Get Your Blog On: Scott Beale of Laughing Squid on Building an Audience

For the second of my interviews with blog movers and shakers, I didn’t have too far to look–I’ve known Scott Beale for many years. As the creator and founder of Laughing Squid, a web hosting company and “online resource for art, culture & technology,” Scott’s an amazing source for finding out about the rise of blogs and blogging platforms. We discussed his company’s origins (including its unusual name), the backwards way he got into blogging, and how to grow a blog when you want to write about all sorts of things, not just a single niche. “Not everyone’s going to like every post, and that’s the way it should be with us,” he says. Check out the rest of our half-hour talk below:

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Bill Brazell

Bill Brazell

is The Hired Guns’ resident blogging coach. If you want to start a blog for a real purpose, he’s your man. As head of Blogger Recruiting for Federated Media he has helped nurture some of the world’s best bloggers, including Dooce, Boing Boing, Behance, and hundreds more. Follow @BillBrazell.

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