Comments on: My Thoughts on Lessons Learned http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/ Life is seldom simple so we must make sense of the twist and turns Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:18:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Earl Moore http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Earl Moore Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:28:59 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/#comment-445 Rick: I think your concerns are very normal for most starting bloggers. There are weeks I really struggle for content and others when I have more ideas then I can post. The secret is working through those dry spells. I easily spend three to fours hours reading other blogs for every hour I spend writing my own post. Sometimes it's a balancing act to find time for everything. Thanks for your comments and good luck on your blog. Rick: I think your concerns are very normal for most starting bloggers.

There are weeks I really struggle for content and others when I have more ideas then I can post. The secret is working through those dry spells.

I easily spend three to fours hours reading other blogs for every hour I spend writing my own post. Sometimes it’s a balancing act to find time for everything.

Thanks for your comments and good luck on your blog.

]]> By: Rick Anderson http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Rick Anderson Sat, 29 Jul 2006 04:07:35 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/#comment-442 I too just got serious about my posting a few months ago, after a time of letting my Blog sit somewhat idle. My subject is not one that will bring 1,000's of readers a day but it may some day bring ?100's?, but as I study it, That only happens with good content/great content that readers will come back for. As some one who has spent their entire life digging in the dirt this whole internet business was to to latch onto. Now I'm looking at HTML and CSS which is a tough grasp for me-im my case Blogger was my choice. The other reason for comment was that the more I post the more blogs I read, I too wish I had read even more before I started but dang-it I was ready to get started. I too just got serious about my posting a few months ago, after a time of letting my Blog sit somewhat idle.

My subject is not one that will bring 1,000’s of readers a day but it may some day bring ?100’s?, but as I study it, That only happens with good content/great content that readers will come back for.

As some one who has spent their entire life digging in the dirt this whole internet business was to to latch onto. Now I’m looking at HTML and CSS which is a tough grasp for me-im my case Blogger was my choice.

The other reason for comment was that the more I post the more blogs I read, I too wish I had read even more before I started but dang-it I was ready to get started.

]]> By: Meandering Passage » Blog Archive » Of course, but why? http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Meandering Passage » Blog Archive » Of course, but why? Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:23:39 +0000 http://meanderingpassage.com/2006/07/26/my-thoughts-on-lessons-learned/#comment-430 [...] I was reading an interesting post by Richard Querin on Renaissance Man titled “Improving the space…” that kindly referenced a previous post I had made to a piece by Kent Newsome concerning blogging. One of Richards well stated points (#7) was that he had noticed a theme of building successful readership in all the related post: Something else I’ve noticed in Kent’s, OmegaMom’s and Earls posts about this topic is that there is a theme of building successful readership. This is not a bad thing. One of my other hang-ups has been my reluctance to overtly try to build readership. Growing readership is a good thing, but not necessarily the primary measure of success for me (and I’m not implying that it’s the primary measure for Kent, Earl or Omegamom). I’ve said before that I love the fact that anybody at all reads what I write, but I don’t want it to shape what I write about, or how I write it. That said, I’d like to do more to encourage readership. I’m all too happy to wallow in mediocrity. [...] [...] I was reading an interesting post by Richard Querin on Renaissance Man titled “Improving the space…” that kindly referenced a previous post I had made to a piece by Kent Newsome concerning blogging. One of Richards well stated points (#7) was that he had noticed a theme of building successful readership in all the related post: Something else I’ve noticed in Kent’s, OmegaMom’s and Earls posts about this topic is that there is a theme of building successful readership. This is not a bad thing. One of my other hang-ups has been my reluctance to overtly try to build readership. Growing readership is a good thing, but not necessarily the primary measure of success for me (and I’m not implying that it’s the primary measure for Kent, Earl or Omegamom). I’ve said before that I love the fact that anybody at all reads what I write, but I don’t want it to shape what I write about, or how I write it. That said, I’d like to do more to encourage readership. I’m all too happy to wallow in mediocrity. [...]

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