Comments on: Creating Compelling Blogs – Do You Have to Write Every Day? http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: GermWorks http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4502 GermWorks Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:05:33 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4502 This post has brought up some thoughts of mine, I am thinking that with my blog I need to separate the posts a bit from a wide range and limit the range a bit.. BUT even in saying that I like having a wide range, as it keeps life interesting posting about different topics. This post has brought up some thoughts of mine, I am thinking that with my blog I need to separate the posts a bit from a wide range and limit the range a bit..

BUT even in saying that I like having a wide range, as it keeps life interesting posting about different topics.

]]> By: GermWorks http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16587 GermWorks Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:05:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16587 This post has brought up some thoughts of mine, I am thinking that with my blog I need to separate the posts a bit from a wide range and limit the range a bit.. BUT even in saying that I like having a wide range, as it keeps life interesting posting about different topics. This post has brought up some thoughts of mine, I am thinking that with my blog I need to separate the posts a bit from a wide range and limit the range a bit..

BUT even in saying that I like having a wide range, as it keeps life interesting posting about different topics.

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4482 Chris Garrett Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:42:55 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4482 @Rajesh - I write every day apart from weekends which I take off, although my last vacation I didn't manage to get internet access at all so there were no posts for over 10 days! @Patricia - Consistency is very important, agreed, but consistency of quality rather than schedule. @George - Yes traffic drops, but post filler just so you can say you posted and you will get unsubscribes. Many times I haven't posted but the visitors come right back when I do. Post a clunker and they leave and DON'T come back. I would rather not post than force myself to post something rubbish. My photography blog is very ad hoc, there can be over a week between posts, but my feed subscribers are growing. There are some super successful blogs that post very irregularly. @Jason - I post week days too, only occasionally will I post on the weekend. @Guilherme - You are exactly right, people anticipate your next post but won't drop you because you miss a day, just like I am looking forward to the next seasons of Heroes and BSG which is months away for us in the UK but will only stop watching if they are rubbish @Rob - Yes definitely, in fact start thinking about halloween, thanks giving, Christmas, hanukkah, etc :) @LA - It works for me but see what works for you, as I always say I can only give advice based on my experience but your audience is unique to you. Monitor your unsubscribes and you will see if I am right :) @Jan - Excellent :) @D'Tanga - It is important to keep up a posting schedule but not at the expense of quality just as a good speaker will not keep talking just to break the silence. @Garrett - Yes people do not subscribe to see filler and padding, although I do post lots of crap on my personal blog because that is what they expect over there :) @Eve - Oh yeah, I need those organisation tips too :) @Skellie - Exactly! If you think a blog is dead then of course through normal housekeeping you will remove it, but not because a couple of days has gone by without posts @Community - I think most readers appreciate a great post more than regularity so I think you have hit on the right idea @Carolyn - Same here, I very nearly didn't post yesterday because of hangover but I had a thought I just needed to share :) @Maria - Yup, the last thing the blogosphere needs is more noise @Jerry - It's a good idea to sit on posts and let them stew. I need to start posting as draft so I can do that :) @Rajesh – I write every day apart from weekends which I take off, although my last vacation I didn’t manage to get internet access at all so there were no posts for over 10 days!

@Patricia – Consistency is very important, agreed, but consistency of quality rather than schedule.

@George – Yes traffic drops, but post filler just so you can say you posted and you will get unsubscribes. Many times I haven’t posted but the visitors come right back when I do. Post a clunker and they leave and DON’T come back. I would rather not post than force myself to post something rubbish. My photography blog is very ad hoc, there can be over a week between posts, but my feed subscribers are growing. There are some super successful blogs that post very irregularly.

@Jason – I post week days too, only occasionally will I post on the weekend.

@Guilherme – You are exactly right, people anticipate your next post but won’t drop you because you miss a day, just like I am looking forward to the next seasons of Heroes and BSG which is months away for us in the UK but will only stop watching if they are rubbish

@Rob – Yes definitely, in fact start thinking about halloween, thanks giving, Christmas, hanukkah, etc :)

@LA – It works for me but see what works for you, as I always say I can only give advice based on my experience but your audience is unique to you. Monitor your unsubscribes and you will see if I am right :)

@Jan – Excellent :)

@D’Tanga – It is important to keep up a posting schedule but not at the expense of quality just as a good speaker will not keep talking just to break the silence.

