Comments on: How to Grow Your Blog and Stop Going in Circles http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7603 Chris Garrett Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7603 @jhay - The fact you got some stumbles is a good sign. If you make more stumble friends, next time that happens you can let people know and they can help it gain more traction :) This is a completely good and honest thing to do as it has already been shown to be stumble-worthy so you are not spamming :) @Jennifer - My post got delicious popular which means you get some nice direct traffic. The main benefit from delicious though is when people trawl it looking for places to link to. If you really drill down your stats you see people follow delicious links to find you but not in Digg sorts of numbers. I see it as being an additional route into peoples awareness. Of course the sort of post that gets on delicious will also be stumbled, linked and shared :) @Steve - Life is one big experiment. The only people who know all the answers are not with us in the physical realm :) Seeing blogging as an experiment is a healthy way to look at it I think. @johno - Oops, nice catch! @Patricia - Well done on getting some recognition from your peers, shows you are doing great work :) @Deron - The good news is once you have had momentum you know what to do :) @Mark - Yes there is that, perhaps one approach is to put more effort into fewer posts rather than trying to hold on to an unrealistic posting schedule? Or find friends to team up with? @James - If you are getting income then just think what you could do if you really tried? :) @Ann - Proactive is a great word for it :) @Sonia - I think most of us are there at some point :) @Ellen - One of the shames I see is people assuming everyone else has it all sorted. It's nice on my forum when people see that everyone else is making it up as they go and just sharing what works for them :) @Tom - I'm glad you liked it, thanks for the link :) @troy - That's all we can do really. I have been blogging for over ten years, more depending on your definition, and I still read blogs to learn more :) @robojiannis - Good tip, sometimes we need a fresh start to really put things together @Troy - carnivals, memes, new social sites, competitions, widgets, freebies, video, audio, email newsletters, advertising, forums and networking, directories, classifieds ... doesn't have to be new, just new to you :) @Joanna - Excellent advice, sometimes it is just about getting your mojo back and turning it back into fun rather than work is a great way to do it :) @jhay – The fact you got some stumbles is a good sign. If you make more stumble friends, next time that happens you can let people know and they can help it gain more traction :) This is a completely good and honest thing to do as it has already been shown to be stumble-worthy so you are not spamming :)

@Jennifer – My post got delicious popular which means you get some nice direct traffic. The main benefit from delicious though is when people trawl it looking for places to link to. If you really drill down your stats you see people follow delicious links to find you but not in Digg sorts of numbers. I see it as being an additional route into peoples awareness. Of course the sort of post that gets on delicious will also be stumbled, linked and shared :)

@Steve – Life is one big experiment. The only people who know all the answers are not with us in the physical realm :) Seeing blogging as an experiment is a healthy way to look at it I think.

@johno – Oops, nice catch!

@Patricia – Well done on getting some recognition from your peers,
shows you are doing great work :)

@Deron – The good news is once you have had momentum you know what to do :)

@Mark – Yes there is that, perhaps one approach is to put more effort into fewer posts rather than trying to hold on to an unrealistic posting schedule? Or find friends to team up with?

@James – If you are getting income then just think what you could do if you really tried? :)

@Ann – Proactive is a great word for it :)

@Sonia – I think most of us are there at some point :)

@Ellen – One of the shames I see is people assuming everyone else has it all sorted. It’s nice on my forum when people see that everyone else is making it up as they go and just sharing what works for them :)

@Tom – I’m glad you liked it, thanks for the link :)

@troy – That’s all we can do really. I have been blogging for over ten years, more depending on your definition, and I still read blogs to learn more :)

@robojiannis – Good tip, sometimes we need a fresh start to really put things together

@Troy – carnivals, memes, new social sites, competitions, widgets, freebies, video, audio, email newsletters, advertising, forums and networking, directories, classifieds … doesn’t have to be new, just new to you :)

@Joanna – Excellent advice, sometimes it is just about getting your mojo back and turning it back into fun rather than work is a great way to do it :)

