Comments on: Does blogging have to take a lot of time? http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/does-blogging-have-to-take-a-lot-of-time/ News, Tips, Trends and Miscellany for Book Publicists Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:56:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Chris C http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/does-blogging-have-to-take-a-lot-of-time/#comment-90 Chris C Mon, 19 May 2008 04:43:40 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-90 I saw this link from Barefoot's blog and I wanted to comment... I don't think Park said anything new. I used to have a fantasy sports website in the mid to late 90's and I had the same problem with online clutter as I do today. But at least back then the promotional avenues were limited to stuff like usenet. Plus, I strongly believe that there are cheaters out there who create additional accounts to boost their Diggs/Propellers/Stumbles/whatever. Hell, NY Times Best Seller author Tucker Max admitted to doing just that to get noticed. Granted he is funny and talented if you like his style but it just shows both how hard it is to break through and also how cheating is rewarded like it or not. I saw this link from Barefoot’s blog and I wanted to comment…

I don’t think Park said anything new. I used to have a fantasy sports website in the mid to late 90’s and I had the same problem with online clutter as I do today. But at least back then the promotional avenues were limited to stuff like usenet.

Plus, I strongly believe that there are cheaters out there who create additional accounts to boost their Diggs/Propellers/Stumbles/whatever. Hell, NY Times Best Seller author Tucker Max admitted to doing just that to get noticed. Granted he is funny and talented if you like his style but it just shows both how hard it is to break through and also how cheating is rewarded like it or not.

]]> By: Joan Reeves http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/does-blogging-have-to-take-a-lot-of-time/#comment-58 Joan Reeves Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:08:01 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-58 Everyone who has ever read a HT blog article has been told to blog often - the more often the better. However, I think the problem is that too many people just don't have something to say 5 times a day or even once a day or maybe even once a week. Even if they have a focused blog. That's why you see so much regurgitated blogging going on from so many. Personally, I'd rather see someone put a lot of thought into their blog identity BEFORE they start blogging. Blogs where someone is trying through massive blog output to discover their identity as a blogger are about as interesting as reading C++ coding, if I actually knew how to read C++. Everyone who has ever read a HT blog article has been told to blog often – the more often the better. However, I think the problem is that too many people just don’t have something to say 5 times a day or even once a day or maybe even once a week. Even if they have a focused blog. That’s why you see so much regurgitated blogging going on from so many.

Personally, I’d rather see someone put a lot of thought into their blog identity BEFORE they start blogging. Blogs where someone is trying through massive blog output to discover their identity as a blogger are about as interesting as reading C++ coding, if I actually knew how to read C++.

]]> By: Yen http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/does-blogging-have-to-take-a-lot-of-time/#comment-56 Yen Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:54:29 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-56 I agree that constant production is important, which is why authors may feel overwhelmed by the idea of blogging and why I wrote the post. It didn't occur to me before that a distinction should probably be made between "primary" bloggers who blog full-time (or mostly full-time) and "secondary" bloggers -- like authors or myself -- who don't. Obviously, someone needs to be generating the original content for the rest of us to link to! I agree that constant production is important, which is why authors may feel overwhelmed by the idea of blogging and why I wrote the post.

It didn’t occur to me before that a distinction should probably be made between “primary” bloggers who blog full-time (or mostly full-time) and “secondary” bloggers — like authors or myself — who don’t. Obviously, someone needs to be generating the original content for the rest of us to link to!

]]> By: ed http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/does-blogging-have-to-take-a-lot-of-time/#comment-55 ed Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:19:40 +0000 http://yodiwan.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-55 While I agree that thought should go into a blog post, I have to disagree here. I think there's something to be said in favor of constant production -- in that it has you finding the purpose of why you're blogging, often subconsciously. For example, the great thing about tags is that you soon discover the subjects that you're writing about on a regular basis. Sure, there's a lot of potential junk you might publish. But the whole purpose of blogging is that, like anything, it causes you to blog better and focus in on the set of topics that you blog about -- which often prove to be more considerable than you expect. While I agree that thought should go into a blog post, I have to disagree here. I think there’s something to be said in favor of constant production — in that it has you finding the purpose of why you’re blogging, often subconsciously. For example, the great thing about tags is that you soon discover the subjects that you’re writing about on a regular basis. Sure, there’s a lot of potential junk you might publish. But the whole purpose of blogging is that, like anything, it causes you to blog better and focus in on the set of topics that you blog about — which often prove to be more considerable than you expect.

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