In a recent post I received a idea / question in a comment from David J. Parnell and he wanted to know my thoughts on blog carnivals.
My first reaction was “How Should I Know?” but after doing a little research on the term I believe I understand what it is.
Wiki explains it pretty well. A blog carnival is a type of blog event. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the form of a blog article that contains permalinks to other blog articles on the particular topic.
What I gathered from the above statement may not be 100% accurate but I believe it is so here it is. I believe a blog carnival is either…
- A. Softback Magazine you can pickup in nearly any magazine / bookstore.
- B. A post / website that has multiple articles which link out to deeper articles of different blogs. Much like my Link Loving Wednesday post.
Now which one of these is the right one? I won’t lie to you, am unsure which is correct or if I even hit the mark at all but whether I’m right or wrong the rest of this post is going to be helpful.
Basically I am going to show you how to create a decent looking Link Love post and I have a few tips to help you out! When I create my link loving wednesday post I like to use this format…
- Title
- Short Info Story
- Link Love Posts With Basic Descriptions
- End Post With A Thank You
I believe by doing this I grab the readers attention through the whole post. I believe keeping the reader within the post is important not only for their sake but also for my advertisers / sponsors. The longer a reader is on my page the better chance an ad has of getting clicked.
I believe that was pretty self explanatory but I want to break it down and kind of explain what should be in each section so all of you understand where I am coming from.
Title- This is where you should create the title of your link love posts, for instance I am calling mine “Link Loving Wednesday” its not the normal Link Love name but I believe it is catchy and so I recommend you come up with something catchy, for instance perhaps “Sunday Sink Your Teeth In Links Post” just keep it short, sweet and to the point!
Short Info Story- Right here is where I may explain what went on this last week and maybe a little info about why I chose to skip a day of posting… Whatever little news snippet I may want to cover, its not exactly relevant to the link love posts but I use my link loving wednesday as an update day as well!
Link Love Posts With Basic Descriptions- When I link out to other blogs I like to give a small description as to why I believe this certain post is helpful to my readers. If you lead your readers in the right direction they will still take your opinion as important.
End Post With A Thank You- I like to end my link loving posts with a thank you to the above bloggers for creating such awesome content that I can share with my readers. I also like to use this section to pitch my RSS feed or news about upcoming posts in the next week!
PS: Later this week for those of you who don’t care for the design currently on IBB I have a post coming out all about it and why I will be sticking with this theme for a while, trust me this one is worth reading!
My name is Shannon and I love to blog. I run multiple blogs and have been blogging for a few years now. You can find out more
What can I say.. I learn something new every day. Today it’s ‘Blog Carnival’. It does seem like a good idea, another way to tell people about your passion.
I may be submitting my articles to one today.
thanks for the idea.
I’ve heard about blog carnivals but never understood how they worked. The sites I looked at looked pretty wack design wise so I kept it moving! Let me know if you find out more about them.
well, you are right. a blog carnival is an event in which a topic is selected and then all the participants are required to write a post over it. Yeah dumb it is .
Nice work dude… It is helpful for me as well as others..
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