blogging for a cause
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Blogging for a Cause
Blogging for a Cause
A personal experience:
• Easily bored = Started blogging (2011)
• Hates routine = Explored book blogging (2012)
• Curiosity = Decided to make reading and writing my personal advocacies (2013)
• And the fight for the same causes continues
Blogging for a Cause
A personal experience (along the way):
• Met new fr iends and colleagues
• Grew thick skin = speaking engagements
• Won a couple of blogging awards
• Review featured in a book
• Built a credible portfolio
• Voted for positions in organizations
• Created a duly registered writing business
Blogging for a Cause
The CAUSE in the blog:
• What are you passionate about?
• What topics make your nostr ils flare?
• Are you willing to do a great deal of research?
Blogging for a Cause
The CAUSE in the blog:
• The Memoriter Blogs (www.nancycudis.com)
•Reading (A reader is not really a reader until he
reads at least one play in his lifetime)
•Writing (Thin Yarns, The Rise and Fall of the
Romulo Family, Best Fr iends)
Blogging for a Cause
The CAUSE in the blog:
• Dr . Narciso Tapia and company (www.HealthXPh.net)
• Educating public about health care ( Innovations that could impact rural health care)
• Social media in health care ( Is there a
place for social media in health care?)
Blogging for a Cause
The CAUSE in the blog:
• Fleire Castro (www.fleirecastro.com)
• How social media and digital marketing can help Cebu-based businesses (3 ways local business use social
media as customer service)
Blogging for a Cause
The CAUSE in the blog:
• www.hangingrice.com
• Why people should love Cebu (10 Max Surban songs to listen to this holiday season, 7 fun
ideas to spice up your rainy days in Cebu)
Blogging for a Cause
The WORK for the cause in the blog:
• It’s not all about GOOGLE Search, baby!
Blogging for a Cause
The WORK for the cause in the blog:
• Data gather ing (To prove authenticity and
passion)
• Face-to-face interviews (The Cebu City
Public Library is alive, but…)
• A ttend events (#cebuLitFest)
• Personal observations (Stor ies: A Story
about Gratitude)
Surrounded by stories. That’s what I am. I wake up to blinking cursors on words of client stor ies waiting to be edited. I take breaks reading about the voyages of Doctor Dolittle (or whoever it is I fancy at the time).
I listen to my mother perpetually telling true-to-life stor ies that, if documented, can without a doubt r ival those New York bestsellers. Then I hear my sister tickled and flushed over her Korean pop stars. I talk to my fiancé and giggle like a teenage schoolgir l over his stor ies or jokes of the day.
Then r ight before I roll back to sleep, I cry myself silly over Coca Cola advertisements on Youtube or FaithTap.com videos on dogs, babies and old people.
It’s a beautiful thing, this being surrounded by stories and breathing well to appreciate their existence as my personal life source. (www. na nc y c ud is . c o m )
Blogging for a Cause
The WORK for the cause in the blog:
• Writing/Posting
• Think clear ly, then write.
• Raise awareness about an important issue. Make it personal.
• Tell a story. Be honest.
• Call to action
Blogging for a Cause
The WORK for the cause in the blog:
• Sharing
• Say the same thing in many different ways, not just text (photo, video, audio or
slideshow)
Blogging for a Cause
The WORK for the cause in the blog:
• Red Yumang (www.cookmygarden.com)
• FOOD: Healthy living and healthy food you can make in Cebu
• Pr incess Canda (www.pscanda.com)
• PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographs about Cebu, photographs that tell stor ies
Blogging for a Cause
The WORK for the cause in the blog:
• Philip Andrew Mayol (www.cebufinest.com)
• EVENTS: What is happening and what is going to happen in Cebu
• Vernon Go (www.vernongo.com)
• LEADERSHIP: Inspir ing youth leaders
Blogging for a Cause
The “MORE WORK” for the cause in the blog (Cebu perspective):
• Bloggers can use their blogs to share ser ies of posts to promote a fundraising event (Kick for Life: Football Marathon 101 for
children with Congenital Heart Defects on Dec. 2-6)
Blogging for a Cause
The “MORE WORK” for the cause in the blog (Cebu perspective):
• Bloggers can give their affiliate commission to charity (Gasa sa Gugma, public
schools in mountain barangays, Basadours)
• Bloggers can run a charity sale (personal: proceeds of books sold will go to the literacy programs
of the Cebu City Public Library)
Blogging for a Cause – The WHY
“It's sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to br ighten up someone's day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of a complete stranger. Small things, the tiny details, these are the things that matter in life — the little glint in the eye, curve of a lip, nod of a head, wave of a hand — such minuscule movements have huge r ipple effects.”
― Shaun Hick
