Poliblog Perspective

There is a very curious effect going round: Guest Authors for the Guide appear to be publishing their chapters on the Net.

It must be an “under the radar” marketing strategy, designed to give you an extended sample of the book and make you read the rest.

So, dear reader, for an extended sample of the articles in the 2007 Guide to Political Blogging by Iain Dale (and 30 or so other people), take a look at the articles about:

• Blogging and women by Ellee Seymour
• Shotgun Blogging by Nadine Dorries MP (which title should be reserved for old times sake for Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and other terrorist godfathers’ when they get started blogging).

If you come across any other sample chapters that have been published, do drop a comment in the box below.

I can say that I will not be publishing my chapters about “Getting Started in Political Blogging” quite so quickly.

However, I will be publishing a longer version as part of my “Nuts and Bolts of Political Blogging” E-Book in a few weeks (i.e., when I have put several current projects to bed).

I’ll make one other point, now traditional on this blog:

Get a UK domain name for your political blog. If you don’t, it is MUCH more difficult to reach the British public through Google UK.

Of the 53 or so “leading bloggers” (quotes because it includes me) profiled in the Guide, roughly 40 are still on international domain names.

In my opinion, people who do that are rather foolish - blogging is a difficult enough race as it is, without applying a handicap to yourself as well.

With the current “Alisher Usmanov and Schillings lawyers seeking to close down blogs” problem, you must consider your resilience - but you still need a UK domain name for your blog.

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