Comments on: Musings on Blogging http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/ Knowledge comes from inspiration - one bit at a time Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:05:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Musing On Off Topic Posts » Inspiration Bit http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-11364 Musing On Off Topic Posts » Inspiration Bit Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:02:09 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-11364 [...] few months ago in my post Musings on Blogging I’ve asked my readers 8 questions about the desired frequency of posting, their reasons for [...] […] few months ago in my post Musings on Blogging I’ve asked my readers 8 questions about the desired frequency of posting, their reasons for […]

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4491 Vivien Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:33:08 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4491 haha, Ronald. How did you guess the goal of my life - to save enough money for a plane ticket to Huntsville, Alabama, to track your house down and count how many lives does your cat have? :-) It's comforting to know that others too feel guilty during the long periods of blog silence. Thanks for your answers. Although you shouldn't feel too guilty - for a blogger who's posting on three blogs you're doing amazingly well. I need to learn a trick or two from you how do you manage to be so efficient at times :-) haha, Ronald. How did you guess the goal of my life - to save enough money for a plane ticket to Huntsville, Alabama, to track your house down and count how many lives does your cat have? :-)

It’s comforting to know that others too feel guilty during the long periods of blog silence. Thanks for your answers. Although you shouldn’t feel too guilty - for a blogger who’s posting on three blogs you’re doing amazingly well. I need to learn a trick or two from you how do you manage to be so efficient at times :-)

]]> By: Ronald Huereca http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4489 Ronald Huereca Thu, 05 Jul 2007 01:40:45 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4489 1. To be honest, I only notice a new post when there is a new one in a feed reader. Unless you post a "Sorry for not posting" post, I don't really pay much attention to a posting schedule. 2. Perhaps 2-3 posts a week. 3. I would unsubscribe from your feed if you came to Huntsville and kicked my cat. Then again, I might re-consider. 4. I unsubscribe from other blogs because of "sorry I can't post" posts and also when a feed makes me click to read the full post. 5. I don't have a particularly favorite blog I swear by. 6. Since I have a personal blog, I am somewhat torn. If I have something unique to bring to the table as far as an opinion goes, I think it is worthy of my audience. I do not try to post technical pieces on my personal blog. I reserve those for other blogs I am apart of. I mostly stick with religion and politics on my personal blog. 7. Sometimes I post a post (such as meme posts) and hope my readers appreciate it. With a personal blog, it's tough to attract a wide audience, so I publish it and cross my fingers. With the other blogs I am apart of, I will not post a post if I don't think it's suited for the target audience. For example, I am a new author for WeblogToolsCollection. I wouldn't post a post about cars there. 8. If I don't post about three posts a week on my personal blog, I feel really guilty and feel I have cheated my readers. I also feel I have no right to complain about feed stats or page views. On other blogs, I already have a posting schedule that I am more-or-less obligated to. 1. To be honest, I only notice a new post when there is a new one in a feed reader. Unless you post a “Sorry for not posting” post, I don’t really pay much attention to a posting schedule.
2. Perhaps 2-3 posts a week.
3. I would unsubscribe from your feed if you came to Huntsville and kicked my cat. Then again, I might re-consider.
4. I unsubscribe from other blogs because of “sorry I can’t post” posts and also when a feed makes me click to read the full post.
5. I don’t have a particularly favorite blog I swear by.

6. Since I have a personal blog, I am somewhat torn. If I have something unique to bring to the table as far as an opinion goes, I think it is worthy of my audience. I do not try to post technical pieces on my personal blog. I reserve those for other blogs I am apart of. I mostly stick with religion and politics on my personal blog.

7. Sometimes I post a post (such as meme posts) and hope my readers appreciate it. With a personal blog, it’s tough to attract a wide audience, so I publish it and cross my fingers. With the other blogs I am apart of, I will not post a post if I don’t think it’s suited for the target audience. For example, I am a new author for WeblogToolsCollection. I wouldn’t post a post about cars there.

8. If I don’t post about three posts a week on my personal blog, I feel really guilty and feel I have cheated my readers. I also feel I have no right to complain about feed stats or page views. On other blogs, I already have a posting schedule that I am more-or-less obligated to.

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4431 Vivien Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:31:02 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4431 Hi ebele. Ha-ha, you said it all in your remark ‘thank god, they have a life’. Thank you. Re: following or not the rules of blogging - rules are meant to be broken, and sometimes that action leads to more interesting ventures and discoveries. And those people who break the rules often receive a big following. Hi ebele. Ha-ha, you said it all in your remark ‘thank god, they have a life’. Thank you.

Re: following or not the rules of blogging - rules are meant to be broken, and sometimes that action leads to more interesting ventures and discoveries. And those people who break the rules often receive a big following.

