Blogs don’t just pop out of thin air. Someone, somewhere has to write a first blog post. It’s just a fact of life when you are working on a linear time-line, and this linear time-line just happens to be the awesome chronicles of the most awesome creative agency in the world: Laughing Samurai. You may already know who Laughing Samurai is, but for newcomers, we are a Creative Agency founded on two words: Expect Awesome. That’s it! That’s our approach to everything from Branding to Advertising Design, Creative Direction and Websites. Our mission, is to give your company the communication tools it needs to easily position itself in the marketplace as the brand of choice for whatever product or service you are selling. But seriously, what this first blog post is really about is first blog posts, and as first blog posts go, this could be the greatest first blog post ever written.

The Anatomy of a First Blog Post

When people decide to start a blog, a lot of things can happen. For starters, most people have a message or subject they want to talk about. Other people just want to talk about their lives. For some they just have a blog because a really intelligent creative or advertising agency told them it would be good for their business. Your reasons may weigh-in on what you say in your first blog post, but ultimately you can use any approach to get your blog going. We picked a few of our favorites, as observed in the wild.

The Announcement:

Some people start their blogs with a testimonial to all the things they plan to do with their blog in the future. You can recognize this types of posts because they usually start with phrases like “so I decided to start a blog” and go into things about the person or what they are interested in. This method is effective only if you follow through.

The Appearance:

There are others who just start writing and pretend like the blog has been there all along. This is acceptable if you plan on posting a lot, because after a few weeks or months, no one is going to go back and read your first post. Or are they…

The Random:

Finally, some people will just post something random. Like a picture of their uncle or a list of things that smell good but don’t taste good.

Have you observed other types of blog posts in the wild? Share them with us!