Comments on: What is Hard About the Hard Work of Blogging? http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 13 Ways to Monetize Blog Posts | The Netsetter http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1118641 13 Ways to Monetize Blog Posts | The Netsetter Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:02:39 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-1118641 [...] VanFossen has written an article on hard work and blogging on Blog Herald, where she talks about the various aspects of blogging like writing, maintenance, [...] [...] VanFossen has written an article on hard work and blogging on Blog Herald, where she talks about the various aspects of blogging like writing, maintenance, [...]

]]> By: Why blogging is work and not entrepreneurship http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-785505 Why blogging is work and not entrepreneurship Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:31:28 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-785505 [...] and difficult to do.    Judging by experience so far and what I read in the blogosphere, full time blogging really is not an entrepreneurial pursuit.  It’s another job.   So what’s the [...] [...] and difficult to do.    Judging by experience so far and what I read in the blogosphere, full time blogging really is not an entrepreneurial pursuit.  It’s another job.   So what’s the [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-220511 Lorelle VanFossen Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:29:12 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-220511 @<a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-220476" rel="nofollow">R.A.D. Stainforth</a>: In <a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/09/06/are-you-using-your-blog-as-a-note-reminder-and-storage/" title="Are You Using Your Blog as a Note Reminder and Storage?" rel="nofollow">Are You Using Your Blog as a Note Reminder and Storage?</a>, I asked readers to consider that if they are using their blog for them, and only for their personal use, why not make it private. When you make your blog public, you do so with the intent, conscious or not, of having "someone" read it. You want to share and have visitors by opening the door to your blog. If you really don't care about what others think or if anyone ever reads this, then your blog is a tool and maybe best kept private. Not that you should, but it is something you should consider if your statement is true. which is one of the things many bloggers struggle with during their blogging life. @R.A.D. Stainforth:

In Are You Using Your Blog as a Note Reminder and Storage?, I asked readers to consider that if they are using their blog for them, and only for their personal use, why not make it private.

When you make your blog public, you do so with the intent, conscious or not, of having “someone” read it. You want to share and have visitors by opening the door to your blog. If you really don’t care about what others think or if anyone ever reads this, then your blog is a tool and maybe best kept private.

Not that you should, but it is something you should consider if your statement is true. which is one of the things many bloggers struggle with during their blogging life.

]]> By: R.A.D. Stainforth http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-220476 R.A.D. Stainforth Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:22:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-220476 I believe a blog should be a personal thing. There is no need to get stressed about blogging. I want to use my blog to retain things that I found worthy of comment, regardless of whether anyone else is interested. Who cares what I think? Probably very few people. My blog is a way of organizing my thoughts so that I can return to them and either act upon them, or obliterate them. I believe a blog should be a personal thing. There is no need to get stressed about blogging. I want to use my blog to retain things that I found worthy of comment, regardless of whether anyone else is interested.

Who cares what I think? Probably very few people. My blog is a way of organizing my thoughts so that I can return to them and either act upon them, or obliterate them.

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-220410 Lorelle VanFossen Fri, 12 Oct 2007 05:31:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-220410 @<a href="http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-220406" rel="nofollow">cerebralmum</a>: Excellent. What do you mean by resource management? Energy resources? Or content resources? @cerebralmum:

Excellent. What do you mean by resource management? Energy resources? Or content resources?

]]> By: cerebralmum http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-220406 cerebralmum Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:59:53 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/12/what-is-hard-about-the-hard-work-of-blogging/#comment-220406 For me, the hardest thing is sustaining my energy. Not for writing posts, usually when I feel a bit low on content I just start writing whatever comes, and find myself reinvigorated, even if the post turns out to be something completely unexpected, something completely different from those first few sentences. But the energy to do all the little things to improve my blog, its appearance, its navigation, its accessibility, and even upgrading - that is often hard to come by. I know that I still have a lot of work to do before it is the best it can be but that task list hasn't gotten any smaller. I'm just now starting to work on a blog plan and I think that having time set aside for that will help. Still, energy is the one aspect of blogging that is a limited resource. And I need to improve my resource management. For me, the hardest thing is sustaining my energy. Not for writing posts, usually when I feel a bit low on content I just start writing whatever comes, and find myself reinvigorated, even if the post turns out to be something completely unexpected, something completely different from those first few sentences.

But the energy to do all the little things to improve my blog, its appearance, its navigation, its accessibility, and even upgrading – that is often hard to come by. I know that I still have a lot of work to do before it is the best it can be but that task list hasn’t gotten any smaller. I’m just now starting to work on a blog plan and I think that having time set aside for that will help.

Still, energy is the one aspect of blogging that is a limited resource. And I need to improve my resource management.

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