Links: Writing for your audience
Writing content that will be appreciated by your audience is one of the make-or-break aspects of blogging. Here are several posts from other bloggers with great ideas for defining and appealing to your audience:
Three Ways to Define Your Target Audience A lesson in deciding who your audience is before you start blogging from Kivi Leroux Miller
3 Best Practices For Blogging by Abbi Siler; see #3 be passionate and know your audience
Blogosphere Trends + Your Blog’s Tone from Darren at Problogger
Know your sh*t. a look at why confidence and conviction are important in your writing from Olivier Blanchard