Comments on: Why I Blog (and why you should, too)

By: Chantal

Chantal — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:42:27 +0000

I've gotten a few clients from blogging and have been able to become a blogger for other clients. It's been a win-win all around.

By: Poetic Shutterbug

Poetic Shutterbug — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:15:49 +0000

What is interesting about blogging for me is that before I ever even knew about blogging I always had what I though was writer's block. When I began blogging and posting on a regular basis I realized that what I was doing was procrastinating.

I blog about things I enjoy like writing, photography, art, music etc... I don't specialize in one theme but rather create posts on a few different themes. I have a following and know their likes and dislikes so I do try and strive to post on topics they will enjoy as well. When I post more than once a day I see a significant increase in visitors. I do post daily unless I am traveling. It is just something I have to do on a daily basis and do allow a certain amount of time for blogging.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:52:32 +0000

I haven't seen an increase in clients to my blog, but I just started it like a month ago.

I find that I have a harder time working on my own blog then I do for my clients. I will spend hours, sometimes, on a blog post, because I'm never satisfied with it. My own writing seems to be getting weaker and weaker. And I don't know why.

That's what tends to keep me from posting every day, like I originally intended to do.

By: Devon Ellington

Devon Ellington — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:32:32 +0000

It annoys me when people say "I don't have time to blog". It's part of the job, and you schedule it in the same way you schedule in your other assignments. It's a commitment to your career and your readers. When you start saying you "have no time" , what you're telling your regular readers is that they are not a priority.

And for writers, especially fiction writers, our readers NEED to be a priority or we don't have a career.

And, let's face it, unless you're doing a heavily researched topic on your blog (which should probably be a paid article instead) it takes 15 minutes to write a blog post. If you don't have 15 minutes for your readers . . .

I have my main writing blog and then I run a couple of other, specialized blogs on different topics. I've definitely landed paid work because people found one or another of my blogs and hired me because they liked both the style and the content.

I also find it a useful brainstorming tool I learn about my process via public dissection.