tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2797243237643619711.post3390560400323392737..comments2023-07-25T00:52:14.196-07:00Comments on sharon.wilbur: the funny thing about blogs....sharon wilburhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01472703506280437982noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2797243237643619711.post-32151723548989330882009-03-12T08:20:00.000-07:002009-03-12T08:20:00.000-07:00To back up what I'm saying, one of the prolific te...To back up what I'm saying, one of the prolific tech bloggers, Jeff Atwood from the <A HREF="http://www.codinghorror.com" REL="nofollow">Coding Horror blog</A>, says something similar. He says in his post <A HREF="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000983.html" REL="nofollow">How To Achieve Ultimate Blog Success</A>:<BR/><BR/><I>When people ask me for advice on blogging, I always respond with yet another form of the same advice: pick a schedule you can live with, and stick to it. Until you do that, none of the other advice I could give you will matter. I don't care if you suck at writing. I don't care if nobody reads your blog. I don't care if you have nothing interesting to say. If you can demonstrate a willingness to write, and a desire to keep continually improving your writing, you will eventually be successful.</I><BR/><BR/>My experience as a blogger is the same as Jeff's. Get a schedule and stick to it. It also helps to have a cohesive, related set of topics to blog about.Judah Gabriel Himangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277699587853707632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2797243237643619711.post-51728487414053254792009-03-12T08:10:00.000-07:002009-03-12T08:10:00.000-07:00Yeah, I hear you.I've been blogging for about 5 ye...Yeah, I hear you.<BR/><BR/>I've been blogging for about 5 years now. Maybe I can relate to you some of the things I've learned.<BR/><BR/>One thing that I've found to be really important to writing a good blog is to have a schedule and stick to it. Can you write only 1 blog a week? 1 a month? <BR/><BR/>Get a schedule and stick to it.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I have days were I could write 5 posts, others I'm just blank.<BR/><BR/>To counteract this, I write all 5 posts the day I'm feeling creative. I'll store those as drafts and post them on the days I'm feeling less creative.<BR/><BR/>Through this, I've managed to post 2 original blogs a week, so that's my schedule, and I've largely stuck to that for the last 2 years. It's worked out well, and I've seen my <A HREF="http://judahgabriel.blogspot.com/2008/12/year-end-round-up.html" REL="nofollow">traffic rise 60%</A> in the last year, more than 500% in the last 2 years.<BR/><BR/>Another thing I'd recommend to you, Sharon, is to figure out what you want your blog to be. Right now your blog has been a jumble of personal thoughts, music videos you like, posts on faith, others on politics.<BR/><BR/>When I started my blog, I wanted it to be about the things I'm interested in...life, tech, family, faith. But I soon found that people visit your blog really because of 1 particular topic. Pretty soon, all my readers were religious people who didn't give a crap about technology, for example. I had to make a decision to figure out where to go with the blog. That direction influenced my posts, and having posts on a consistent topic increased my readership as well.<BR/><BR/>To sum up, the 2 big things to help make a successful blog, in my experience: <BR/><BR/>- consistency in posting schedule (even if that schedule calls for only 1 post/month)<BR/><BR/>- consistency in topics<BR/><BR/>Of course, if your blog is not really a serious thing, if you don't care about getting lots of readers and you just want your blog to be a place to post personal thoughts and whims, well, then it doesn't really matter how often you post or how random the topics are. :-)<BR/><BR/>Shalom Sharon.Judah Gabriel Himangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10277699587853707632noreply@blogger.com