Hi could you please give me some constructive criticism on my blog?
It is Mostly Triathlon related, Started it up to document my French Club racing adventures over the next 6 months
http://stuartwalpole.blogspot.com/
Cheers
Stuart
6 month reveiw
I’ll start off by saying that I scrolled down your first page and didn’t dig to deep. While I’m just starting with a blog myself I have a few comments. It doesn’t seem very visually appealing. You post lots of pictures which is great but the background and organization seem bland. Also as I scroll through I know nothing about you. Are you appealing to your friends that will be familiar with the places/people you’re talking about or random tri people that might stumble across your blog? If the latter I would include more information in your picture captions or more explanation in your posts. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks thats what i was after, Keep it coming
Great feedback
Stuart
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Hi could you please give me some constructive criticism on my blog?
It is Mostly Triathlon related, Started it up to document my French Club racing adventures over the next 6 months
http://stuartwalpole.blogspot.com/
Cheers
Stuart
Stuart,
- I like your pictures
- There’s a lot more going on in your life/ training that I want to know, but am missing. Are there any stories behind your pictures?
- Your Tri X Off Road post was the best of the bunch. Good content. Editing a paragraphs are a bit tough to handle.
- I like the layout and visual appeal of your blog.
OK, now you do mine. Link below…
Stuart, I took a look at the first page of your blog as well. I’ll echo some of the other comments - it would be good to add context to your posts by more thorough captioning of the pictures. I liked the race report quite a bit as well. Great pictures (although the fish you caught fly fishing was tiny!).
Overall, nice job.
Here’s mine - would love feedback as well. http://joelpstrickland.blogspot.com.
I’d say come up with a consistent theme that encourages readers to come back. Feel free to critique mine - link below.
Good job,
Thanks everyone
Looks like i need to put more content in everything i write and have a strong theme not just a random collection of ideas
It will improve i hope when i move to france to race keep on reading
Stuart
Ps there are some nice blogs with a LOT more content in them than mine!
Sure!
Proofread, proofread, proofread.
As noted by others, more complete thoughts.
The net effect of these two things is that it’ll appear to the reader that you put some effort into the posts. Rhetorical question: if you’re not willing to put effort into creating good content, why should I put in the effort to read it?
Best of luck in your ventures.
Ok Round 2
I’m trying to improve my social media image, For exposure and to try to sell myself ect ect
Has my Blog improved? give it a rate a month or so down the track after i first posted.
http://stuartwalpole.blogspot.com/
What are other elements i can improve on( asking here because Slowtwitch seems to be pretty in tune with the triathlon community) I have Facebook http://www.facebook.com/stuarttriguy and twitter http://twitter.com/#!/StuartWalpole How can i use these to promote myself better as a Athlete?
Any other tips?
Stuart
looks good. Not a huge fan of the color and font of your name though.
Generally speaking…I either go white background/small black font in column format almost like newspaper or dark background with white font etc.
My one overall tip for gaining exposure: lots of short videos. put them on youtube and your site. videos of transitions, pre-races, post-races, training tip, etc.
I like how Terrenzo does his videos. Race recaps done via video. Sets yourself apart.
I think video is key going forward.
Thanks thats not a bad idea may start to play around with some vids
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A few points:
-Banner photo is huge. It messes with your layout so that your sidebar items are pushed down to the second page.
-Crop and position photos so that readers don’t have to scroll through pages of photos to get to the next bit of text content. Explain the photos while you’re at it, especially if they’re not of you.
-Spelling & Grammar count.
-Blogging is about consistency, especially if you are trying to obtain exposure. Set a plan to post every Monday or every Monday and Thursday, or whatever. Post your thoughts and be diligent about it.
also…if you are creative enough…use iMovie or something, and you can interlace race videos with your commentary etc.
More her, less you,
At least a link to her blog.
If you are talking about my girlfriend who is living with me in Europe, Sorry she doesn’t have a blog!
And i’m not sure what else you mean by that comment?
Better than the first time 'round, mate. Keep working on good content and on improving your writing.
Since you seem to be going down the road of selling and promoting yourself, present yourself in such a way that a company could see a benefit from having you as a spokesman for their product/service/etc. Remember, any sort of sponsorship isn’t about what you get out of the deal, it’s about what the sponsor gets out of the deal…
If you are talking about my girlfriend who is living with me in Europe, Sorry she doesn’t have a blog!
And i’m not sure what else you mean by that comment?
That was his creepy-internet-stalker way of saying that he thinks your girlfriend is attractive. Some people are strange.
I think your blog looks great, get some racing content on there!
Sorry, just bored and being an ass.
The actual blog looks pretty good. The name/ title shot doesn’t look as good as the quality of the rest of the blog.
Kinda like a bad title to a good film.
Little more race detail, team details. Pics are good, videos would set it apart.
yes-great pics but needs more content about the pictures - otherwise thumbs up!