J.R. Briggs

A Significant Shift in Blogging

February 15, 2012

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It’s hard to believe I’ve been blogging consistently for almost a decade.

What started out as a little experiment/online journal for a few friends to read has developed into a great way to connect with many people from around the globe. As my life and ministry have changed in the past few months, I’ve had to make some significant changes to my time, energy and rhythm. I love blogging, but how I blog, when I blog and how much I blog need to change.

I am still going to be blogging, but it will be different. The world is shifting and so is online communication. People are often looking to scan things than read them in depth. I’ve also realized that it takes a good amount of my time, energy and creativity to blog. Writing long, fully-developed posts on a regular basis can be difficult for me. Creativity takes work.

There will be two noticeable shifts moving forward:

[1] Moving forward, most of my posts will be shorter in nature – a paragraph or two at most.

Marketing guru Seth Godin does this very effectively on his blog, as does life coach Bob Logan. There are other writers, leaders and practitioners who write lengthy posts – and whose blog I will continue to read regularly. There is a place for that, for sure, and I benefit from their thoughts. But I need to make this change as I am making other changes. (Ironically, this post may be one of the longer posts you see in a while.) There will be occasional exceptions, but for the most part, I’ll be sharing ideas that will be shorter than longer. Being shorter will also force me to be clear and get to the point faster. This will take discipline, but it will be good for my growth in communicating.

 [2] In addition, I want to ask you to interact and participate with me further.

I’d like to pose a question or two at the end of many of my posts in the future. I’ve done that in the past – and some have responded, but not as many as I like. I’m assuming people think that these questions are almost entirely rhetorical (they are not). I’d love to have blog readers comment more and respond to the questions and/or ideas posed.

I look forward to continuing to interact with you in the future, but in a slightly different format.

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