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Z-List Blogger – The Manifesto

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Why The Z-List ? Its Not the A-List! 

According to Google: 

A-List blogger A term used to describe a group of elite bloggers who post daily on their blogs and receive a huge number of links back to the blog they write. The defining element of an A-List blogger is the size of the blog’s readership (e.g. its traffic). http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/A_List_blogger.html 

This is blogging for the rest of us – for those of us who write what we want, when we want, and sometimes make some money on the side. 

The Z-List Blogger Manifesto: 

  1. You will update your blog on a totally random basis. There will be no editorial calendar, your visitors won’t know whether to expect a post on Monday morning or Sunday afternoon.  In fact they may not be sure whether you will post this month or next. This is handy if you struggle with the time zone issue, and also means that you actually will only post something that is useful or at least entertaining – hopefully. 
  2. You will probably forget to spell check before publishing, and if you do you will have missed out some small works, got them around the wrong way. Profanity is encouraged, but not compulsory - but if you don’t swear there bloody better be typos. This is an equal opportunity for the foreigners. 
  3. You will probably talk about all sorts of stuff – you may spend years building a blog about making passive income – and then decide to talk about Indie Non Fiction - hell then you can branch out to Branding as well – keeps them on their toes I say! 
  4. You will disclose your earnings – or at least be bloody honest about it. You will not display photos of yourself drapped over desirable consumer items (including, and not limited to, fast red cars, large houses, skinny blondes and boats) – unless you actually own said item (without credit owing – yeah didn’t think so). 
  5. If you do put your photo up – it should not be photo-shopped  that makes you look like a gorgeous young, succesful girl or guy. You will preferably older, un-groomed and a bit over-weight. If you do happen to be young and gorgeous – you shouldn’t use your photo – its just not fair. 
  6. You won’t use  any of those bland and rather boring images that kinda are compulsory on certain non-Z-List blogs. You will either not use any images at all, because you can’t be arsed, or you will use something totally irrelevant – because you like it, and some of your readers like to look at pretty shit not read long words. 
  7. You won’t sell anything that ends in a “7″ – you won’t sell stuff that costs $9.97 or $99.97 or $1997 – because its just silly. This rule may be broken as required for something really, really cool – but anyone who are looking at partnering with a Z-List Blogger might want to consider this when they sort out their price point. 
  8. You will have fun – jeesus – you gotta laugh don’t you?  I mean you are going to take making a living on the Interwebs seriously???? No one else will including your partner, family, friends, colleagues or bank manager. I suggest you don’t either, life is too short. 
  9. You will be real. Really real, if you stuff up you will not delete comments and pretend it never happened. If you piss off people, deal with it, have  a discussion, try to keep it out of the gutter (yeah, luck with that one).  If the post gets to over 100,000 words  – close the bloody comments – life is too short sometimes. 
  10. The last thing you do will be to set up an email list – like the one below. You won’t actually do this except years down the track,  because it will take you several years to figure out anything very useful for anyone. 

What Can You Do To Help?

  1. Learn how to say it – its “zed” not “zee” – really. 
  2. Join the movement – maybe tribes have something going for them – so long I’m first! Want to join? Steal the image – read the manifesto – send me links – easy eh? Oh and join the bloody list OK: 

The concept of the Z-List Blogger came from Hospitalera – who does cheap graphics – well this one was free  - so she gets the link OK – and is also, of course,  the second Z-List Blogger!