]]> By: Chris Garrett http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18853 Chris Garrett Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18853 @jhay - The fact you got some stumbles is a good sign. If you make more stumble friends, next time that happens you can let people know and they can help it gain more traction :) This is a completely good and honest thing to do as it has already been shown to be stumble-worthy so you are not spamming :) @Jennifer - My post got delicious popular which means you get some nice direct traffic. The main benefit from delicious though is when people trawl it looking for places to link to. If you really drill down your stats you see people follow delicious links to find you but not in Digg sorts of numbers. I see it as being an additional route into peoples awareness. Of course the sort of post that gets on delicious will also be stumbled, linked and shared :) @Steve - Life is one big experiment. The only people who know all the answers are not with us in the physical realm :) Seeing blogging as an experiment is a healthy way to look at it I think. @johno - Oops, nice catch! @Patricia - Well done on getting some recognition from your peers, shows you are doing great work :) @Deron - The good news is once you have had momentum you know what to do :) @Mark - Yes there is that, perhaps one approach is to put more effort into fewer posts rather than trying to hold on to an unrealistic posting schedule? Or find friends to team up with? @James - If you are getting income then just think what you could do if you really tried? :) @Ann - Proactive is a great word for it :) @Sonia - I think most of us are there at some point :) @Ellen - One of the shames I see is people assuming everyone else has it all sorted. It's nice on my forum when people see that everyone else is making it up as they go and just sharing what works for them :) @Tom - I'm glad you liked it, thanks for the link :) @troy - That's all we can do really. I have been blogging for over ten years, more depending on your definition, and I still read blogs to learn more :) @robojiannis - Good tip, sometimes we need a fresh start to really put things together @Troy - carnivals, memes, new social sites, competitions, widgets, freebies, video, audio, email newsletters, advertising, forums and networking, directories, classifieds ... doesn't have to be new, just new to you :) @Joanna - Excellent advice, sometimes it is just about getting your mojo back and turning it back into fun rather than work is a great way to do it :) @jhay – The fact you got some stumbles is a good sign. If you make more stumble friends, next time that happens you can let people know and they can help it gain more traction :) This is a completely good and honest thing to do as it has already been shown to be stumble-worthy so you are not spamming :)

@Jennifer – My post got delicious popular which means you get some nice direct traffic. The main benefit from delicious though is when people trawl it looking for places to link to. If you really drill down your stats you see people follow delicious links to find you but not in Digg sorts of numbers. I see it as being an additional route into peoples awareness. Of course the sort of post that gets on delicious will also be stumbled, linked and shared :)

@Steve – Life is one big experiment. The only people who know all the answers are not with us in the physical realm :) Seeing blogging as an experiment is a healthy way to look at it I think.

@johno – Oops, nice catch!

@Patricia – Well done on getting some recognition from your peers,
shows you are doing great work :)

@Deron – The good news is once you have had momentum you know what to do :)

@Mark – Yes there is that, perhaps one approach is to put more effort into fewer posts rather than trying to hold on to an unrealistic posting schedule? Or find friends to team up with?

@James – If you are getting income then just think what you could do if you really tried? :)

@Ann – Proactive is a great word for it :)

@Sonia – I think most of us are there at some point :)

@Ellen – One of the shames I see is people assuming everyone else has it all sorted. It’s nice on my forum when people see that everyone else is making it up as they go and just sharing what works for them :)

@Tom – I’m glad you liked it, thanks for the link :)

@troy – That’s all we can do really. I have been blogging for over ten years, more depending on your definition, and I still read blogs to learn more :)

@robojiannis – Good tip, sometimes we need a fresh start to really put things together

@Troy – carnivals, memes, new social sites, competitions, widgets, freebies, video, audio, email newsletters, advertising, forums and networking, directories, classifieds … doesn’t have to be new, just new to you :)

@Joanna – Excellent advice, sometimes it is just about getting your mojo back and turning it back into fun rather than work is a great way to do it :)

]]> By: BlogAngelTeam (Joanna) http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7585 BlogAngelTeam (Joanna) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:18:02 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7585 Hi Chris, thanks for these practical suggestions to get things moving. One way of looking at might be to ask yourself - how can I make blogging fun again? What are the elements of blogging that make me feel most... creative, connected, amused, inspired, energised... and then do some of them. Might just be enough to give you the kick-start you need :-) Joanna Hi Chris, thanks for these practical suggestions to get things moving.

One way of looking at might be to ask yourself – how can I make blogging fun again? What are the elements of blogging that make me feel most… creative, connected, amused, inspired, energised… and then do some of them.

Might just be enough to give you the kick-start you need :-)

Joanna

]]> By: BlogAngelTeam (Joanna) http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18852 BlogAngelTeam (Joanna) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:18:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18852 Hi Chris, thanks for these practical suggestions to get things moving. One way of looking at might be to ask yourself - how can I make blogging fun again? What are the elements of blogging that make me feel most... creative, connected, amused, inspired, energised... and then do some of them. Might just be enough to give you the kick-start you need :-) Joanna Hi Chris, thanks for these practical suggestions to get things moving.

