Thinking About Starting a Blog?

Ever thought about starting a blog? It's a great way to share ideas and can be an effective way to help move the needle in your community.

In January, we had three Strong Towns members share their experiences with blogging. 

Here are a few key tips that panelist Jesse Bailey shared:

  • Just get started, don't worry about perfection.
  • Break posts up if they get too long. Much over 500 words and people start losing attention.
  • Repurpose what other bloggers have done to your community. Not everything has to be some incredibly fresh insight. Copy ideas from others!

You can find even more blogs from Strong Towns members on our member blogroll. Have a blog that you'd like to add to the member blogroll? Let us know about it by filling out the form on our blogroll page.

Happy blogging!

 
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Jason Schaefer
Jason Schaefer

Jason Schaefer served as Strong Towns' Member Support Specialist from 2015-2016. Jason has always had a strong interest in cities and has lived in some great ones, including Almuñécar, Spain; Missoula, MT; Boston, MA; Washington, DC; Fargo, ND; and, of course, Grand Forks, ND. Last year, he was awarded a McCloy Fellowship to study urban sustainability initiatives while visiting Amsterdam and seven cities across Germany. 

He is very involved in urbanism efforts in his hometown of Grand Forks, ND where he sits on the boards of the Downtown Development Association and the US Green Building Council - North Dakota chapter. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Grand Forks where he shared his vision for a transit and development corridor. 

Jason Schaefer