Seven steps to a better blog from Chris Brogan

Ready to take your blog and blogging to the “next level” (whatever that means to you)?  Chris Brogan has seven really simple things you can do to help you improve your blog and blogging:

• Hire an editor
• Be the About
• Use FeedBurner 
• Pay attention to the FORMAT of your writing
• Make it easy to comment
• Tell us something new
• Start storing up posts for rainy days

Source: Seven Blog Improvements You Can Make Today | chrisbrogan.com

I try to work with the “if you can’t be first, be smarter” mantra (I know I’ve said that here before).  If you’re going to take the time to read this blog, I do want to make it worth your time.

One thing I like to do for a better (I think) blog and post is to stop and think.  Challenge yourself.  Are you contributing or parroting.  I read what lots of others are saying and either connect the dots or fill in the gaps.  Not always easy, and that’s why often I don’t post “big news” until later in the day.

For blog format, I should put more pictures into my stuff, but I forget.  I like the writing part, but a picture or two can really make a post pop out.

If you had to give your seven tips or add to these … what would yours be?