctors, to help more people. So computers get in on the act. This was a good idea.
Enter the Internet
After a number of years the Internet got up a full head of steam and so I decide to see if there were any possibilities of using this phenomenon to assist more people to help even more people. To my great delight the answer was yes and like a bull in a china-shop it I dived into this new medium full gusto.
Computer Technologies
After much fruitful activity it starts to become apparent to me that some of the new and exciting new avenues that the Internet and computer technologies seem to issue forth in a never ending stream along with the negatives of this media; such as the ever present threats of malware and persons with malicious intent, I find a need to become involved in computer and IT security.
Confidentiality and Privacy
This is a subject very close to the heart of the medical profession; namely patient confidentiality and privilege, along with all the ethical and moral issues that this entails and the implications of the electronic world in which we live.
