!e Funniest Blogger You Know: You! Wade Kwon Birmingham Blogging Academy @WadeOnTweets

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Why is humor important to bloggers?Photo: Mykl Roventine (CC)

Because it’seasy tostand outamongdull blogs.

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Because you are actually funny.Really.

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Because it turns drive-by tra"cinto a loyal audience.

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!ree words.

Be!eFunny.

Be humble.

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Be outrageous.

Be yourself.

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Be someone else.Photo: The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs

Be open to crowdsourcing.

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Be sel#sh.

Be surprising.

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Be derivative.Photos: Twitpic, Studio Nashvegas

Be experimental.

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Be intuitive.

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Be awareof context.

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Be readyto breakall oftheserules.

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