New Autograph blog

csmtampa

Well after a long time of wanting to start one I guess I finally did. I'm going to try and update it everyday or every other, depending on how time permits. I'm not much of a writer so just remember that when viewing lol. The purpose of the blog will be to give autograph collectors, mainly baseball, a place to view autograph news, signature studies, and other autograph information. I feel the knowledge I have with autographs can help out other collectors. The first signature study I am going to do will be on the 500 HR Club. It should be up in a couple of days, hopefully. I have never tried to actually maintain a "blog" and don't know how much work is involved so this is a learning experience as well. If you have any suggestions or input, you can contact me by PM or by email. csmtampa@gmail.com

The Autograph Report

MooseDog

Great idea and looking forward to reading it...one tip.

POST REGULARLY!

I've seen so many blog ideas start then the blogger realizes it is taking up too much time for no return and they quit.

Best of luck on the venture.

csmtampa

Thanks for the kinds words MooseDog. I just made an unexpected first post lol. I just want to get information out there to collectors and hopefully save them from getting ripped off when purchasing autographs.

jswieton

Nice website I can't wait to start reading it regularly! I agree with Moose, the key for success is to keep the readers interested with consistent updates.

csmtampa

<< <i>Nice website I can't wait to start reading it regularly! I agree with Moose, the key for success is to keep the readers interested with consistent updates. >>



I'm going to try to daily, even if it's just a simple update. Signature studies will take a little more time, but regular updates comparing autographs should be up every other day or so.

Dboneesq

Great idea mark. Good luck. Looking forward to reading it.

MooseDog

One more bit of advice...don't try to do daily...having had to do this for work for a time, daily gets old after a couple of weeks, as you run out of ideas. Your idea for doing signature studies, etc. - those will take some time to do right.

For this kind of subject you'll be better off maybe with a weekly "schedule" but also you can add some more frequent posts as inspiration strikes. Very important not to burn out too soon. If the content is good, we readers will know where to look.

Cheers,

MooseDog

Ironmanfan

Great start! I've bookmarked it.

IMF

csmtampa

Thanks for the words everyone. I will try and update every few days or so unless some news that I feel others would like to hear comes out. I decided to have bi weekly contests where collectors can win autographed items. If you have any suggestions for future content, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.

zep33

great idea!! good luck with it

slantycouch

Nice! Looking forward to reading it.

MeteoriteGuy

Sounds pretty neat.

If you ever want to do a Steve Young auto study, I can supply ~30-40 scans, plus a few scans of not real certified autos, and a few comments.

Thought about doing that on here....as PSA DNA doesn't seem to have good examples (?). Such as rejecting the charity signed autos, which every one I have seen looks good, and I accidently picked up a PSA DNA Young auto that is not real....it was cheap and I didn't look....

GIA is the worst, Young wise, and I have seen maybe a dozen certified bad Young autos with their certification.