@Garrett – Yes people do not subscribe to see filler and padding, although I do post lots of crap on my personal blog because that is what they expect over there :)

@Eve – Oh yeah, I need those organisation tips too :)

@Skellie – Exactly! If you think a blog is dead then of course through normal housekeeping you will remove it, but not because a couple of days has gone by without posts

@Community – I think most readers appreciate a great post more than regularity so I think you have hit on the right idea

@Carolyn – Same here, I very nearly didn’t post yesterday because of hangover but I had a thought I just needed to share :)

@Maria – Yup, the last thing the blogosphere needs is more noise

@Jerry – It’s a good idea to sit on posts and let them stew. I need to start posting as draft so I can do that :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16586 Chris Garrett Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:42:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16586 @Rajesh - I write every day apart from weekends which I take off, although my last vacation I didn't manage to get internet access at all so there were no posts for over 10 days! @Patricia - Consistency is very important, agreed, but consistency of quality rather than schedule. @George - Yes traffic drops, but post filler just so you can say you posted and you will get unsubscribes. Many times I haven't posted but the visitors come right back when I do. Post a clunker and they leave and DON'T come back. I would rather not post than force myself to post something rubbish. My photography blog is very ad hoc, there can be over a week between posts, but my feed subscribers are growing. There are some super successful blogs that post very irregularly. @Jason - I post week days too, only occasionally will I post on the weekend. @Guilherme - You are exactly right, people anticipate your next post but won't drop you because you miss a day, just like I am looking forward to the next seasons of Heroes and BSG which is months away for us in the UK but will only stop watching if they are rubbish @Rob - Yes definitely, in fact start thinking about halloween, thanks giving, Christmas, hanukkah, etc :) @LA - It works for me but see what works for you, as I always say I can only give advice based on my experience but your audience is unique to you. Monitor your unsubscribes and you will see if I am right :) @Jan - Excellent :) @D'Tanga - It is important to keep up a posting schedule but not at the expense of quality just as a good speaker will not keep talking just to break the silence. @Garrett - Yes people do not subscribe to see filler and padding, although I do post lots of crap on my personal blog because that is what they expect over there :) @Eve - Oh yeah, I need those organisation tips too :) @Skellie - Exactly! If you think a blog is dead then of course through normal housekeeping you will remove it, but not because a couple of days has gone by without posts @Community - I think most readers appreciate a great post more than regularity so I think you have hit on the right idea @Carolyn - Same here, I very nearly didn't post yesterday because of hangover but I had a thought I just needed to share :) @Maria - Yup, the last thing the blogosphere needs is more noise @Jerry - It's a good idea to sit on posts and let them stew. I need to start posting as draft so I can do that :) @Rajesh – I write every day apart from weekends which I take off, although my last vacation I didn’t manage to get internet access at all so there were no posts for over 10 days!

@Patricia – Consistency is very important, agreed, but consistency of quality rather than schedule.

@George – Yes traffic drops, but post filler just so you can say you posted and you will get unsubscribes. Many times I haven’t posted but the visitors come right back when I do. Post a clunker and they leave and DON’T come back. I would rather not post than force myself to post something rubbish. My photography blog is very ad hoc, there can be over a week between posts, but my feed subscribers are growing. There are some super successful blogs that post very irregularly.

@Jason – I post week days too, only occasionally will I post on the weekend.

@Guilherme – You are exactly right, people anticipate your next post but won’t drop you because you miss a day, just like I am looking forward to the next seasons of Heroes and BSG which is months away for us in the UK but will only stop watching if they are rubbish

@Rob – Yes definitely, in fact start thinking about halloween, thanks giving, Christmas, hanukkah, etc :)

@LA – It works for me but see what works for you, as I always say I can only give advice based on my experience but your audience is unique to you. Monitor your unsubscribes and you will see if I am right :)

@Jan – Excellent :)

@D’Tanga – It is important to keep up a posting schedule but not at the expense of quality just as a good speaker will not keep talking just to break the silence.

@Garrett – Yes people do not subscribe to see filler and padding, although I do post lots of crap on my personal blog because that is what they expect over there :)

@Eve – Oh yeah, I need those organisation tips too :)

@Skellie – Exactly! If you think a blog is dead then of course through normal housekeeping you will remove it, but not because a couple of days has gone by without posts

@Community – I think most readers appreciate a great post more than regularity so I think you have hit on the right idea

@Carolyn – Same here, I very nearly didn’t post yesterday because of hangover but I had a thought I just needed to share :)

@Maria – Yup, the last thing the blogosphere needs is more noise

@Jerry – It’s a good idea to sit on posts and let them stew. I need to start posting as draft so I can do that :)

