Card trick blog, seeking feedback!

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Card trick blog, seeking feedback!

Postby Sinclair » Nov 23rd, '11, 15:45



Hey everyone
I've been learning card magic on and off for the past few years, but never really committed to it beyond showing off to friends and family. I thought I'd start a project of some sort, both as a way to motivate my learning, and to get feedback on my technique and performance. So I've started a blog where I post a video of a trick a day (hopefully) - any feedback is welcome!

http://acardtrickaday.tumblr.com/

Sinclair

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Re: Card trick blog, seeking feedback!

Postby MiKo » Nov 23rd, '11, 16:10

:oops: Although I'm possibly the least experienced person around this forum, it looks promising.

But.

From my several years blogging experience I can tell you this: don't commit yourself to a schedule so tight, since after the initial blogger enthusiasm wears off, you'll find it more and more difficult to follow your schedule and the more you skip a day, the more you will want to skip another day.

It takes an ENORMOUS amount of time posting every day and doing a video even more so; so I wouldn't advise it unless it's part of your job (i.e. you get paid for it).

Another tip is: whatever your minimal posting schedule is, always ALWAYS keep in your "drafts" folder a buffer of at least one month worth of posts. This will help you a lot with following your schedule, thus keeping your blog alive.

I'm assuming you are more or less a beginner blogger, otherwise this is just fairly common knowledge.
If you are already an experienced blogger, I'll then walk away in shame :oops:

Good luck, anyway.

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Re: Card trick blog, seeking feedback!

Postby Sinclair » Nov 23rd, '11, 16:20

Good advice - might have to scale down later on! I am a beginner blogger, so this sort of advice is just as useful as magic tips.

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