If you've ever hired a blogger (or 20), you'll know that it's not an easy task to get the type of blogging work that you want out of your new people. This is especially the case when you're an experienced blogger yourself - the urge to micro-manage may be too great to allow you to train your blogger(s) properly.

So what methods / strategies do you use to train bloggers?

Currently I'm using a combination of strategies to bring bloggers up to speed. The first step is to help them find their blogging voice, their personality. To be blunt, it's just like real life - if you're an interesting person (a good story-teller), people will enjoy listening to what you have to say. On the other hand, if you're boring, people will nod their heads politely.

As a blogger, the anonymity offered by the Internet allows our nasty sides to come out and people are far less charitable online when you're boring (or anything other than a rock star). The key to be successful as a blogger is to develop a unique voice and style - and to polish and keep improving it.

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