]]> By: Jerry Gartner http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4479 Jerry Gartner Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:13:48 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4479 I set my goal for writing 6 new posts a week. If I feel like I'm forcing a post just because I "have to write", I will just do a draft and sit on it. The content tends to be better when it's not forced. Another issue that I had was the audience I write for at http://www.gartnerwebdev.com are small business owners. My wife has to de-geekify most all of the posts that I write - hers are pretty much ready to go though. The solution was to start another blog at http://rackit.gartnerwebdev.com where the posts are geared toward IT folks and other computer types. With the exception of the diggbait once a week, the content manages to stay on target. The diggbait tends to be more opinion than anything though, so it serves as another outlet for a different type of writing. And then there's the marketing... well, I'll save that for a post maybe :) I set my goal for writing 6 new posts a week. If I feel like I’m forcing a post just because I “have to write”, I will just do a draft and sit on it. The content tends to be better when it’s not forced. Another issue that I had was the audience I write for at http://www.gartnerwebdev.com are small business owners. My wife has to de-geekify most all of the posts that I write – hers are pretty much ready to go though. The solution was to start another blog at http://rackit.gartnerwebdev.com where the posts are geared toward IT folks and other computer types. With the exception of the diggbait once a week, the content manages to stay on target. The diggbait tends to be more opinion than anything though, so it serves as another outlet for a different type of writing. And then there’s the marketing… well, I’ll save that for a post maybe :)

]]> By: Jerry Gartner http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16585 Jerry Gartner Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:13:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16585 I set my goal for writing 6 new posts a week. If I feel like I'm forcing a post just because I "have to write", I will just do a draft and sit on it. The content tends to be better when it's not forced. Another issue that I had was the audience I write for at http://www.gartnerwebdev.com are small business owners. My wife has to de-geekify most all of the posts that I write - hers are pretty much ready to go though. The solution was to start another blog at http://rackit.gartnerwebdev.com where the posts are geared toward IT folks and other computer types. With the exception of the diggbait once a week, the content manages to stay on target. The diggbait tends to be more opinion than anything though, so it serves as another outlet for a different type of writing. And then there's the marketing... well, I'll save that for a post maybe :) I set my goal for writing 6 new posts a week. If I feel like I’m forcing a post just because I “have to write”, I will just do a draft and sit on it. The content tends to be better when it’s not forced. Another issue that I had was the audience I write for at http://www.gartnerwebdev.com are small business owners. My wife has to de-geekify most all of the posts that I write – hers are pretty much ready to go though. The solution was to start another blog at http://rackit.gartnerwebdev.com where the posts are geared toward IT folks and other computer types. With the exception of the diggbait once a week, the content manages to stay on target. The diggbait tends to be more opinion than anything though, so it serves as another outlet for a different type of writing. And then there’s the marketing… well, I’ll save that for a post maybe :)

]]> By: Maria Palma http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4478 Maria Palma Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:38:36 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4478 Chris, I'm glad I read this because just today I was thinking that I "needed" to post something... There is so much noise in the blogosphere nowadays and as a blog reader reading 100+ feeds a day, it can become pretty overwhelming. I tend to stick to blogs that provide good content. Chris,

I’m glad I read this because just today I was thinking that I “needed” to post something…

There is so much noise in the blogosphere nowadays and as a blog reader reading 100+ feeds a day, it can become pretty overwhelming. I tend to stick to blogs that provide good content.

]]> By: Maria Palma http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16584 Maria Palma Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:38:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16584 Chris, I'm glad I read this because just today I was thinking that I "needed" to post something... There is so much noise in the blogosphere nowadays and as a blog reader reading 100+ feeds a day, it can become pretty overwhelming. I tend to stick to blogs that provide good content. Chris,

I’m glad I read this because just today I was thinking that I “needed” to post something…

There is so much noise in the blogosphere nowadays and as a blog reader reading 100+ feeds a day, it can become pretty overwhelming. I tend to stick to blogs that provide good content.

]]> By: Carolyn Manning http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4458 Carolyn Manning Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:44 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4458 There are any number of reasons why we might opt for no post rather than turn out poor work. It seldom hurts to use a little transparency and let our readers know what's going on. For instance, I'm long-distance apartment hunting right now and there are days when the energy goes into the hunt and stays there. If a few of those days pile up, it's easy enough to make a quick reference in the next post. Well, that's how I handle erratic posting. There are any number of reasons why we might opt for no post rather than turn out poor work. It seldom hurts to use a little transparency and let our readers know what’s going on. For instance, I’m long-distance apartment hunting right now and there are days when the energy goes into the hunt and stays there. If a few of those days pile up, it’s easy enough to make a quick reference in the next post. Well, that’s how I handle erratic posting.

