Aug 20
Yoda says: Suffer Your Other Blog it Does
I just wrote a post on my other blog about much I’ve been slacking on it. And that’s really the only way I can say it. In two months, I have 10 posts on it. Not good.
So starting today and hopefully hitting full effect next month, I’m going to rededicate myself to it. But easier said than done right? NO! Here’s how I and you should get busy if you’ve been doin nothing lately but bein’ lazy!
Go Back to Basics
If I just follow what we all learned when we started off blogging, I’ll be fine.
- Blogging schedule – Right now I just don’t have one. And it’s killing my blog. So starting today, I’m going to do at least three postings a week. 5 would be ideal but I’m not gonna shoot for the stars just yet.
- Quality content – While I haven’t reviewed the posts I’ve made, I don’t think all of them were of the utmost quality. That is going to change. Especially if I’m not holding myself to posting 5 or 6 times a week…I really don’t have any excuse.
- Schmooze – No one knows about my other blog because I never go out and find other parent bloggers, and I do ever happen on a parent blog, I certainly haven’t been leaving comments. That’s gotta change too. If I don’t, my blog will toil in obscurity for the rest of my days!
Misc
Besides the above, I gotta just start putting more into that blog. On here I have tweaked things a lot (with the design and code) and still have more to do! On that blog, I have done oh…basically NOTHING and there are certainly things about that design that I don’t like and need to change. So hey, here’s to next month!
August 20th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
I hear ya, I’ve left my other blog virtually untouched in three months.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
@Angela – Is it killing you inside or are you pretty ok with that?
August 20th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
It sounds like a good plan. I’ve done that with my ferrets website. It sat for months collecting dust but I picked it up again along with a few others. Personally it bothered me so I started writing again.
My reader base is almost completely different reader on my other websites a few of my readers from VM stop through like teenie, Harmonia, LisaC, and Thomas – Technical blogger . Mainly the few readers I have are new so I better drop content and visit if I want to keep them.
The websites are still babies and the reader base is small but on some it will pick up. My other websites give me a chance to take a break from Vegan Momma.
August 20th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
@Opal – Yeah, it’s cool having two different sites but the way I’ve been treating my other site, it’s really like I just have one.
August 20th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Yeh it’s all about the blogging schedual. If you stop posting frequently and stop commenting on other blogs you’ll probably see a decline in traffic. nice post!
August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 am
@Shaun – Thanks for the input Shaun, it’s certainly one of the bigger things I’m slackin’ on on the other blog. And BTW, congrats!
August 21st, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Oh geez .. I just remembered I haven’t posted on my other blog for about 3 days. Let me take care of that real quick. Thanks for the reminder buddy.
August 21st, 2007 at 1:31 pm
@Brown – Ha ha! You forgot?! (And what’s your other blog? I’m offering you a free plug!)
August 22nd, 2007 at 7:37 am
One blog is more than enough to take care of. I had two at one point, but after a couple of months of trying to run to different blogs, I gave up.
August 22nd, 2007 at 11:24 am
@Bucky – Yeah, it’s gonna be tough. But I think for me, the hardest part is just getting that “initial head of steam”.