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Dave’s right. Since Elder Ballard’s call for Latter-day Saints to get more involved in new media, there has been an uptick in LDS blogs and Mormon bloggers. And LDS and Mormon Blogs has definitely received more submissions for LDS-themed, particularly for missionary and doctrine-oriented blogs
Like Jeff Lindsay, I have received some questions on how to start a blog and I thought I’d post this here for future reference .
1. Before you start a blog, read a lot of different blogs and decide for yourself what makes a successful blog.
Blogging may sound interesting and it’s commendable to want to follow Elder Ballard’s suggestion. But unless you have already read blogs for awhile, I would suggest that you hold off starting your own and read many different blogs first.
Check out the Bloggernacle at LDS and Mormon Blogs and Mormon Archipelago. Also, look at non-LDS blogs to get some ideas.
As Jeff suggests, the best thing you can do may be to not start a blog but instead contribute in the comments of other blogs, forums, or other websites. It may be more useful to engage bloggers who are uninformed about the church and post respectful comments, giving them further light and knowledge rather than the heat that so many generate. Participating in thoughtful discussions or civilly correcting someone in error may be preferable to just being another voice in the wilderness.
On the other hand, one of the great things about blogging is that it is so easy to start, you may just want to disregard the above advice and just dive in and learn by doing.
