I noticed that E4 dosen’t have a blog, so I decided to make one myself, called Vertemes Loves Pokemon. I can do it every week, and the best part is that I get a chance to see the community grow through my posts:
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Also new stuff’s gonna be posted every week, so stay tuned! I hope that I could bring some other people on here to help out and post along with me!
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ANNOUNCEMENT: you guys can add suggestions to the E4 blog here too!
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thanks for the effort!
no problem!
This post has some great topics which you may be interested in covering.
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Yo I REALLY appreciate it! Thanks!
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We reached 50 views on our site in just 2 DAYS!!! Thank you all for the support, and I’m getting ready to write my draft for the next one.
FYI on the donation page there is an email and a phone number. If the phone number is yours I would recommend taking that off.
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Hey everyone! Currently getting started on the 2nd blog post, but I need suggestions, as I’m having somewhat of a tough time brainstorming.
If this is the second post, spaced days (?) apart and your struggling for ideas I’d give two suggestions.
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Think of a different avenue to pursue to express your passion for the hobby. To make a site successful is insanely hard and as you’re doing this on your own you need to be the differential that drives traffic. Whether that be through your writing style, humour or knowledge. Your initial readership base is likely to be people that use e4. If you’re asking for ideas from people on e4, that will be posted on e4 and then regurgitated on another site, there’s very little reason for people to click on your blog as they likely already know what’s going on. The users of e4 come here to discuss their passion for pokemon. Expecting them to come to a site to give ideas for another site that talks about pokemon isn’t something that screams longevity.
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pick a topic that’s been discussed at anytime here and force yourself to write about it. See what sticks and what misses and then narrow down your writing ideas to those that get more clicks. Just today there’s a topic about cards that may be out of reach for people. From that one thread you could write 20 blogs. “Top 5 Japanese trophy cards”, “Snap cards - height of collecting or terrible children’s photography?”, “How much money is too much money for cardboard?” Etc, etc. Your readers aren’t coming back because of the topics you discuss, as much as the way you present them. The most interesting discussions already happen on e4, so find your angle and grind mate.
Looking forward to whatever comes next on your blog and hopefully this reads constructively.
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Just talk about your favourite card and what you like about it.
Or even your favourite artist and what you like about them, why does thier art appeal to you.
Or your favourite Pokemon and why does it appeal to you etc.
Your favourite Pokemon game, TCG set, anime movie or episode on your favourite earliest memory with Pokemon.
I agree with what @Bingbong stated. There are a multitude of topics on E4 and for most of us, who refer to E4, reading something on your blog post can just be re reading the same thing. Why not give your personal take on the topic, share your own thoughts and then link those with what is mentioned on the website. Helps you to flex your creative muscles a bit more.
Cheers!
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I’m sorry but this is not a realistic venture. You can’t just summarize content from here on an external site and then solicit donations.
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