]]> By: ebele http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4414 ebele Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:55:03 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4414 Hi... I can't answer all your questions but I, for one, am starting to care less about how frequently I post up fresh entries on my blog or how diggable what I post up is. I'm slowly realising that I don't wanna be a prisoner to the rules of blogging (or what the rules of blogging appear to be). I check out the sites I'm genuinely interested in or that I'm curious about, I leave a comment if I feel compelled to and just because you want a link on my site or add yourself as a contact on my MyBlog site doesn't mean you're gonna get it (the people-pleasing side of me would feel bad about this but I'm learning to manage that side of myself). If yours or anyone else's blog is silent for a couple of days or a week, I naturally assume that that person may be busy and that 'thank god, they have a life'. Hi…

I can’t answer all your questions but I, for one, am starting to care less about how frequently I post up fresh entries on my blog or how diggable what I post up is. I’m slowly realising that I don’t wanna be a prisoner to the rules of blogging (or what the rules of blogging appear to be). I check out the sites I’m genuinely interested in or that I’m curious about, I leave a comment if I feel compelled to and just because you want a link on my site or add yourself as a contact on my MyBlog site doesn’t mean you’re gonna get it (the people-pleasing side of me would feel bad about this but I’m learning to manage that side of myself).

If yours or anyone else’s blog is silent for a couple of days or a week, I naturally assume that that person may be busy and that ‘thank god, they have a life’.

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4404 Vivien Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:15:28 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4404 Thanks for your thoughts on blogging, Aaron. I'm glad you did eventually find this post and didn't delete it :-) But yes, you're right. I sometimes do the same - mark all posts read when I'm too busy to read them all, but not on my favourite blogs though :-) Thanks for your thoughts on blogging, Aaron. I’m glad you did eventually find this post and didn’t delete it :-)
But yes, you’re right. I sometimes do the same - mark all posts read when I’m too busy to read them all, but not on my favourite blogs though :-)

]]> By: Aaron :: miLienzo.com http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4379 Aaron :: miLienzo.com Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:25:36 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4379 Interesting topic Vivien. I've had a busy month this June and blogging has taken a serious back seat, and to be honest with you it has bothered me. I fear all sorts of things like people will unsubscribe or growth will be slower than it should be etc. But reading the responses hear has kind of settled me. At the end of the day I don't make, or intend to make, any money from blogging. But I do make money from my other day to day activities, and sometimes this all-consuming pass-time of blogging needs to be put in perspective. And as a blog reader who sometimes has huge lists of unread posts, I can tell you one thing. If a blog has six or seven unread articles I am FAR more likely to click the 'mark all as read' button than I am with a blog which has one or two unread posts. Hence me finding this post a week after it was published. :) Less is quite often more. Interesting topic Vivien. I’ve had a busy month this June and blogging has taken a serious back seat, and to be honest with you it has bothered me. I fear all sorts of things like people will unsubscribe or growth will be slower than it should be etc.

But reading the responses hear has kind of settled me. At the end of the day I don’t make, or intend to make, any money from blogging. But I do make money from my other day to day activities, and sometimes this all-consuming pass-time of blogging needs to be put in perspective.

And as a blog reader who sometimes has huge lists of unread posts, I can tell you one thing. If a blog has six or seven unread articles I am FAR more likely to click the ‘mark all as read’ button than I am with a blog which has one or two unread posts. Hence me finding this post a week after it was published. :)

Less is quite often more.

]]> By: Vivien http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4375 Vivien Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:52:07 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4375 Marc, thanks so much for your straight to the point answers. Thanks for the blog recommendation as well, although I do know already and read your blog. You've got a very similar tagline with this blog :-) Marc, thanks so much for your straight to the point answers. Thanks for the blog recommendation as well, although I do know already and read your blog. You’ve got a very similar tagline with this blog :-)

]]> By: Marc Rapp http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4341 Marc Rapp Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:03:20 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4341 Questions to Readers: 1. What do you think when this blog is silent for several days in a row? That you're busy working for a living. 2. Which posting frequency/schedule would you personally like to see on this blog? It's irrelevant. I read for random bits. ;) 3. What would make you to unsubscribe from this blog or stop reading it? Monotonous content. 4. What would make you to unsubscribe from any other blogs you’re currently subscribed to? Monotonous content. 5. Could you please, share with me/recommend your most favourite blogs? http://www.uniqueepitome.blogspot.com Questions to Readers:

1. What do you think when this blog is silent for several days in a row?
That you’re busy working for a living.

2. Which posting frequency/schedule would you personally like to see on this blog?
It’s irrelevant. I read for random bits. ;)

3. What would make you to unsubscribe from this blog or stop reading it?
Monotonous content.

4. What would make you to unsubscribe from any other blogs you’re currently subscribed to?
Monotonous content.
5. Could you please, share with me/recommend your most favourite blogs?
http://www.uniqueepitome.blogspot.com

]]> By: Shankar Ganesh http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4322 Shankar Ganesh Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:25:30 +0000 http://www.inspirationbit.com/musings-on-blogging/#comment-4322 Hehe.. Thanks for that appreciation... :) Get well soon! Hehe.. Thanks for that appreciation… :)
Get well soon!

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