As I approach six months of boring people blogging, I’d be interested to know how long you have been going.
It’s often quoted that most people give up blogging by 3 months, as they lose interest, and if you make it to a year, you’re set for life. It seems that the vast majority of blogs I visit regularly have been running much the same amount of time as myself, and I wonder if that’s because we have that common thread, and so build up stronger relationships.
It does seem to me that those blogs older than a year have a different feel, and the bloggers in question are less likely to fully engage with new visitors, and make return trips to my blog, although as ever, there are exceptions.
So, how long have you been going, and do you think you’ll still be here 6 months from now? Do you find more established blogs ‘feel’ different when you visit?
If you cannot see the poll, please temporarily disable your ad-blocker. Thanks.
13 users commented in " The Sunday Poll - What’s Your Staying Power? "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI just hit the 10 month mark. Except for the last two months, I didn’t care whether I “connected” to anyone or not. Times changed and I started having fun. Older blogs don’t feel foreign to me, regardless of the number of readers, their rankings, or any other such nonsense.
Whether I’ll still be doing this in 6 months or 6 years is dependent on when and if it ceases to be something I enjoy. I’ve seen people give it up and that’s actually a good thing because it isn’t for everyone. It just seems to be popular now. Wait a couple of years when the blogging fever stabilizes. It’s then that you’ll see who was cut out for it and who was not.
I started blogging on Fantasy Football N’ Stuff on Oct 13, its my first blog post… I even titled it Post #1 lol, how lame is that?
At last I understand your email address Matthew!
Nice one RT, almost a year! You’re quite right, it is down to enjoyment-I’ve surprised myself in not really hitting a hump yet - theres been a few days where I haven’t felt like posting anything, but generally I can’t wait to get down to it each day.
lol yeah, its dumb but now its known, im not changing it
a friend of mine is running a contest, if it interests you maybe do a post?
http://nick.techboggle.com/contest-1-photoshop-it-evil-john-chow-10-prize
Over a year… but only about 8 months with actual readers… a trickle at first… but the stream has widened steadily… to a slightly wider trickle….
And that does make it more fun… although sometimes the posts I like the most generate the least comments and depress my traffic for days….
Technically I’ve had my blog for over a year, but consider myself blogging for just under 7 months.
The dynamic has definitely changed when I jumped out of a blogging sandbox from 10 hits per day to well over 100. The sudden influx of interest in my blog has fueled my interest in blogging. 6 more months? At this point I can do this for 6 more years
I’m just behind you at around 5 months. I’m sure it will be something I continue for the long term. What direction I end up taking is anyone’s guess
I do agree that some of the oldies have a very different feel. There is one ‘mommy blogger’ who I’ve been reading for years. (dooce.com) Once in a blue moon she’ll open up comments and will get 600-700 comments. There’s no real feel of community there like I feel with other bloggers. She is fun to read though.
I’m going on 5 months. Let’s see, I started in the end of November 2006, so that’s…just over 4 months now.
eJabs is a source of learning and excitement for me and I don’t see myself quitting anytime soon.
I have heard that the 6 month hump is the hump that delineates real bloggers from real posers!
I might have a go Matthew, but I can barely crop photos with editing software, much less do anything else
I know Curmudgeon, your best posts disappear with out trace, but some hasty cut&paste job gets Stumbled and 5000 views. I haven’t worked it out yet.
Hey Tony, I’ll be checking!
Kai, I find most of the A-listers have lost the community feel (and I guess don’t really need it) though both John Chow & Darren Rowse have done well to maintain theirs.
6 month hump eh Matthew? I’ll race you to it!
I almost hit my 3 months mark and showing no sign of slowing down
If you really are into blogging, no blog will look foreign to you after 2 mnths of serious blogging.I have completed almost 4 mnths with this blog and I don’t see anything foreign rather I see them as learning books.
i agree with Ashish , even after a year of blogging , i feel i have a lot to learn .
Good points, thanks.
Leave A Reply