Holistic Blogging

Lately, I have been reading into the learning technique of holistic learning. It is focused on learning new material in a way that avoids the traditional and often times inefficient ways of studying. Holistic learning attempts to create a network of connections between learned material. 

According to Scott Young, the young Canadian blogger and entrepreneur who I believed coined the term,  
Holistic learning is the opposite of rote memorization. Instead of learning through force,your goal is to create webs of information that link together. Your goal when learning anything is to create a construct or an underlying understanding." 

As I thought about this system and process, it came to me that developing a quality blog is very similar. Just as you are able to form more connections and insights with an increase in knowledge, you can start to form new connections with an increase with quality and on topic posts. 

As you develop your blog’s backbone with a focused theme, the content in posts begin to relate to each other and build your brand. Timely and appropriate links to your own content can not only show your reader other relevant material, but it can enhance your reputation to deliver great insight or knowledge onto a specific subject. 

Another piece of advice is to link to the content of other individuals, maybe even "competitors", because the no blog post or article is ever the definitive source of information. Chris Brogan, a famed social media expert, believes in a ratio of 12-1 when using social media: he will promote the content or work of others 12x more than he will push his own content. 

As cliché as this statement is, the time to start blogging was a long time ago, but in order to start creating that solid core of posts, YOU'VE GOT TO START IMMEDIATELY. Get the ball rolling; holistic blogging can only manifest itself when there is material to make connections.

Posted on Saturday, Jan 16, 2010
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