Bloggin Advice... Blogging Reality

So my friend, Tim Stevens, posted his Blogging Advice yesterday. It's really good advice. I practice little of it, but it's good advise. Here's his core list (without his additional thoughts on each item), followed by my "Common Practices in Blogging list.

Tim's Blogging Advice

1. Determine Your Target.
2. Write for the Traffic.
3. Don't Advertise.
4. Give Link Love.
5. Don't Ask for Link Love.
6. Don't Make Me Leave.
7. Post in Advance.
8. Don't Criticize.
9. Use a Reader.
10. Just Jump In.

(read Tim's entire post here)

Waltz's Common Practices in Blogging

1. Post every 23 days. At least.
2. Don't post from your cell phone during traffic.
3. Don't advertise. Advertising every 3 weeks doesn't work anyway.
   
4. Give link love. Especially when you're copying someone else's blogging advice.
5. Don't expect anyone to link to you when you only copy someone else's post.
6. Don't make Tim leave. And if you do...(link here  to finish the sentence).
7. If you don't post in advance, then link late to some really great stuff you wish you'd posted yourself.
8. Don't criticize-personally. This is okay. This isn't. (And this isn't a criticism. It's an example. An illustration. An observation. Such a distinctive difference.)
9. If your Reader gets too full too quickly, hire a reader to tell you about the good stuff you should read in blog-world.
10. Just jump in. Slowly. Every 3 weeks or so is good.

I think I'm on a roll.