The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging ... And When To Use Each One

Many bloggers who have been posting for some time have intuitively figured out that different types of blog posts typically generate certain responses from readers.  It's not secret that "top ten list posts" are highly popular and that blogging can also help you fulfill your ambitions.  We often classify blogs into genres, such as a tech blog or a mom blog.  Blogging styles are not about genres, they are about types of blog posts.  Any blogger at any time could use a different style that might not ordinarily be considered part of their genre.  The most proficient bloggers use many styles through the course of posting - but there hasn't been a definitive list.  For more than two months now, I have been collecting a list of blog styles based on what I have found from the blogs I read.  A few weeks ago, Guy Kawasaki's post about the World's Best Presentation Contest gave me the idea of turning this list into a presentation to enter into the contest.  Thanks to some design help from my colleague Jesse, I just uploaded the presentation into the contest on Slideshare.net and it looks great.  Check it out here and if you like it, please add your vote:

The 25 Basic Styles of Blogging ... And When To Use Each One

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Update (04/18/07): The presentation features many examples of each type of blogging, but several folks have asked to include links in the post so they can more easily get to each link.  Here they are for your viewing pleasure ...

 

Insight Blogging

http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/000932.html http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/future-social-web-experience.cfm

Ambition Blogging

http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com

http://www.snakesonablog.com/2006/01/12/snakes-on-a-blog/

Meme Blogging

http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/12/fiveish_things_.html http://www.okdork.com/grand-opening-carnival-of-marketing/

Piggyback Blogging

http://www.technorati.com/search/habitaquo

http://www.technorati.com/search/twitter

Life Blogging

http://www.dooce.com/archives/daily/11_19_2004.html

Brand Blogging

http://www.moleskinerie.com

 Detractor Blogging

http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/cat_dell.html

http://rocketking.blogspot.com/2006/12/things-i-hate-about-panera.html

Announcement Blogging

http://www.sifry.com/stateoftheliveweb/

http://valleywag.com/tech/om-malik/scoop-blogger-om-malik-quits-business-20-and-takes-funding-180205.php

Link Blogging

http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/04/links_for_20070_8.html

http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/02/12/list-of-white-label-social-networking-platforms/

Video Blogging

http://makezine.com/blog  

http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2007/01/chalkvertising_.html

Photo Blogging

http://www.thomashawk.com

http://www.amateurgourmet.com/the_amateur_gourmet/2006/11/chutzpah_truffl.html

Review Blogging

http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2007/02/09/beyond_newsmastering_yahoo_pipes_is.htm

http://shoeblogs.com/wordpress/2007/04/04/giuseppe-zanotti-at-the-bluefly/

Evangelist Blogging

http://brand.blogs.com/mantra/2006/03/cancer_mosaic.html

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/celebrating-earth-day.html

List Blogging

http://www.10e20.com/2006/12/27/101-biggest-stories-in-search-2006/

http://blog.guykawasaki.com

Survey Blogging

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/01/romance_survey.html http://mariosundar.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/are-we-bloggers-journalists/

Feature Blogging

http://johnbell.typepad.com/weblog/the_idea_bar/index.html

http://moblogsmoproblems.blogspot.com/  

Repost Blogging

Taking a post or article from another location and reposting a significant part of it as a blog post with limited original commentary.

Guest Blogging

http://www.intelchallenge.com/category/blog/

http://www.acsblog.org/cat-guest-bloggers.html

Interview Blogging

http://www.smcpodcast.com/

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/ten_questions/index.html

Event Blogging

http://rohitbhargava.typepad.com/weblog/2007/02/10_secrets_of_s.html

http://mashable.com/2007/03/23/under-the-radar/

 

Live Blogging

http://gawker.com/news/james-frey/james-frey-on-oprah-liveblogging-the-live-feed-150872.php

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007-steve-jobs-keynote/

Bridge Blogging

http://www.globalvoicesonline.org

http://www.jeffooi.com/

Classified Blogging

http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/04/10/now-hiring-web-content-editor/

http://www.sitesalesblog.com/

Response Blogging

http://www.jetblue.com/about/ourcompany/flightlog/archive_february2007.html

http://searchengineland.com/070208-110711.php

Contact Blogging

http://clooneyproject.livejournal.com/

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/11/18/meet_a_92yearold_blo.html

Comments

[Jesse Thomas]

it is the hotness

[Gilbert Traifalgar]

I just started with blogging, and this information would really heps me a lot.
Thank you.

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[Joybringer]

Thanks for giving me one more thing to figure out where I fit. I have never thought about different blog posts: I just write what I'm feeling that day.

Well, maybe I need a blog peer-counselor to tell me what my maladies are based on my blogging style. I expect in a few more years we'll have special counselors for blogging addiction, and alas, I may have a new career.

And isn't your list longer than 25? Thanks for the ideas!!

[Leisenberg]

Thanks for this interesting collection, I have included the style list into my SMO lecture,
Manfred Leisenberg