]]> By: Carolyn Manning http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16583 Carolyn Manning Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16583 There are any number of reasons why we might opt for no post rather than turn out poor work. It seldom hurts to use a little transparency and let our readers know what's going on. For instance, I'm long-distance apartment hunting right now and there are days when the energy goes into the hunt and stays there. If a few of those days pile up, it's easy enough to make a quick reference in the next post. Well, that's how I handle erratic posting. There are any number of reasons why we might opt for no post rather than turn out poor work. It seldom hurts to use a little transparency and let our readers know what’s going on. For instance, I’m long-distance apartment hunting right now and there are days when the energy goes into the hunt and stays there. If a few of those days pile up, it’s easy enough to make a quick reference in the next post. Well, that’s how I handle erratic posting.

]]> By: Community Building Blog http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4451 Community Building Blog Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:10:36 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4451 I completely agree - I used to post every day on my blog, but this became unsustainable and I found the quality of my articles suffering as a result. Now I aim to post at least five articles a week; this is far more sustainable and my readers now no longer expect articles over the weekend. - Martin Ree I completely agree – I used to post every day on my blog, but this became unsustainable and I found the quality of my articles suffering as a result.

Now I aim to post at least five articles a week; this is far more sustainable and my readers now no longer expect articles over the weekend.

- Martin Ree

]]> By: Community Building Blog http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16582 Community Building Blog Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16582 I completely agree - I used to post every day on my blog, but this became unsustainable and I found the quality of my articles suffering as a result. Now I aim to post at least five articles a week; this is far more sustainable and my readers now no longer expect articles over the weekend. - Martin Ree I completely agree – I used to post every day on my blog, but this became unsustainable and I found the quality of my articles suffering as a result.

Now I aim to post at least five articles a week; this is far more sustainable and my readers now no longer expect articles over the weekend.

- Martin Ree

]]> By: Skellie http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4450 Skellie Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:24:51 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4450 I'm not sure that missing one day's worth of content, or posting less than each day, would compel people to unsubscribe. The only thing that would make me unsubscribe due to a lack of posting would be if I suspected the blog was on its death throes. When a blog doesn't update your feed reader experience isn't interrupted. It just sits there, waiting for content the next day, or the day after. I don't see how this would compel someone to unsubscribe. I think people have a tendency to say the reason a chunk of people unsubscribed was because 'I didn't post enough', or 'I posted too much', but looking at my own behavior, I tend to only unsubscribe to feeds for two reasons: I'm overwhelmed by too much content (5+ posts a day, and not many blogs do this), or the content is no longer what I'm interested in. To be honest, I expect the same behavior from my readers. If people were unsubscribing I'd look to the quality of the content first. I’m not sure that missing one day’s worth of content, or posting less than each day, would compel people to unsubscribe. The only thing that would make me unsubscribe due to a lack of posting would be if I suspected the blog was on its death throes.

When a blog doesn’t update your feed reader experience isn’t interrupted. It just sits there, waiting for content the next day, or the day after. I don’t see how this would compel someone to unsubscribe.

I think people have a tendency to say the reason a chunk of people unsubscribed was because ‘I didn’t post enough’, or ‘I posted too much’, but looking at my own behavior, I tend to only unsubscribe to feeds for two reasons: I’m overwhelmed by too much content (5+ posts a day, and not many blogs do this), or the content is no longer what I’m interested in. To be honest, I expect the same behavior from my readers. If people were unsubscribing I’d look to the quality of the content first.

]]> By: Skellie http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16581 Skellie Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16581 I'm not sure that missing one day's worth of content, or posting less than each day, would compel people to unsubscribe. The only thing that would make me unsubscribe due to a lack of posting would be if I suspected the blog was on its death throes. When a blog doesn't update your feed reader experience isn't interrupted. It just sits there, waiting for content the next day, or the day after. I don't see how this would compel someone to unsubscribe. I think people have a tendency to say the reason a chunk of people unsubscribed was because 'I didn't post enough', or 'I posted too much', but looking at my own behavior, I tend to only unsubscribe to feeds for two reasons: I'm overwhelmed by too much content (5+ posts a day, and not many blogs do this), or the content is no longer what I'm interested in. To be honest, I expect the same behavior from my readers. If people were unsubscribing I'd look to the quality of the content first. I’m not sure that missing one day’s worth of content, or posting less than each day, would compel people to unsubscribe. The only thing that would make me unsubscribe due to a lack of posting would be if I suspected the blog was on its death throes.

When a blog doesn’t update your feed reader experience isn’t interrupted. It just sits there, waiting for content the next day, or the day after. I don’t see how this would compel someone to unsubscribe.

