Blogging is defined as a hobby.
You know. In the same category as other hobbies such as scrap-booking, fishing, quilting, collecting, etc…
Take for example, when someone decides to make a quilt. They don’t race to get it done. No. They take time to find a pattern. Then they pick out the perfect fabric. They’ll carefully cut out each piece and painstakingly start making their blocks. When their blocks are done, they’ll arrange them “just so”, stitch them together, etc….. It may be years before the quilt is done. And when it is, they can sit back and enjoy their masterpiece.
Today’s Lesson
When I started blogging I remember the feeling I HAD to get posts published. Why? Who knows except I probably read that’s what bloggers do; publish often to attract readers and the search engines.
So, that’s what I did; published five or more times a week, rushing to get more data “out there” whether others were reading it, or not.
But now I question if that was the right thing to do as I’ve learned our blogs wait for us, as do our readers.
No one expects us to reveal everything in the first month of blogging. In fact, since we continue to learn more each day, if we choose, we could be blogging for the rest of our lives.
And, that’s okay.
That’s what keeps readers coming back. The suspense. The mystery. The surprise of what we might reveal next. The joy of following our journey.
And when we consider the fact how a post we publish today, will begin to get buried as soon as we publish another, we soon figure out our best tips, ideas and observations could go unread.
Today’s Assignment
Did you ever feel like I did, where you felt an urgency to quickly get something published, thinking you only had a limited amount of time?
Or have you come to the realization like I did, that blogging is not a race and you have begun to enjoy the journey?
Care to Share?
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Let’s face it, receiving comments means we know “for sure” our blog posts are be read (or maybe skimmed), and in some cases, comments are what keeps us motivated to keep going.
But, how to get others to comment on our blogs is something we’re often uncertain of.
Today’s Lesson
Recently a semi-new blogger left a comment on an older post of mine.
To reiterate, this is what Linda of Roses To Rainbows wrote.
I noticed two things about Linda’s comment. First she said she is trying to EARN an audience, and secondly she says, “I don’t just plop down a comment on every blog just for the sake of “being seen”.”
I like her attitude. She’s not looking for a free ride, nor will she comment just to comment.
When answering her comment, I wanted to share what I’ve learned and in part, said,
That’s one thing I’ve found to be true. Although we may have dozens of articles buried in our archives, unless a reader has subscribed to comments, the comments which are left on older posts usually end up being a conversation between the blog author and the commenter only.
Today’s Assignment
To help Linda (or any new blogger) get more comments, what advice would you give?
Or, do you have the same problem as Linda?
Care to share?