Blogging: Who Are You?

Who are you? is probably the most important and yet overlooked aspect of blogging activity.

When you visit a blog, you want to know who the person is behind the words that are written before you accept the information you receive as factual.

Who are you? What are you blogging about? What are your qualifications? Why are you blogging?

All these questions should be answered by you if you expect your visitors to trust anything you have to say, especially if your blog is an "educational" type.

Who are you?, is extremely important if you run a "How To" blog on almost anything.

People want to know abut your qualifications and that you are credible before they take anything you say "to the bank"; so why not provide the information up front?

If you have a website or blog, why not take some time to check your "Contact" or "About Page" to insure that the information you provide your visitors instills faith that you know what you are talking about.

If you don't already have a "Contact" or "About Page" on your website or blog; it's probably a good time to set one up.

Having this single page can help people decide whether or not what you have to say is worth of reading and writing about or linking to.

You don't need to provide your complete resume, but you need to provide something that gives your readers a clue as to who you are.

If you use wordpress.com; the WordPress Theme you have chosen probably already features an "About Page".

Check your sidebar or in the header, for a link to "About". If it's not there, you can easily add it by clicking Manage > Pages and adding an About Page of your own.

You don't have to include your life history in your "About" page, but you should tell people something about you, even if you use a fictitious name, in order for them to trust what you say.

If you have a business site; you must provide certain bits of information in order to do business.

You must provide an address, your URL, and a valid email address. Otherwise, it's not necessary to give out this information.

What you choose to share with your visitors is entirely up to you, but it's a good idea to provide enough information so that your visitors know; Who are you? What you're writing about? Why you're writing about it? and Why they should listen to you.

If your visitors now can't answer the question, Who are you? You need to get to work!