Two weeks ago, Tim asked if his lack of up updating was the leading contributor to the demise of our last website [that hasn't been updated since 2005]. Back then, Hoi and I were working hard on content. He made some animated graphics. I made the layout. He wrote about "jock itch." I wrote about wrestling finishers. Tim, though, was reluctant to write.Two years later, Tim is finally ready. (Word on the street is that he's stalking up on content, and hopefully, he'll post something soon to prove his existence to our new readership). Tim was the driving force behind this resurgence. My plan was to sit back and write an article every now and then to supplement his content.
...but I caught the bug for blogging.
Last Sunday, I was checking the same 6 or 7 sports websites that I check everyday. Something was extremely peculiar, though. When I checked celticsblog.com, I noticed the words "THeM dudes" listed among the names of legit publications like the Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and the Chicago Sun Times. My Celtics article (Do the Celtics have a shot at 72 wins?) was featured that day as one of their Daily Links on 12/9 for Celtics fans. WOW!
I had all kinds of people visiting my site for the next couple of days and the fifteen minutes of fame must have gotten to my head. I had a strange desire to blog. I realized that the world is a lot smaller on the world wide web, and people might need cool stuff to read everyday...especially with all the garbage circulating online.
I started typing things like "how to write a successful blog" into Google toolbars. The best advice I read was actually from the CEO of CelticsBlog:
"I actually had another general sports site that I ran with my friends years earlier, but I think our readership could be counted on our fingers and toes. Still, it was a good experience and taught me the value of focusing in on one subject that I'm passionate about and finding that niche audience that shares my passion."
Passion and niche, huh? Well, since I know what I'm passionate about, it got me thinking about what the target niche of THeM dudes should be. What is the niche, you ask?
themdudes.blogspot.com is for
"Christian guys and the girls who love them"
8 comments:
Tim is "stalking" up on content? Or "stocking" up on content? Hmm...
wish i could grow a stache like Niet-stache.
he's both stocking and stalking...
good question though
stop jocking a facebook group name
why nietczhe?! [i know i cant spell]
good work man.
!!!
to fro:
I have no idea what "jocking" means...
but I've searched the "book of face" and was unable to find a group named "Christian guys and the girls who love them." If you were wondering, the closest thing is "Girls who love guys who love Jesus."
but on that note...
if you search "christian guys and the girls who love them" on google...only one website fits those criteria!
8/10 - cuz finally you have demonstrated some evidence of external validity (sally zierler might have taught you that in bc212).
also with regards to frozone's ebonics engrish - "jocking" - i believe he is referring to:
- to engage in flirtatious behavior with another; to crush on someone; to hit on someone
- Derived from the term, "Being on someone's jock (as in jock strap)" meaning to attempt to imitate their style, especially in music.
1. Trying to be like someone of a higher status
2. Acting like a jock, ex.- hitting on the girls with the "ideal figure",
3. Taking someone else's work from an HTML site, and claiming it as your own. Like plagiarism, but more specific.
and APA style formatting: (Urban Dictionary, 2007).
is this blog done already??
c'mon!!
i voted for u guys making it for longer than this!
-this is mainly directed at miller since i actually know him
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