to think blogs are crap?

[takataka]

Admittedly I haven?t read all that many, but I have read a few?all of which are just drivel. Is anyone really interested in the minutiae of someone else?s life to that extent?
Why would you write one? Why would you think other people want to read it?

(Obviously I am missing something aren?t I? )

I started a blog so the anonymous mumsnetter who donated my son a very very expensive talker could follow his progress with it. I don't expect anyone other than the donor, those interested in using an AAC device, or those who have a severely autistic child to be particularly interested and have been surprised by how many people have read it in the year it's been running.

Has been a good way to get in contact with others with a child similar to my own as well.

And I use it to promote surfing for kids w/autism as well.

Dunno, I have been reading more blogs since starting my own and some are great. My favourite is actually someone who writes very funny reviews of Merlin each week. Much funnier than better known reviewers.

It depends what you use a blog for. Dd is complex need sand I struggle to cope with my emotional side. I use my blog to say what I really feel I have a few hours writing and crying it kinda helps get it all out. Only a selected few have ever seen it but it is public

Gold, I've just wasted far too much time reading that blog thanks to you! Blimey.

Glad you found it Mme!
I am trying to understand the behaviour of future online consumers from an online marketing perspective, and the current generation of tech savvy teens with a microcosmic outlook just have me stumped. This is crowd behavior on a much larger scale than mn could ever be.

I do like that she's quite dismissive of the more opinion or specialised interest led blogs that we tout here as a worthy alternative to the much criticised 'diary' style ones. ;)

It is interesting though. From your description, I was expecting something a LOT more polished and sophisticated to be able to attract that level of reach.

I think it could be the LACK of polish that attract this audience of young women (and boys I should imagine), they are not following a company, or a group, but ONE person and HER life, like they are in one big group of friends. She is sharing on a level that others share on facebook on a high privacy setting. Sleepy in the morning, polished for a night out, drunk with mates, semi nude pics, etc.... Very amateurish and "happening now". I find it amazing that documenting your life like this can actually pay a very good living!

That's what I was wondering - it's a pretty normal, fairly grotty but totally unembellished average teenage life and reads like extended Facebook entries which of course is highly compelling. I think it's good in a way that companies are moving towards average teens like this one as a means of promotion rather than working with more glossy, fake 'role models' who promote a lifestyle that few can aspire to.

It makes me feel VERY old though! And also tired. And also pasty faced. ;)

I also think she has a pretty shrewd business head, as she said in the interview that she had to be careful in the way she was endorsing products, and not too often, to keep her fees up and to not let it seem as blatant product placements. She also was critical to the products she endorsed. And, she pushed all her videos on youtube with the SEO tags. Good going for a girl still in high school.

saintlyjimjams, what an amazing thing she did, buying you that talker. I know roughly how much they cost and they're very expensive. The power of Mumsnet is an amazing thing, wow!

That is a lovely story, isn't it, re. JimJams.

Yes, we are very very grateful indeed.