One way of looking at might be to ask yourself – how can I make blogging fun again? What are the elements of blogging that make me feel most… creative, connected, amused, inspired, energised… and then do some of them.

Might just be enough to give you the kick-start you need :-)

Joanna

]]> By: Troy http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7584 Troy Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:31:55 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7584 Hmm, I'm trying to comment on the posts I stumble on the blog, rather than just on SU, so there's a start. One thing I've never really done is "Experimented with a new traffic tactic?" Any ideas on what that would be? Hmm,

I’m trying to comment on the posts I stumble on the blog, rather than just on SU, so there’s a start. One thing I’ve never really done is “Experimented with a new traffic tactic?” Any ideas on what that would be?

]]> By: Troy http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18851 Troy Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18851 Hmm, I'm trying to comment on the posts I stumble on the blog, rather than just on SU, so there's a start. One thing I've never really done is "Experimented with a new traffic tactic?" Any ideas on what that would be? Hmm,

I’m trying to comment on the posts I stumble on the blog, rather than just on SU, so there’s a start. One thing I’ve never really done is “Experimented with a new traffic tactic?” Any ideas on what that would be?

]]> By: robojiannis http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7575 robojiannis Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:03:36 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7575 I had the same feeling the last days. That blogging was repeating itself. I identified to be the RSS Curse. In short, I got too comfortable with my subscriptions and didn't try to evolve it. So I would add one more way to stop going in circles: Delete your rss subscriptions and start new ones. That helped me a lot I had the same feeling the last days. That blogging was repeating itself. I identified to be the RSS Curse. In short, I got too comfortable with my subscriptions and didn’t try to evolve it.

So I would add one more way to stop going in circles:
Delete your rss subscriptions and start new ones.
That helped me a lot

]]> By: robojiannis http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18850 robojiannis Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:03:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18850 I had the same feeling the last days. That blogging was repeating itself. I identified to be the RSS Curse. In short, I got too comfortable with my subscriptions and didn't try to evolve it. So I would add one more way to stop going in circles: Delete your rss subscriptions and start new ones. That helped me a lot I had the same feeling the last days. That blogging was repeating itself. I identified to be the RSS Curse. In short, I got too comfortable with my subscriptions and didn’t try to evolve it.

So I would add one more way to stop going in circles:
Delete your rss subscriptions and start new ones.
That helped me a lot

]]> By: troy http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7572 troy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:21:51 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7572 Being relatively new to all of this I am trying to "learn from the best" and not fall into a stall. The content on mt Blog is still not as good as I would like, but practice, practice, ..... I appreciate your advice and will strive to follow it(and be back to read your blog again) Being relatively new to all of this I am trying to “learn from the best” and not fall into a stall. The content on mt Blog is still not as good as I would like, but practice, practice, …..
I appreciate your advice and will strive to follow it(and be back to read your blog again)

]]> By: troy http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18849 troy Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:21:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18849 Being relatively new to all of this I am trying to "learn from the best" and not fall into a stall. The content on mt Blog is still not as good as I would like, but practice, practice, ..... I appreciate your advice and will strive to follow it(and be back to read your blog again) Being relatively new to all of this I am trying to “learn from the best” and not fall into a stall. The content on mt Blog is still not as good as I would like, but practice, practice, …..
I appreciate your advice and will strive to follow it(and be back to read your blog again)

]]> By: Tom Ross http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7570 Tom Ross Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:47:41 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7570 Fantastic post Chris. It actually really motivated me to not let distractions get in the way of my blog. I'll be linking to this post in one of my upcoming blog articles. Cheers for the motivation! Fantastic post Chris. It actually really motivated me to not let distractions get in the way of my blog. I’ll be linking to this post in one of my upcoming blog articles.

Cheers for the motivation!

]]> By: Tom Ross http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18848 Tom Ross Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:47:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18848 Fantastic post Chris. It actually really motivated me to not let distractions get in the way of my blog. I'll be linking to this post in one of my upcoming blog articles. Cheers for the motivation! Fantastic post Chris. It actually really motivated me to not let distractions get in the way of my blog. I’ll be linking to this post in one of my upcoming blog articles.

Cheers for the motivation!

]]> By: Ellen Wilson http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7568 Ellen Wilson Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:50:53 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7568 I'm glad to see that others struggle like I do, especially: @ Mark McCullagh and @ Steve Smith. Not that I enjoy your suffering! But I feel so ignorant at times. I still haven't even managed to get Adsense to come and bite my site. And I have monkeyed with it for awhile. I’m glad to see that others struggle like I do, especially:
@ Mark McCullagh and @ Steve Smith. Not that I enjoy your suffering! But I feel so ignorant at times. I still haven’t even managed to get Adsense to come and bite my site. And I have monkeyed with it for awhile.

