Can One be Enough?
My daughter has recently discovered that a cookie is great but more than one is better. She is 1 1/2 and it is truly difficult sometimes to tell her no. Unfortunately I have to or all the cookies would be all over the house and only a few would even get eaten. This is how I have been looking at YOU my blog traffic lately. I get a great comment and I feel all jazzed and then immediately I start obsessing on how to get more possible readers who will leave possible comments that will leave me possibly pleased … wait a sec, this is a bit ridiculous I think.
I’m trying a new approach to blogging. It is kind of like “using the force” in Star Wars. You may notice on this blog there are no more feed counts, no more rank badges. I have only left up the stuff that relates to my content getting to you readers out there. I’m hoping this will do two things: #1) cut my stress in half in this new job I have of blogging and #2) allow me to focus more readily on the real point of this blog which is … the words. I believe when you have the right focus, the unimportant parts of your blog fall off like the pounds when you take Lipozene.
If you’ve been around a while you know I go through a lot of experimental phases. Thanks for your continued support. So, as I close this thought: Can one reader be enough? Yes, you’re damn right it can.
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Psycho Carnival
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Can One be Enough?
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 9:08 am
Pop Culture Dish, Presented By Malcolm
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Can One be Enough?
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 6:17 am
The Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely
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Can One be Enough?
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 5:35 am
M
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I’ve been there – obsessing about how the number of readers I have and how to grow my traffic. I needed a kind of validation. I’m less concerned about numbers now and I have to admit it is indeed less stressful. Let us know how it goes!
Link | October 21st, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Daddy Papersurfer
wrote,
Strangely it’s never bothered me particularly ……….. experimentation is good anyway.
I’ve recently started using a new platform and have gone back to zero on all the ‘counters’ – a ‘born again blogger’!
Link | October 21st, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Jessica The Rock Chick
wrote,
Quality is always better than quantity! ;)
I don’t pay very close attention to my stats, but when I do take a peek, I notice that at certain times of the year-summer in particular-comments, visits, everything goes down. I also think that this has to do with readers or different ways people are accessing blogs throughout the day.
I don’t use a reader at all because I think people put a lot of work into their actual blog sites and it deserves a visit if I’m at my computer, but sometimes I do check them on my cell phone. I find it to be a PITA to comment through my cell phone and then sometimes, I forget to go back and comment.
I still say, write for you, write what you want to write about and readers will read.
Jessica The Rock Chicks last blog post..Update
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 5:38 am
Immi
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One can be enough, yes. Write for you. It’s what comes out the best.
Immis last blog post..Cheering up
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
Will do. Great seeing your comment.
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
That’s a healthy attitude. I think I’m gonna hang around with you more Papasurfer!
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
Thank you Jessica! You always give the best help!
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
Thank you Immi, what a wonderful thought.
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Dragon Blogger
wrote,
Damien, I am working on instead of putting all of the rank stuff on each and every blog, creating like a master monitor page from my 1 blog. Check out what I have so far on this page:
http://www.justingermino.com/personal-blog-tracker/
It is a place where I can look at all 4 blogs stats, without having to check each and every blog manually.
Dragon Bloggers last blog post..One of My Poems Took The #4 Spot in WOOF Contest This Week
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
That is an awesome idea Justin! When I do my monthly review, or CAN results, I combine it all in a similar way on DATSOL. Let me know how you like your new page and if you would recommend it.
Link | October 22nd, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Nick
wrote,
Very inspiring thought…glad to know that you’d still write even if I were your only reader, but it looks like that won’t be happening anytime soon :)
I now have another post idea that I might have to try and put together…thanks for that as well :)
Nicks last blog post..Sunday Snapshots – 008
Link | October 24th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Damien Riley
wrote,
Thanks Nick. I put romandock on the blogroll. :) Looking forward to your inspired post!
Link | October 24th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
romandock dot com
wrote,
How Blog Readers Are Like Cookies…
Inspired by a post at Postcards From The Funny Farm, I have drawn an analogy of how blog readers are like cookies and we shouldn’t try to grow our traffic to more readers than we have time to attend to.
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Link | October 24th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Nick
wrote,
Sweet, thanks for the link. The post is written and will go live at 7:00 PM Central Time on Saturday, October 25, 2008.
Nicks last blog post..Quality vs Quantity – After a Lapse in Posting
Link | October 24th, 2008 at 6:28 pm