I think people have a tendency to say the reason a chunk of people unsubscribed was because ‘I didn’t post enough’, or ‘I posted too much’, but looking at my own behavior, I tend to only unsubscribe to feeds for two reasons: I’m overwhelmed by too much content (5+ posts a day, and not many blogs do this), or the content is no longer what I’m interested in. To be honest, I expect the same behavior from my readers. If people were unsubscribing I’d look to the quality of the content first.

]]> By: Eve http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4449 Eve Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:50:43 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4449 I'm doing as you say - writing consistently but not posting everything I write. I'm still trying to organize my writings, though, as they are in many different folders on my computer. I can't get my head around how to break down the folders -- by niche, by status (unpublished, posted in blog, posted in article, etc.), or whatever else. Can anyone share their organizational methods for the confused? I’m doing as you say – writing consistently but not posting everything I write. I’m still trying to organize my writings, though, as they are in many different folders on my computer. I can’t get my head around how to break down the folders — by niche, by status (unpublished, posted in blog, posted in article, etc.), or whatever else.

Can anyone share their organizational methods for the confused?

]]> By: Eve http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16580 Eve Sun, 29 Jul 2007 07:50:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16580 I'm doing as you say - writing consistently but not posting everything I write. I'm still trying to organize my writings, though, as they are in many different folders on my computer. I can't get my head around how to break down the folders -- by niche, by status (unpublished, posted in blog, posted in article, etc.), or whatever else. Can anyone share their organizational methods for the confused? I’m doing as you say – writing consistently but not posting everything I write. I’m still trying to organize my writings, though, as they are in many different folders on my computer. I can’t get my head around how to break down the folders — by niche, by status (unpublished, posted in blog, posted in article, etc.), or whatever else.

Can anyone share their organizational methods for the confused?

]]> By: Garrett Albright http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4448 Garrett Albright Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:35:19 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4448 I was just thinking about this earlier today… The bloggers I tend to trust the most are those that *don't* post YouTube movies or funny pictures - other peoples' content - in between their "real" articles. If you don't have anything good to write, maybe it's best to not write anything at all. It's what I've been doing on my own blog, and while between enforcement of that rule and having a full-time job I'm only able to get one or two articles up a week nowadays, I think I've done a good job at keeping them at a consistent level of quality - and it's all by my own hand. I was just thinking about this earlier today… The bloggers I tend to trust the most are those that *don’t* post YouTube movies or funny pictures – other peoples’ content – in between their “real” articles. If you don’t have anything good to write, maybe it’s best to not write anything at all. It’s what I’ve been doing on my own blog, and while between enforcement of that rule and having a full-time job I’m only able to get one or two articles up a week nowadays, I think I’ve done a good job at keeping them at a consistent level of quality – and it’s all by my own hand.

]]> By: Garrett Albright http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16579 Garrett Albright Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:35:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16579 I was just thinking about this earlier today… The bloggers I tend to trust the most are those that *don't* post YouTube movies or funny pictures - other peoples' content - in between their "real" articles. If you don't have anything good to write, maybe it's best to not write anything at all. It's what I've been doing on my own blog, and while between enforcement of that rule and having a full-time job I'm only able to get one or two articles up a week nowadays, I think I've done a good job at keeping them at a consistent level of quality - and it's all by my own hand. I was just thinking about this earlier today… The bloggers I tend to trust the most are those that *don’t* post YouTube movies or funny pictures – other peoples’ content – in between their “real” articles. If you don’t have anything good to write, maybe it’s best to not write anything at all. It’s what I’ve been doing on my own blog, and while between enforcement of that rule and having a full-time job I’m only able to get one or two articles up a week nowadays, I think I’ve done a good job at keeping them at a consistent level of quality – and it’s all by my own hand.

]]> By: D'Tanga http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4446 D'Tanga Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:35:54 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-4446 These last few blog posts have really helped me. For some reason, I always thought that it was better to keep consistently updating to get people to read the blog, but I think I was getting more visitors before then. These last few blog posts have really helped me. For some reason, I always thought that it was better to keep consistently updating to get people to read the blog, but I think I was getting more visitors before then.

]]> By: D'Tanga http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16578 D'Tanga Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/creating-compelling-blogs-do-you-have-to-write-every-day/#comment-16578 These last few blog posts have really helped me. For some reason, I always thought that it was better to keep consistently updating to get people to read the blog, but I think I was getting more visitors before then. These last few blog posts have really helped me. For some reason, I always thought that it was better to keep consistently updating to get people to read the blog, but I think I was getting more visitors before then.

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