Comments on: Are you a Marathon Blogger or a Sprinter?

By: Basilia Minors

Basilia Minors — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:10:25 +0000

Great post! To be honest things like this in general are as important as they have ever been. How can I subscribe?

By: Bob Brancato

Bob Brancato — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:56:27 +0000

Hi Valeria,

Nice name. Bellissimo. Marathon blogger here. Small niche topic. Seeing slow, but steady growth after six months.

Enjoyed the article,

Bob

By: Valeria Maltoni

Valeria Maltoni — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:55:06 +0000

@Hendry – well put. Sometimes we are tempted to abandon project just as they are about to work.

@Jon – did you ever write that piece on “self-service Web advertising”? You had such an interesting presentation of the concept. I like the fact that you were listening to your son. That shows connection on more than one level. We tend to start off on many things with much enthusiasm and energy. The real test comes when our ideas meet reality. I am glad that many in this forum view themselves as individuals who are in it for the long run.

@Slevi – I enjoyed your creative articulation of why the naming of your site mattered and how you went about it. Congratulations on being almost upon the closing of your second year. I am, too with Conversation Agent and I know it takes a lot of work and commitment to make it happen.

By: Slevi

Slevi — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:51:54 +0000

A marathon blogger I’d say, definitely in there for the long run and nearly on the 2nd birthday of my blog. And so far that’s going quite well for me, I don’t see any reason to give up on it anytime soon :).

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:48:25 +0000

‘Nets on top of nets’.

I like that. I think that blogging, and maybe most other user generated content will be looked at as being posted to the web, not just a site. I don’t worry about comments too much. From the comments I do get (lots thru email, rather than the site comments) it seems that my readers are generally more inexperienced with all things pc. For instance, search traffic went through the roof when I started doing the Fake EMail series. Regardless, if comments are being made about me over at Conversation Agent, or on MySpace or Facebook or wherever, hey, that’s cool. Somebody talkin’ bout Wordout. I like it.

Another thought that struck me while I was reading above is specialization. I was really starting to question the value of Wordout a few months back, and getting a bit depressed about it. Then a few friends convinced me that I wasn’t doing as well as I wanted because I was painted into a corner, because I wouldn’t cover things like business, politics and the climate. The final argument came from my son. He asked,”Why are you wasting that name? Somebody else would actually DO it.”

So now I’m not so specialized on the site. And readership has increased by more than 300% each month since. And, I just wish I had more time to write….

I love your work, Valerie. Oh, and I’m a marathon commenter! ;)

By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:15:25 +0000

I am definitely a marathon blogger. I can’t find a reason why people would build a temporary blog if that works for their business.