So, I had come up with the concept for a weekly feature called What Would We Do Wednesdays. The idea was this: You all would send in questions, and Poe and myself would answer on our respective blogs with our version of our answer. Sort of a “he said/she said” type of thing. Only two of you submitted questions, and my idea died a slow painful death.
BUT – I still want to do a weekly feature! So… What do you want to see here?
The other idea I had, but hadn’t tried was the same sort of idea… You all would send in questions. I would keep track of them, and post one a week. You all would answer on your own blog and/or in my comments (and I would answer too.) I’m not talking about writing prompts or hypothetical “what would you do’s.” I’m talking about actual advice for real problems – ranging from, “My kid keeps eating paste, what do I do” to “I think my marriage is falling apart, what do I do?”
I think it could lead to some interesting dialogue, and I get to run the show and be the boss which appeals to my anal retentive perfectionist self.
OR – I’m open to anyone’s ideas for a weekly feature. Does someone out there have an idea, and just don’t want to do it on your own blog? Is something missing that you’d like to see on a blog? Please let me know.
A weekly blog review may work well for you. Given proper promotion, it should bring you visitors as well as blogs applying to receive the review.
There is a blog review blog; in our case it seemed the blushing reviewer, who had to “admit” reading our stories had a bit of a hard time getting through the review.
As freshly updated blogs scroll on the blogger.com homepage there is an unending source of material to consider. Blogger Chicks notes updated blogs as “hot” which would be another source.
Now, I gain the first spot on the review list? {laughing}
I loved the WWWDW idea, needless to say 🙂
Because I blog so little I find it hard to keep up with anything weekly – I do an open mike on adoption stuff every other week, and that’s about all I can manage. So I give you great credit for trying a weekly feature again.
Maybe another idea along the lines of the blog review – a review of a different blog group or listing service or blog project. You have some really interesting stuff going down the sides of your blog, but I don’t know a thing about most of them and would be interested in hearing more.