The Key To Successful Blogging

According to marketing pundit and best-selling author Seth Godin, blogs work when they are based on candor, urgency, timeliness, pithiness, and controversy.

Below are definitions of these terms taken from The American Heritage Dictionary:

candor (kàn´der) noun

Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.

urgency (ûr´jen-sê) noun

A pressing necessity.

timeliness (tìm´lê nès) noun

Occurring at a suitable or opportune time; well-timed.

pithiness (pîth´ê nès) noun

Precisely meaningful; forceful and brief.

controversy (kòn´tre-vûr´sê) noun

A dispute, especially a public one, between sides holding opposing views.

You, the readers of the ITscout Blog, need to be the judge of how well I'm doing with the five items listed above.