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Jaded
Is it just me, or has blogging suddenly lost its appeal? A couple of months ago I was writing something (sometimes several somethings) every day, yet just recently its been hard work to not only come up with something to write but also to feel the desire to write it.
I started this whole self-hosted thing because I wanted the extra freedom that would give me, as I was feeling somewhat limited by both Wordpress.com and BlogSpot. But having got it I’ve proceeded to play about with the technical side of it and haven’t been bothering much with the writing side of it.
I think what’s changed most of all is the amount of paid blogging that I’m doing; on this blog I’ve only done one or two paid posts, but over at the BlogSpot blog I’d been doing quite a few. Recently, though, the opportunities available to me haven’t been particularly inspiring or have specified criteria (such as no in-post disclosure) that I cannot comply with, so I’ve not been doing that so much. Which has lead to me not doing so much writing in general. (One of the advantages of paid blogging is that it makes you write – you have to follow each paid post with at least one non-paid post, so if you want to earn money you have to write quite a lot).
And I start to feel guilty; I see the readership stats dropping and I think to myself that I’m failing those faithful readers that I have managed to convince to read my stuff. Which makes it even harder to sit down and write something. So I take up what would have been my blogging time with other computer-related stuff: trialling new software, playing about with other revenue streams like Entrecard, reading forums. Even though I took the plunge and actually bought some blogging software, I’m hardly using it.
So help me out Constant Reader; inspire me, give me something to write about. It can be fact, fiction, or a mixture of the two. Suggest a subject and let’s see what I can come up with. Over to you.
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Wolfs Helpers
maybe find a topic you can discuss with your readers? from what i read, many of your recent posts are the self-help kind (how to go self-hosted) so those sort don’t really get much comments, since the readers read to learn, not to share.
commenting in other (new) blogs also helps because it establishes a relationship. when there’s some sort of friendship, people like more likely to reciprocate by commenting and reading your blog too.
February is the time of year when most bloggers I know are searching for inspiration. As the season is about to change and the sun is finally beginning to shine with the promise of spring in its rays, I feel an urge to bolt from the keyboard and walk more than once each day. While I walk I find that I not only enjoy the scenery but little ideas pop into my mind so a jot them down in a tiny pocket-sized notebook.
My suggestion is that you write a post asking your readers where their best blogging ideas come from.