How Daddy Bloggers SUCK at Social Media

By: Dennis Yu

Otro artículo del escritor invitado Dennis Yu.

 

social-mediaY, ¿Conseguí llamarte la atención?  Qué bueno, pues eso es lo de lo que se trata el medio social.  El atraer tu atención y emociones por medio de encabezados provocativos, al igual que un  articulo bien escrito.  Las mamás blogueras cometen faltas al hablar todo el tiempo sobre popó – toda clase de popó.  No es interesante – al menos no más interesante que aquellos tipos que envían mensajes en twitter diciendo qué es lo que acaban de comer.  Ninguno de los dos extremos del aparato digestivo son material del que vale la pena escribir.

 

El problema con el medio social es que todo el mundo puede entrar y orinar en la corriente de ruido llamado medio social – tus actualizaciones en Facebook, tus reportes informativos en twitter, artículos en tu blog, lo que se te ocurra.  Aun no se ha creado una ley contra la estupidez, así que la basura social se sigue multiplicando.

 

Así que, ¿Cómo es que los papás blogueros son terribles en medio social?

 

Bloguean inconstantemente — ¿Cómo puedes cuidar de tus hijos y al mismo tiempo poder escribir en tu blog regularmente?  Bueno… ¿Cómo le hacen los puercoespines para tener sexo?  Cuidadosamente.  Cuando tienes una gran idea, escríbela, en la computadora o en un pedazo de papel.  Siempre trae tu cámara contigo a donde quiera que vayas para que puedas capturar el momento.  Pídele a tu esposa o a tus hijos que te ayuden a mantener tu página.  Todo esto te va ayudar a economizar tiempo.

 

Bloguear sobre temas que no tienen sentido – Los padres blogueros con frecuencia tienen el impulso de escribir algo regularmente, aun cuando no tienen nada que decir.  Así que acaban escribiendo, o mandando mensajes, sobre lo que acaban de comer o el lugar en el que encuentran en ese momento.  A menos de que seas toda una celebridad, a nadie, fuera de tu familia, le importa lo que estés haciendo.   Para crear un interés que se extienda a otros padre de familia, tu debes considerar qué tipos de cosas te gustaría saber de los otros blogueros, usando esa información como la base en la cual construir tus propios artículos.

 

Perdiendo el tiempo discutiendo con idiotas – Estoy seguro que has visto los hilos de conversaciones en algunos foros en donde han llegado al grado de insultarse, llamarse nombres y pleitos de ego.  La última vez que chequé, nosotros supuestamente somos adultos, no niños que no han aprendido buenos modales.  Si alguien escribe algo que es insultante en tu página de Facebook o blog – APRUEBLAO!!!  Permite que el resto de tus lectores  y admiradores vengan a defenderte.  Esto va a atraer más atención y trafico para ti.

 

Hablar de sus hijos como si fueran perfectos — Esta no es una zona de juegos en la que estás jugando “sobrepasa esto” con los otros padres engreídos.  Para hacer las cosas interesantes, debes decir algo relevante, a veces auto despreciativo, y tal vez humillante.  O di algo inflamatorio – es un riesgo, pero a menudo es una estrategia efectiva.blogging

 

¿Tú tienes algunas otras formas en las que los papás blogueros son terribles en medio social?  Cuéntamelas y la añadiremos a la lista y tu recibirás el crédito.

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12 Responses to “How Daddy Bloggers SUCK at Social Media”
  1. OM September 2, 2009 at 12:17 pm #

    How dare you? My kid IS perfect! You should see his poop! I’m going to update my Twitter every time he poops to prove it (which might leave me less time to change diapers, but it’s worth it)!

    (was just trying to commit every sin you mentioned)
    .-= OM´s last blog ..33. Bill and Jill =-.

  2. J Cruikshank September 2, 2009 at 2:08 pm #

    Great post, Dennis! There are lessons in there for all of us. :-)

  3. Keith September 2, 2009 at 9:49 pm #

    I am guilty of talking about my kids like they are perfect sometimes. Of course that’s only because they are! That particular piece of advice must only apply to others. achem :-)

  4. Joan September 15, 2009 at 1:19 am #

    And Keith, we know you don’t ever blog about anything gross like peeing outside or foul language or ? >>> LOL

    Gotta go now.. my perfect kid has a poopy diaper (oh yeah.. I am way past that stage sorry.. some habits die hard.) LOL

    No arguments either young man! ROFL

  5. Scott September 23, 2009 at 9:05 pm #

    My struggle is breaking through all the noise. I know it takes patience and persistence, but social networking with a purpose is a bit of a struggle. Even thought I try to be useful, I feel like I’m just spamming my friends and followers.
    .-= Scott´s last blog ..5 Parenting Hacks For Dads Of Toddlers =-.

    • Keith September 24, 2009 at 9:23 am #

      Yeah, Scott, I hear what you’re saying. I have that problem too. I don’t want to spam people who don’t really care. It’s tough to self promote. People like you and I don’t pat ourselves on the the back very well :-) Give yourself a break and start promoting. Dennis (the guy who wrote this post) is a master at self promotion. Some people just have the gift :-) HA

  6. Brian October 9, 2009 at 11:56 am #

    This is the funniest post I’ve read in a while! LOL!! I agree with Scott that promoting our blogs without feeling like we’re spamming our friends and families is a balancing act. In my opinion, one of the main reasons it’s so hard to tell whether people like the way we promote our blogs is the sheer lack of comments people post. It seems like a very small percentage of people who visit my blog (the ‘hits’ that I see in the statistics section in wordpress) actually leave feedback comments. They read it and move on. Of course, my blog is less than a year old and I know nothing about search engine optimization, etc., so maybe the problem is me. Keith, do you have tips on how to make posts more likely to draw comments (which are much better than hits in my opinion, since I just blog to entertain, not to sell anything)? I used to email new posts to my friends/family, but now I just post links on my facebook profile and mention them on twitter. I appreciate the tips in this post and will keep them in mind. Thanks! (P.S. My kid is perfect. Hahaha!)

    • Keith October 10, 2009 at 8:08 am #

      Brian, Thanks for the comment. I do have a few suggestions. I’ll put them in an e-mail for you. I’m no expert, but I’ve learned a few things since I started this blog 5 months ago. I’ll see what I can do :-)

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