Blogger Burnout
Friday, January 25th, 2008A long time ago, the previous author of this site wrote about 5 Ways to Avoid Blogger Blindness. Why would he tackle the subject of blogger’s burnout and blindness so early on, even before he started talking about the craft of writing for blogs and promoting them in-depth?
Less Burnout = Better Blogger
Your capability to maintain mental clarity and stability is directly related to your success as a blogger.
Is this true? I mean, do you have to be mentally clear and stable to post a good subject and write logicially enough so that the reader understands you?
It means great content more frequently rather than too much filler content followed by long periods of nothing.
It means more visitors because you write attractive content more often and promote it more steadily.
It means more money if you monetize your blog.
It means stability.
Getting a handle on why blogger burnout occurs and how to prevent it is essential, so I’m covering it now before I cover the process of blogging in a great deal of depth.
It all comes back to your decisions and your sense of passion for blogging. The more passion you are about blogging about the topics that you like, the more the readers will see it in the blog. Of course, it is nothing physically, but it can be seen between the lines.
Of course, your passion for blogging has to relate to how much time you are willing to spend not only to post on your blog, but also to promote it.
If you only post on your blog (without promotion) then you have to strive on the fact that people will randomly get to your blog via google. But heck, if you sign up with technorati, claim your blog via google analytics, and join forums that allow blog promotion, then you are not only promoting your blog, but you are also getting new ideas to post on.
This exchange will definitely show up when you write your posts, simply because of the fact that you are writing about what all other people are writing about and, also taking your own perspective on things.
So, just keep in mind that only posting is not the best way to blog on your blog.
Refs:
http://performancing.com/node/1340
http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/07/64088
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/06/144501.php
