"Blog About It..."

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being invited to a blogger's networking event at the Broadway Comedy Club...


It's one of the first real events I have been to in a long time. These days, I have encased myself in a nonsocial bubble where I felt like the Wizard of Oz; working from behind the curtain, but never actually interacting with the real world. I base most of my social interaction through the internet, which is one disadvantage to social media. Most of the people at the event were there to boost the influence of their blogs and themselves through their digital footprint. Most ranged from performers, to comics to general bloggers who were looking for some advice. This a couple of key items I got from the event...

-Keep fan/personal pages (Facebook) separate, in some cases: I currently do this now on Facebook. As much as I would like to spread the word to all my friends about the videos I create, I still want Video Vix[o]n to be separate from Vixon, mainly for employment reasons.

-Edit your "digital footprint" well: Your digital footprint is everything that encompasses your presence online. Making sure that all of the facets to your social media realm are up-to-date, not incriminating and clean is crucial.

-Put out your strongest material: Nobody wants to see your worst work. Putting out content that is sub-par is not only going to drive people away, but it will help influence others not to share your content for any reason.

-Blogging is a huge undertaking: I should know this very well. My blog has evidently devolved throughout the years, and in my efforts to restructure it, it is hard work. Blogging definitely takes a lot of effort.

-Identify people you like and talk to them (Twitter) to build following: I've been trying to talk to Kanye West for the longest, lol. But seriously, I think this is a good tactic in getting noticed and building up your visibility online.

-If people are talking about your content, they don't necessarily have to "like" it:
"I saw your video and it was funny"
"Did you like it?"
"Yeah, I liked it..."
"No, I mean did you like it on Youtube?"
That's usually how most of my conversations go with my close friends, but now I realize that it doesn't matter if they don't hit that "like" buttton (thought it would be nice to see), but as long as they're talking about it.


-Make good shit!: Pretty self explanatory.


With all this good advice, I should be blogging myself to success in no time right? Not exactly, but I will keep these lessons in mind as I continue to shape my "media empire." My blog my not go back to what it was, but at least I can make it evolve into something better. Lesson learned.


-Video Vix[o]n