Written on July 22nd, 2006 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse

What would I do different if I had to start my blog over? - Hugh Hewitt

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The following is an answer from Hugh Hewitt responding to my one question interview question of what he’d do differently if he had to start his blog over again. Note - this is the last interview in this series.

So many things, so little time.

Here’s the Baker’s dozen short list:

  1. Find a blog program with spellcheck.
  2. Find a designer that would have allowed me to avoid the intervention at Lileks’ Jasperwood. Amazingly, the design matters.
  3. Start sooner.
  4. Post more frequently.
  5. Praise/critique ratio at 7:1.
  6. Turn my tech stuff over to Joshua Sharf in ‘00 rather than ‘05. (jsharf@jsharf.com).
  7. Align with Townhall.com sooner.
  8. Bring on co-blogger Mary Katharine Ham earlier.
  9. Proscribe FratersLibertas.com earlier.
  10. Ask Duane to start Radioblogger.com in ‘00 rather than ‘04.
  11. Dine out with Roger L Simon more often.
  12. Persuade Peter Robinson to post with me and not “The Corner.”
  13. Suggest to the Powerline gents that perhaps they’d like to post at www.HughHewitt.com.

But I can’t really complain about anything. “Baseball [blogging] has been very, very good to me.”

Read the responses of other bloggers to this 1 Question Interview on what they’d do differently in their blogging

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5 Responses to “What would I do different if I had to start my blog over? - Hugh Hewitt”

  • Ken

    July 22nd, 2006 1:57 am

    What does “Praise/critique ratio at 7:1″ (#5) mean?

  • Tore O.

    July 22nd, 2006 10:07 am

    I think praise/critique ratio means that he want to praise someone 7 times more than he critizise someone. It is better karma, no one likes to read a blog of a guy that always whine.

    My question: This guy who do the tech stuff at #6, is he still doing it? Is he expensive? What is the tech stuff about?

  • Tyler Banfield

    July 23rd, 2006 2:40 am

    “Post more frequently”

    Out of all twelve items, I think this is by far the most important for any blogger (whether starting out or trying to improve).

  • Caryn

    July 23rd, 2006 3:01 am

    I’m sad to see the end of this series. It has been fascinating to read and very enlightening. Hope to see something similar soon.

  • Bill McRea

    July 23rd, 2006 2:14 pm

    Skip blogger.com and started with Wordpress. I feel I wasted 6 months with my blogspot.com project.

    Blogger just no give you enough control.

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