]]> By: Ellen Wilson http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18847 Ellen Wilson Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:50:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18847 I'm glad to see that others struggle like I do, especially: @ Mark McCullagh and @ Steve Smith. Not that I enjoy your suffering! But I feel so ignorant at times. I still haven't even managed to get Adsense to come and bite my site. And I have monkeyed with it for awhile. I’m glad to see that others struggle like I do, especially:
@ Mark McCullagh and @ Steve Smith. Not that I enjoy your suffering! But I feel so ignorant at times. I still haven’t even managed to get Adsense to come and bite my site. And I have monkeyed with it for awhile.

]]> By: Sonia Simone http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7567 Sonia Simone Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:06:17 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7567 Thanks for this post, Chris, I needed it! I love my blog but I don't always give it the attention it needs. @Mark McCullagh, it's hard, and IMO you just need to focus on what you can really handle and don't make yourself bananas with it. If you can actually make use of 2 hours a day, and do that steadily, you'll see results. The trick is figuring out what to focus on--"scattered and inconsistent" sounds real familiar. :) Thanks for this post, Chris, I needed it! I love my blog but I don’t always give it the attention it needs.

@Mark McCullagh, it’s hard, and IMO you just need to focus on what you can really handle and don’t make yourself bananas with it. If you can actually make use of 2 hours a day, and do that steadily, you’ll see results. The trick is figuring out what to focus on–”scattered and inconsistent” sounds real familiar. :)

]]> By: Sonia Simone http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18846 Sonia Simone Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18846 Thanks for this post, Chris, I needed it! I love my blog but I don't always give it the attention it needs. @Mark McCullagh, it's hard, and IMO you just need to focus on what you can really handle and don't make yourself bananas with it. If you can actually make use of 2 hours a day, and do that steadily, you'll see results. The trick is figuring out what to focus on--"scattered and inconsistent" sounds real familiar. :) Thanks for this post, Chris, I needed it! I love my blog but I don’t always give it the attention it needs.

@Mark McCullagh, it’s hard, and IMO you just need to focus on what you can really handle and don’t make yourself bananas with it. If you can actually make use of 2 hours a day, and do that steadily, you’ll see results. The trick is figuring out what to focus on–”scattered and inconsistent” sounds real familiar. :)

]]> By: Ann http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7566 Ann Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:15:37 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7566 Well. Have you been watching me or something? I think you just nailed me down good! lol. I guess I need to be a proactive blogger again! Well. Have you been watching me or something? I think you just nailed me down good! lol. I guess I need to be a proactive blogger again!

]]> By: Ann http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18845 Ann Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18845 Well. Have you been watching me or something? I think you just nailed me down good! lol. I guess I need to be a proactive blogger again! Well. Have you been watching me or something? I think you just nailed me down good! lol. I guess I need to be a proactive blogger again!

]]> By: James Woolley - The Forex Articles http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-7565 James Woolley - The Forex Articles Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:59:38 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-7565 I can completely relate to a lot of what you said in your post. It's very easy to become lazy when you're blogging, particularly if you're running multiple blogs. I have a poker blog which I haven't posted to since last November, yet it's still getting 100-200 visitors a day and still earning me a nice little income. I just need to start posting again and get back into my stride again re posting new articles and getting more traffic. I can completely relate to a lot of what you said in your post. It’s very easy to become lazy when you’re blogging, particularly if you’re running multiple blogs.

I have a poker blog which I haven’t posted to since last November, yet it’s still getting 100-200 visitors a day and still earning me a nice little income. I just need to start posting again and get back into my stride again re posting new articles and getting more traffic.

]]> By: James Woolley - The Forex Arti http://www.chrisg.com/stop-going-in-circles/#comment-18844 James Woolley - The Forex Arti Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/feel-like-you-are-going-in-circles/#comment-18844 I can completely relate to a lot of what you said in your post. It's very easy to become lazy when you're blogging, particularly if you're running multiple blogs. I have a poker blog which I haven't posted to since last November, yet it's still getting 100-200 visitors a day and still earning me a nice little income. I just need to start posting again and get back into my stride again re posting new articles and getting more traffic. I can completely relate to a lot of what you said in your post. It’s very easy to become lazy when you’re blogging, particularly if you’re running multiple blogs.

I have a poker blog which I haven’t posted to since last November, yet it’s still getting 100-200 visitors a day and still earning me a nice little income. I just need to start posting again and get back into my stride again re posting new articles and getting more traffic.

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