3 Ways To Get Back In The Blogging Spirit
I have been kind of Blah about blogging recently. Not exactly burnt out, but not as gung ho as I was when I first started out. But a couple of things have made me get more excited about blogging and ready to get back in the game
1) Make Some Money - Although it probably counts for very little to many bloggers, I recently go some clicks on a few of my Adsense ads netting a few dollars. Does a few dollars matter? Not really. But any income is nice to have and making a little bit of money can go a long way to raising my spirits
2) Read my Feed Backlog - I am about 3 weeks overdue on most of my feeds. Those were the same 3 weeks that I was feeling blah about blogging. And you know what? After getting back into my feeds and reading some of my favorite blogs I am starting to get more excited again. Are you feeling blah? Go back to why you started in the first place
3) Get Some Traffic - I have had a couple of traffic spikes over the past couple of days. Thank you stumbleupon. Getting some traffic and responding to comments really invigorates you. It helps me blog when I know someone is reading it and benefiting.
This post was written for Daily Blog Tips “3″ Group writing project. While I don’t think it will net me the prize money, how bout some links?
Have you ever hit a blogging slump? What got you out of it?
on July 5th, 2007 at 3:41 am
Oh yes….
I think you just have to accept that it happens, don’t get too downhearted or do anything rash like give up or delete the blog as I’ve seen people do.
I just accepted that somedays I wasn’t in the mood to post so I didn’t. The sky didn’t fall in, so I just came back another day and got on with it.
on July 5th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
I think that that is a good philosohpy Chris. It isn’t the end of the world if you miss a day. And if you do it so much that you aren’t having fun anymore you’ll just get burnt out and do it less in the future
on July 9th, 2007 at 5:20 am
I think when you are really excited, you should make a whole bunch of posts, but not necessarily post them immediately. Let some sit for when you have those ‘blah’ times. They really come in handy.
on July 9th, 2007 at 7:35 am
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on July 9th, 2007 at 10:10 am
I know what you mean, I´ve hit a bit of a rut lately as well. I find that starting a new blog is actually a great way to get going again! It´s inspiring to be able to write about a new topic.
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on July 9th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Genesis,
Starting a new blog can be great if you have a partner as well. Then you can rotate who is working on which blog so that you don’t get burnt out on a specific topic
on July 11th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
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on October 7th, 2007 at 6:53 am
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on November 1st, 2007 at 4:30 am
Even I am interested, For some reasaon I cant write blogs.
on December 4th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Guys,
It is necessary to put sitemap to a website? When Google bot is crawling our pages automatically.
on January 23rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
Thanks for the post, Scott.
Raj, putting a sitemap on your site will help google find all of your pages faster.
But if you don’t, google will still find your pages eventually
Rob
on March 25th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
When you make money, it definitely gives you more motivation to continue blogging and trying to build up your site. Same when you just get a lot more traffic. Always nice to have.
on May 2nd, 2009 at 5:59 am
yeah…bloggers are special kind of i-net makers
on May 7th, 2009 at 5:29 am
Thanks for the interesting post scott
on May 12th, 2009 at 9:49 am
read your favorite blogs to get inspired. I do that and I think it’s great advice.
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on September 12th, 2009 at 11:14 am
best article..
on November 1st, 2009 at 3:00 am
Bro, I think you should also get in the blogging spirit and come back and make some new posts for us! =D
Till then,
Jean
on November 6th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
making money is the best idea to get back in the blogging spirit
on December 21st, 2009 at 10:24 pm
There really isn’t any ’special’ blogging site that is just going to provide readers or subscribers. I’ve had wonderful luck with both blogger and wordpress. But I have also taken the time to promote every single blog I have created.
on December 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Perhaps you should read your own tips and come back to this abandoned blog that is just sitting here doing nothing but collecting comments.
on December 23rd, 2009 at 4:32 pm
i like your post… good info.. thanx..
on January 3rd, 2010 at 5:45 am
always read your own tips
on January 23rd, 2010 at 9:46 pm
I like your post very interesting [3 ways to get back in the blogging spirit]
on January 24th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
this is absolutely true.. i need to get back to the times when I was so in loved in blogging and find joy in doing this.
on January 24th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
one thing.. blogging is a profession.. i’d like to grow old doing this stuff.
on February 23rd, 2010 at 3:42 am
Blogging are profession job and very challenging. I love doing this job.
on March 3rd, 2010 at 5:05 am
You have great post with enjoyable writing style. Nice to visit your blog. Thanks for sharing your opinion
on March 8th, 2010 at 7:31 am
this is absolutely true.. i need to get back to the times when I was so in loved in blogging and find joy in doing this.
thanks
on April 1st, 2010 at 6:23 am
When you make money, it definitely gives you more motivation to continue blogging and trying to build up your site. Same when you just get a lot more traffic.
on April 4th, 2010 at 8:00 am
No NO no. Money is no main reason for blogging. You writes - for your blog’s readers
on April 15th, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Cheers, these methods still work wonders.
Till then,
Jean
on May 2nd, 2010 at 10:54 am
making money is the best idea to get back in the blogging spirit
on May 7th, 2010 at 5:54 am
There really isn’t any ’special’ blogging site that is just going to provide readers or subscribers. I’ve had wonderful luck with both blogger and wordpress.
Thanks man, for this article is very useful
on May 10th, 2010 at 12:48 pm
blogging - for a better life for blogger !_!
on May 11th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Making money is definitely one of the most inspiring things, but there’s a certain cut off point that it no longer inspires, so its always gotta increase to keep inspiring you! But really.. in reality its all about finding what it is that makes you go.
on May 20th, 2010 at 4:36 am
To addon to my previous comment… you should come back and blog some more
on May 25th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
You are right - these three strategies work. When I see that my efforts are not in vain, I feel more like blogging again.
on May 26th, 2010 at 12:49 am
great ways!all must visit this site.cheer up for creating this kinda post.
on June 29th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
i think you are right .. Making money is definitely one of the most inspiring things, but there’s a certain cut off point that it no longer inspires, so its always gotta increase to keep inspiring you! But really.. in reality its all about finding what it is that makes you go.
on July 8th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
The best way, is just to start, once you get started, I feel that you can usually stay and do alot of work, at least that works for me!
Till then,
Jean
on July 20th, 2010 at 3:48 am
Great tips here! I have had trouble recovering from a vacation or a blogging hiatus in the past. I will definitely refer to these tips if that every happens again.
on July 27th, 2010 at 12:51 am
I agree with you any money you make is better than nothing with adsense
on July 27th, 2010 at 12:54 am
Scott this seems intresting anyway thanks for the post
on July 27th, 2010 at 1:52 am
Those are helpful tips in gaining the momentum to yourself in reviving your blogs.
on July 27th, 2010 at 9:31 pm
I think planning is the number one thing to do. It is always hard to get back into anything after a vacation but if you plan it out in your head it shouldn’t be a problem.
on July 29th, 2010 at 12:30 am
This could be useful to remember after Christmas! Although I do suspect that I still wont have any time off thinking of topics and jotting.