This blog still is quite young. In fact, I’m still in the stage where when I’ve written a day’s posting, my work has just begun. Then it’s an hour of two of tweaking the formatting in an effort to make it look good on a variety of browsers.
(Blogger.com generously gives me a “preview” mode — which shows me precisely what any particular posting would look like if I happened to live in a parallel universe. In this universe, the “preview” version is to the published version as my passport photo is to my actual face. Except my actual face doesn’t suddenly change formatting between, say, my lower lip and my chin.)
So far, I’ve pretty much been writing whatever the heck I want to — and to a large extent, that won’t change. It is, after all, my damn blog.
A friend of mine has a blog that attracts many thousands of visitors each day, and he has learned that whenever he writes about AMERICAN IDOL, his traffic for that day increases. Apparently “AMERICAN IDOL” is a popular search engine term. So he writes about AMERICAN IDOL oh, maybe 5 days a week.
I, however, never would pander to my audience like that. For one thing, I’ve never watched even a single episode of AMERICAN IDOL. If I’m not interested enough to watch AMERICAN IDOL, I’m certainly not going to spend any of my severely limited time finding ways to weave AMERICAN IDOL into my writing.
If I lose out on search engine traffic by not mentioning AMERICAN IDOL, so be it. I’ll have the satisfaction of knowing I stuck to my principles, and by golly that’s enough for me.
When I ask “What do you want from this blog?” I mean in terms of making it as valuable as possible to you as:
• A radio programming person
• A radio production person
• A radio station manager, sales manager, promotion director or account executive
• A radio advertising person
• A voiceover guy (“voiceover guy” automatically includes women, but I’d no sooner say “voiceover gal” than I’d refer in writing to a “deejay”).
I am not, however, pretending this is a democracy. This isn’t like AMERICAN IDOL, where people get to vote. But if I can write about things you care about and/or will help you without sacrificing my principles or requiring much work on my part, that would be nice.
So please tell me what you’ve enjoyed most about this blog so far and what you’d like to see in it in the future. Whether your name is Paula, Abdul or Ryan, your opinion matters to me. This blog is like clay, akin’ to be molded to your needs.
As Superman’s adoptive father said in one of my favorite episodes, “Clark, son — “ Well, no need to go off on a tangent.
So please — politely, if possible — tell me what you like in and/or want more of from this blog. I’ll consider all serious suggestions, but none that would compromise my principles.
I’d write a bit more about this right now, but I’m really thirsty. So I’m going to have a cold, refreshing drink and I’ll see you tomorrow.
