What Kind of Blogger Are You?

The Aggregator
Re-posts interesting tid-bits from all over the internet.

The Talk Show Host
Brings up provocative topics in a likable way to fuel comments.

The Professional
Writes insightful posts about particular industries amongst invitations for sponsorship.

The Hobbyist
Tries to blog seriously, but can't help but post family pics and sports scores.

The Editorialist
Writes long diatribes that have been fueled by current events.

The Human RSS Feeder
Tries to blog but ends up mostly citing other blogs.

The Preacher
Preaches short sermons in each blog post because the world is his parish.

The Jokester
Treats the blog like a humor column and links excessively to YouTube as if nobody's heard of it.

The Social Media Expert
Blogs about blogging to help others blog about blogging.

The Storyteller
Uses chuckle-in-the-belly anecdotes to share insights about life.

The Mommy Blog
Oh, those crazy kids...

I stand guilty. What other ones am I leaving out? =)

Comments

[bondChristian]

I'd like to think I'm a teacher and conversationalist. Teachers post all those how-to articles and conversationalists post a ton of questions for readers to answer in the comments.

Sorry, I couldn't think of any really funny ones. That just leaves more for everyone else to post, right?

-Marshall Jones Jr.

[Nick Blevins]

I'm probably an aggregator the most. I think another category is the specialist - the one who blogs mostly about their greatest strength or skill as it relates to their industry.

[Kyle Reed]

The Copy-Cat Blogger
Your blog is a direct representation of everyone else blog that you like (funny thing is I can find myself doing this at times)

[Jean Stauffer]

The grandma/former teacher/still loving life, our husbands, and God blog. That's your mom and me. And we like to boast about our kids and grandkids too.

I love all your outside-the-box ideas, especially the one about prechurch. I know a lot of people right in my own family who need something like that

[Bernard Shuford]

I'm an invisible blogger :)

The guy with a thousand topics that he jumps amongst without warning, purpose, or direction, and thus causes all potential readers to say, "Ah, nothing there for me."

I know. I need to consolidate. But I LIKE all those different things.

[Mel]

How about the emotional blogger. My blog posts always seem to be about feelings and emotions!! They are probably way over the top and always a little sappy. I've found I just bare my heart and soul on every topic imaginal...but the only people that read are my mom and my husband! ;) So maybe that's okay!!

[perrin]

Ben you're hilarious...you've managed to blog the quintessential post to best demonstrate your "blogger type" or as I would call it your style...& we've taken the bait yet again...job well done...kudos to you...

[Ryan Shaughnessy]

I'm sure you could come up with a clever name for a guy like me who blogs consistently every day for like a week then ends up being once a month.

I [when I do blog] am a hobbyist :)

[Jim F.]

I wish I could say that I was only one of those you listed becuase I now feel like I have a multi-blogger disorder!

[mike foster]

love it!

i think of myself as a part of the "Drunken Blogger" category where you just say stuff and you have really no idea what youre talking about. also known as the "Dancing on Table Tops" blogger or "Foot in Mouth" blogger.

[David Cooke]

Inspired by something I read recently I think I am a 'Follow you nose blogger'.

I stand charged of being mostly all of the above and have been found guilty.

Oh well:)

David

[John L]

My blog is primarily a personal journal. Being public keeps me honest. Secondarily, it's an ongoing study on the intersection of technology and religion. I also aggregate topics of personal interest.

Put that all together, and you have a blog with 3 readers, counting my wife.

[Ben Arment]

that makes me want to read your blog John

[Tyler]

The "In the Ground" Blogger

The blogger who has a blog but seems to have taken a quick trip to the grave because he or she only got up 2 posts before quitting.

[DC CURRY]

Brilliant and makes me want to quit bloggin...ok kinda.

A couple other categories:
1. Skitzo-blogger. Someone who blogs with complete disregard for the realities of culture or his/her audience.

2. Split-Personality Blogger. Someone who turns into another person when they sit in front of a computer to blog.

I only thought of these because I read everybody's blog with a grain of salt because it's easy to sit down in front of a computer and rattle off the "should do's & don'ts" of life, leadership, and ministry but it's another thing to see them in practice.

I secretly wonder how many people's organizations actually look like what they write about. I ask myself that every time I write anything about my org. (Now i'm rambling...that should be another category...I'd fit nicely into it. "The Rambling Blogger")

[Ben Arment]

DC i love your honesty. and I think you're right. Blogging is a PR machine. i can see how God has used it to bless me in many ways though, so i don't curse it entirely. =)

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