“I
always tell people, start with what you're passionate about. If you truly are
passionate, you'll keep it up.” – Robert Scoble
Good advice, obviously, whether it’s
for something you are writing, or for any other project upon which you are
embarking.
Scoble, who celebrates a birthday
today, is best known as a blogger and for his blog Scobleizer, which
came to prominence during his tenure as a technology evangelist at Microsoft. Now at UploadVR,
he also has worked for Fast Company
as a video blogger, and Rackspace and
its sponsored community site Building 43, writing on breakthrough
technology.
Born in New Jersey, he grew up in
the Silicon Valley – literally in the shadow of Apple’s international
headquarters – and studied journalism and mass communications at San Jose
State. He has legions of followers and
one piece of advice for would-be bloggers is to always maintain your site and
don’t change it. In addition to his blog
and very active use of Twitter, he has written several books including the bestselling
Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing the Way Businesses Talk
with Customers.
“Be the authority on your
product/company,” Scoble advises. “You
should know more about your product than anyone else alive if you're writing a
blog about it.” In other words: Be
Passionate.
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