Have you heard of Andy Warhol? Andrew Warhola was born in 1928 and died in 1987. He was a Pittsburgh boy. As a matter of fact I’ve walked past the house he lived in several times without even knowing it. I know it now because of his profile on Wikipedia. I’ve visited the Andy Warhol Museum here in Pittsburgh a couple of times. I’ve seen a couple of films by Warhol and even was an original subscriber to Interview, his newspaper-like publication about culture, art and celebrity.
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Andy Warhol was all about persona. He made his reputation in presenting objects of consumerism as art. He made celebrity his subject matter. Who can forget his silk screening of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Elizabeth Taylor? His painting, “Eight Elvises” sold for $100 million.
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Bloggers must also present a persona to the public that the public will react to. The reaction can be good or bad. The idea of a blogger’s persona is just to keep the public coming back. I have a persona on my blog. I’m the Old Soldier. I’m literally an old soldier because I served in Vietnam. But the Old Soldier is also friendly and helpful, giving off blogging and writing tips and creating a community of like minded readers, writers and bloggers.
The Old Soldier trys not to come off as a know it all.
Writing and blogging is at the heart of my blog. And through the writing I also want to entertain. My persona is of someone who has been around and knows what he’s talking about when it comes to writing and blogging but who also has a sense of humor not only about life but about himself.
I hope my persona will some day make me famous for at least 15 minutes.
My blog is the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette.
Interesting!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Joie Schmidt.
Your blogs are valuable to me that goes without saying intertaining too.
Well I really like your persona and you certainly know what you are talking about. A good post.
Christine
I like the way you use your first few lines to catch us…. always an Iconic personality or music great stuff and often leads me to go look at your Pittsburgh page, cheers Guy keep it going
Great entry, cheers.
Thank you for your tips and writing advice. It’s very helpful. I agree. When blogging, it’s important to keep your audience in mind and find a way to write about topics that would make your reader always come back. Your blogs on the gazette are awesome.
hi guy, i like your article about blogging i tend to find myself thinking of ways to improve my..cheers Pete
I loved your hook. I don’t know what mine would be.
My better half is reading a book about Andy Warhol now. I didn’t like his art but he was an interesting person I think we would all enjoy his fame even if only for 15 minutes.
Thank you, Guy. You’re articles are always helpful and entertaining. Soldier on Old Soldier.
Thanks Guy, I like the way you lead us on into your article.
good advice Guy.
The Old Soldier fits me. I was thinking of calling my blog persona The Professor but that seemed too intellectual. There’s nothing wrong with being intellectual but Old Soldier is more down to earth.
Nice article Guy. Though i couldnt care how i come across in my articles. All of my content has my name to it as im proud with whatever i have to say. Your articles on blogging are quite readable so keep up the great work.
This article is beneficial to all.
You are very unique with this style of blogging… and you are gaining more attention because of this style… cheers…
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People adore your blogging persona. You’ve been really helpful to many. Thanks.
Thank you for the information your provide.
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