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?
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“I’m late for the party”, is how many will start a comment if they are commenting a day or two after a post is published.
It almost sounds like an apology.
To a blog author, the “party” never ends, but person commenting may feel their comment won’t be seen.
In fact, because of this, some won’t comment.
Today’s Lesson
One reason we may end up being late for the party is because Your Today Is My Tomorrow.
We’re talking about time zones.
In the comments on the Blogging Etiquette post, Wilma who blogs about Bridging the gap between Knowing and Doing pointed out,
That’s true. If our post goes public at noon our time, it could be 2 a.m. the next day on other parts of the globe.
Wilma’s comment raises a second issue.
Does the order in which we comment make a difference?
I’ve read how being the first one to comment can be extremely beneficial. It’s gets our name out there and those who comment after us may click on our name, thus driving more traffic to our site.
That leads to the next question, “If we end up being the last to comment, will our words of wisdom be all for naught?”
Today’s Assignment
For Wilma, I’ll ask, “Should we consider our blogging friends in different time zones and publish at different times once in awhile? ”
Do you see a benefit in being the first one to comment on a post?
If you arrive “late” on a post, will you comment or do you just move on?
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