Reasons Not To Blog – A Series

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A Few Weeks Ago

A few weeks ago I started writing posts and saving them on my desktop. You see, each one of the posts I wrote in the last year was meant to be the beginning of a new start blogging, if not daily, at least a couple of times a week.

But each time, it never happened. I just started a series on my Affiliate Marketing Blog about creating content that just started with one post and stopped right there. But I have a good start on that series now too.

Comments were filling up on both blogs and I check them once a week, if that. I had long ago stopped interacting with commenters. I had stopped checking social networks. And I had stopped reading feeds.

So this time, I wasn’t going to post, not until I had enough post to fill a month.

14 Drafts, 18 Rough Drafts and 20 More Ideas

I think I have enough to start now. I always really wanted to do this, organize things beforehand but I never really found the right tool. When I write a post series, there are always gaps. Writing everything or at least planning beforehand helps.

Strange Things Motivate Me

So shortly after I started this process, I just happened on to a post that referenced disclosure policies. And one of those disclosure policies happened to be on John Chow‘s blog and guess what, it was just enough to give me an extra boost. His blog will give you the bug and his subscriber count is proof so I guess it is not a strange way to be motivated.

Being Anal

This also had me looking at all of my blogs for missing elements. Blogs are like houses. Constant maintenance. The internet changes and you must too or get left behind. And we all have run into sites that seem to take us back in time, like maybe MySpace.

And I started fixing things and I stopped writing posts. But I caught this and wrote a post about it.

A Series On Not Blogging

I know myself pretty well. Writing and blogging helped me know myself even better. So I knew for a fact, once I started writing again, the posts would be introspective and about blogging and writing. In other words, metablogging.

So instead, I am framing them as a “Why Not to Blog” series. I will take all the excuse I had and expose them for what they are and see if the excuse is still valid. I will be starting out with 3 posts a week and will see how far it gets.

Each post will be linking back here and as I post them, I will add a link here. And I am not just writing this series. Between the posts in this series, I will be writing other posts. But having posts laid out of me ahead of time sure takes the pressure off and when the pressure is off, I don’t have to worry about ideas or writing. It just happens.

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14 Responses to “Reasons Not To Blog – A Series”

  1. David Bruce Jr

    I’m gonna play devils advocate here:

    I’ve got a local portal competitor, (not really as I’ve put the “local portal” thing I wanted to do on the backburner for now, Have too many paying clients for the moment)

    This guy (also funny, his name IS guy) has a 10 yr old domain, tons of domain authority, lot’s of local Google Juice, he posts semi irregularly, often a simple paragraph and a pic.

    And that’s enough!

    He out ranks everyone… with a single paragraph blurb and a pic

  2. Atlanta Plumber

    You know, coming up with content to write about is something I never had a problem with. But I can understand why some bloggers get writers block, or wrapped up more in blog maintenance than money making activities.

  3. Forbrugslaan

    Never stop blogging.
    My personel experince says that blogging and commenting on others blogs, is a very good way to get more social on the web.

    Also sharring your thoughts and experinces is offent more helpfull and alot cheaper thanh visiting a shrink.

    I just started my own blog about people that doesn’t get invited to get to gethers and partys.
    So on my blog people can get their heart relieffed, and feel sorry for them self :)

  4. Raviaa

    There are some smart bloggers out there who plan their content weeks in advance; the thing I like the most about WordPress is their “auto-content” posting feature… where you schedule your content to go out days in advance, while you’re playing on the beach, sipping some sirup… :)

  5. Misty

    I think they are definitely useful tools that can generate income either directly or indirectly for a business or individual. You could easily set up a blog to complement your company or you could create a blog to promote your own profession.

  7. Websites for Chiropractors

    A Series On Not Blogging…Writing blogs will of course make us to know the depth of the knowledge we have,and of course reduces the daily frustration…For me it is nothing less than diary..So keep on posting do not get frustrated..

  8. Mainostoimisto

    I could do a series on people (like me) who try to maintain four commercial websites, two commercial blogs and run an advertising company. Oh yeah and I´m also a professional photographer and graphic designer. On weekends I´m a wedding photographer.

    I´m quite succesful on what I do but sometimes I think that there is too much to do.

  9. Door Mart Garage

    Habitual blogging isn’t something that I have been able to get in to (at least in a business aspect). Personal blogs are much easier to maintain than “marketing” blogs. If you’re in a niche field and there is limited news that occurs within the industry, resorting to personal blog entries to fill space seem quite unprofessional. However, blogging something industry related (even if limited) is probably better than doing nothing, it is a piece of the pie for online marketing.

  10. David Carroll

    I find the greatest way to find content is to get out and read other interesting blogs and i am always amazed at what that sparks in my mind. you really got my thoughts working when you start talking about reasons not to blog. Thanks for your help.

  12. Online Marketing Expert London

    It’s absolutely right, if you do write your own blog on whatever the subject is you will come to know yourself better and moreover you will also get the chances to improve on your negative side of writing and thinking attitude

  13. Jesica Wills

    Hello Stephan…
    Auto content function for posting of WordPress is the best.
    Its a definite tool for the individual to generate some money.

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