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By: Mr.BluJ

Mr.BluJ — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:28:54 +0000

Great Post, because I’m taking my time to develop my website! I took alot of time in thinking it through. I even planned two weeks worth of posts already. Mainly to make sure my content was enriched. I’ve done constant research on analytics and social media. I’m hoping to launch it on my birthday (June 25th)!! But I know it takes time but I’ll keep blogging it’s my favorite thing to do!!!

By: Otto Rascon

Otto Rascon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:10:55 +0000

Great points Michelle. Blogging is a lot of work, more than most people think. I really enjoy blogging and hope that more and more people check out my blog. But I do it for myself, so it’s not a chore. Thanks!!!

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:38:54 +0000

Very good and useful points Michelle! I really do like this article!

By: element321

element321 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:13:35 +0000

I believe that the points mentioned are the reasons why a lot blogs are doomed from the start. I read several different blogs last year that had been around about a year or so. They did okay but when I talked with them personally they had exceptions that they could were unrealistic and they shut down their blogs without trying to work on them.

By: asoto

asoto — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:39:20 +0000

nice one, for me as am abt to start my first online blog,
wud take this into consideration.thanks

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:23:34 +0000

I know what you mean here, its real tough to try and keep pumping out quality so often as we are all human and will have our days when we just cannot get past a mental block or feel ill. I try to post every day but it is hard and I have been known to leave it for 2-3 days when really busy with other work. At the end of the day if what you are writing is real quality, people will not mind waiting and even if they do…well they will still wait :)

By: Victor G.

Victor G. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:32:26 +0000

Sometimes I fall behind with my own posting…let me ask you what you feel is a general guideline in terms of frequency of posts?

I know it should be quality over quantity…but should it be daily?

By: Jose Huitron

Jose Huitron — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:10:34 +0000

Confidence is key! Thanks for the great post…

By: Brian Inman

Brian Inman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 02:07:41 +0000

MMO blogs are tough. I created two solely on one game each, and decided that maybe a general one was better. I am not sure it was the right choice. It is harder to keep visitors coming every day if you aren’t talking about the game they are playing.

I find I was actually happier with my mmo blogs that were only one game. It seems my comments were 1000% more, and now it just seems that no one wants to comment, and building traffic is now so much harder than it was before.

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Blogging – blogging trackback | SEO Mixer Blog — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:00:44 +0000

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By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:49:02 +0000

I believe if any blogger tells you it has all been plain sailing without any problems I would have to call them a fibber :) I only just redesigned my own blog a couple of months ago and I am sat here having to redesign it yet again due to its textured background being far too heavy and taking too long to load with its increase in traffic.

So again another lesson learned for me, hopefully the new design will be complete over the next couple of days and things will start to run smoothly again :) but my point is…no one is perfect and we just simply need to keep learning.

By: Jordan Cooper

Jordan Cooper — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:21:32 +0000

Another huge point you could add is “no concrete plan or method of monetization”. That is, if you consider making money to be what constitutes success in your eyes.

So many times I see blogs that show that the person is putting a ton of work into it, getting traffic and doing very well… but there’s no angle for actually converting it to dollars. Although many will default straight to the ad-based model, it’s quite obvious that method isn’t something that could bring you significant income – unless you *really* get a lot of traffic and know how to handle PPC like an expert.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:45:04 +0000

I think a lot of the points you made are why so many blogs come and go, but most of all it is because of the misconception that you can get rich quick with a MMO blog, even though you have never actually made money online!

By: winnie

winnie — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:48:24 +0000

Definitely good points, I crashed my first blog but slowly building up new ideas and thoughts for the current one and getting traffic. Thanks