Comments on: 11 Things I’ve Learnt about Blogging (so far)

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:26:11 +0000

@Jeremy Day – Thanks for the plugin tip, i’ll check that out. And thanks for the stumble too!

@Vincent – Thanks for stopping by. Hitting publish just feels good right!? Thanks.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:27:36 +0000

Hi Chris,

Great post. I am guilty of hitting the publish button too soon too but I make an effort to at proof read my articles twice before submitting in order to minimize errors.

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

By: Jeremy Day

Jeremy Day — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:20:54 +0000

Hi Chris,

There is a Super Edit Wordpress plugin to help you with #11. ;-)
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-edit/

Ill be stumbling this article too. Great work! I look forward to more.

Cheers,
Jeremy

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:46:08 +0000

@Van Scott – Thanks for your comment! Glad you like the blog. Just took a peek at yours, looks like good stuff!

By: Van Scott

Van Scott — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:14:43 +0000

Hey Chris,
Love this one! Just started blogging myself on a similar topic– I’ve found your blog via a comment you made at Zen Habits. You’re now in my reader under “lifestyle designers!” (along with Christine above!)
Best,
Van

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:58:43 +0000

@christinegilbert – thanks for your insights. I enjoyed your post when I first came across it, I think the title draws people in. Trying to up my quality myself, but it can be a fine line as you don’t know until you hit publish whether people will get/like your stuff. Cheers Chris.

By: christinegilbert

christinegilbert — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:48:45 +0000

Chris,

I totally feel #1! My most popular post is http://almostfearless.com/2008/05/21/8-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-was-22/ which was a quick post I wrote and didn’t think much of it. It quickly went viral, landed on the front page of several social media sites, and still gives me thousands of pageviews even months later. And this whole time, I’m like, really? This post? Not the one I poured my heart into? I’ve never been able to recreate that level of response, but apparently people really connected to what I was saying (both for and against).

The only one I would add is to expand #5: Quality is so important, it is actually better to NOT POST than post a poorly written entry. No one unsubscribes because you skipped a day. Write a shoddy post though, and you could lose readers. I dropped my posting down to 2-3 X a week and it’s had no impact on my traffic… quantity is important to take it to the next level, but only if (a big IF) you can maintain high standards.

Great post, Chris!

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:26:00 +0000

@Gina – Thanks for your insights. I particular agree with 1 and 3.

It’s interesting to see the comments from other bloggers, keep them coming. Seems that there are common themes, and then areas where we all differ. That’s what makes this such a great medium.

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:18:59 +0000

I have learned:

1) The posts I love the most (as the author) may not be the most loved posts by readers.

2) Sometimes it is very hard to come up with ideas for daily posts.

3) Writing is good for the soul and makes you think.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:48:27 +0000

@Angel Cuala – Thanks for your insights. I struggle with the content too, but I am really focusing on it now. I’ll probably have a ‘Productive Content Creation’ post in the future.

@Mary Alexander – Thanks very much! Making time to blog, I suppose is like making time for anything, you have to prioritise what is important to you and cut out other stuff.