Comments on: 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Blog

By: Shawn Phillips

Shawn Phillips — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:24:47 +0000

Carl,

Well said, as usual. Great to see you here.

Franklin, terrific info… lovin’ it.

Shawn

By: Carl

Carl — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:47:19 +0000

You’ve got a new follower!
The points you make are so true.
Blogging is sold to be so easy and, in fact, starting a blog is indeed an easy task, for a purely technical perspective. Unfortunately, so many people don’t ask themselves what their blog will give to their potential readers. This should obviously be their first question and concern as the right answer to that question will drive value and readership to their blog.

Carl

By: VlogHog

VlogHog — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:16:20 +0000

Another good article.

The net is getting more and more crowded each day.

If you want to blog for profit, you’ll need a lot of patience. If you want to blog for fun, have fun.

By: susie hawes

susie hawes — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:30:01 +0000

loved the irony in the name of this post

By: Wellescent

Wellescent — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:04:58 +0000

I don’t know whether to take the friend request as an insult or a complement given the immaturity of my own blog and the rather obvious success you seem to be experiencing. For my own ego, I’ll take it that you are suggesting I could ‘increase my success’ with the content of some of your postings and in truth, I think you have some very useful content.

Cheers,

Jason

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:53:00 +0000

I appreciate the visit and the add as a friend. I welcome any and all criticism. You seem to be fairly knowledgable in the subejct and I have to admit I am a neophyte when it comes to blogging. Love the site and I will be back. The Silent Majority

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:30:53 +0000

I have found developing an audience to be a slow process. I initially started just posting on Facebook to my friends and the response was so positive that I started my own blog website. I have been getting great feedback but it’s still taking a long time to develop an audience. I try to keep the posts consistent but wait for quality inspirations. I don’t think anyone wants to read something you just throw on a page.
I will have to re-explore Twitter. Facebook has been so helpful that site might help as well.

By: JoAnne Bennett

JoAnne Bennett — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:29:04 +0000

Great, helpful suggestions for new bloggers like myself. I’ve been getting lots of hits on my blog in a very short time, over 1,200 since the middle of Jan. It’s flattering, but I just want to my keep my readers coming back . Thank you, good articles like yours just give me room to grow and learn from others.

By: Diane at Lose-weight-for-life.com

Diane at Lose-weight-for-life.com — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:12:13 +0000

Hi Franklin as a new blogger this was spot-on to remind me to stay focused and above all patient. Sometimes I get discouraged after putting hours into a post when it seems like no one is listening. But I didn’t start blogging anticipating thousands of visitors overnight so this was a timely kick in the butt to stay focused and committed. thanks…I needed that!

By: Jerry Smith

Jerry Smith — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:50:41 +0000

Great points, blogging seems to be one of those things many approach with limiting beliefs. Number 3 is a classic i.e. “I am not a writer”

Of course it writing is a skill but it CAN be learned. If you tell yourself you can’t write then you make that correct. Like anything you commit to you can get better at it. If you have great ideas and insight you owe it to people to get that out there.

There are too many blogs out there that haven’t been updated for months and that is probably because the blogger lost interest. You are absolutely right in pointing out that it is a commitment and will take some time.