Written on June 10th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
How Many Posts Did You Publish On Your Main Blog in May? [POLL]
It’s time for another Reader Poll - this week I want to take a look at your posting frequency.
How Many Posts Did You Publish On Your Main Blog in May?
Pick your main blog and focus upon that. I responded for ProBlogger where I published 88 posts over May - 10 more than my three month average.
How Many Posts Did You Publish On Your Main Blog in May?
Feel free to tell us more in comments below. For example - was your May posting level higher or lower than normal?
121 Responses to “How Many Posts Did You Publish On Your Main Blog in May? [POLL]”
Dave
June 10th, 2008 12:29 am
Thanks for this poll — I’m looking forward to the results. I was just recently making a plan for dramatically upping my number of posts. I have been successful with my 1 1/2 year old blog on only about 15 posts a month, so I am hoping things will really take off if I can commit to posting more frequently.
Eric
June 10th, 2008 12:29 am
I just started my blog so I did not feel it would be fair to contribute a vote here. But, great idea for a poll, thanks!
Mop Up Duty
June 10th, 2008 12:30 am
Running a baseball blog we’ve upped our posting frequency during the weekdays and primarily cut out the weekend posts. This is one of the few times we’ve had M-F covered throughout the month and we ended up gaining about 15% in traffic.
nathan
June 10th, 2008 12:32 am
I’ve been doing one post per weekday for almost a year now, and sometimes on the weekends, so this month of 11-20 was pretty much on par. Although, now and again I get urges to change the routine, simply because it feels so… routine.
Todd
June 10th, 2008 12:33 am
May was my best month so far for posting. I’ve been energized by my increasing traffic on the site.
Michael
June 10th, 2008 12:34 am
58 posts last month, about 20 posts lower than previous months, I took a few more days off last month then months previously, busy with other projects and all.
This is a great poll though, helping bloggers reflect on how far they’ve come is a lot better for them then to look at how much further they have to go.
Sharon Hurley Hall
June 10th, 2008 12:34 am
My May posting level was slightly below average at 13. I have had a few months where I have done 30 posts, but generally it’s about 15-20. I stopped trying to post every day because it was too much with all the blogs. I try to have a few good quality posts a week instead, usually about 3 but occasionally more. May was a busy month personally and I wasn’t able to stick to my usual schedule.
Tink *~*~*
June 10th, 2008 12:36 am
179 posts for May - higher than usual because I went away on vacation and mobile photo blogged for a week.
That One Caveman
June 10th, 2008 12:36 am
I’m another weekday blogger. I wrote 20 this month.
Jacky Supit
June 10th, 2008 12:38 am
About 20 (or less)
wonder where is it going :)
Breaking Even Inc.
June 10th, 2008 12:39 am
I only have time to post once a day, though I wish I could do it more with regular guest posters!
Del Sauzo
June 10th, 2008 12:40 am
10 posts for may. Getting used to the routine , I should do about 20 this month, trying to make sure that all my posts are valuable, the more quality than quantity paradigm
Rajaie AlKorani
June 10th, 2008 12:41 am
I think that I’ll complete 15 posts this month.
Andrew Vazzano
June 10th, 2008 12:42 am
166 in May. Down from 205 in June.
But I’m a sports blog, so things might be a little different.
Paweł Nowak
June 10th, 2008 12:42 am
We had 75 posts on mail blog and few on podcast blog. That gives us 2.5 posts/day and is lower than usual.
Us = me and other authors.
Post level dropped dramaticaly because I haven’t posted that often due to finishing my book.
I.e. in April we had 135 posts, 5 podcasts and few screencasts published.
Nishadha
June 10th, 2008 12:44 am
I try to blog on every weekday , 11-20 posts are average for me.
SpaceAgeSage
June 10th, 2008 12:46 am
I posted 26 in May, down a bit from my usual one-a-day approach, but I realized that since my posts are rarely under 450 words and cover deeper subject matter, I needed to lesson my number of posts. I am working on trying to encapsulate “wisdom fueling growth” in smaller posts.
SpaceAgeSage
June 10th, 2008 12:47 am
..er, that should have read, “lessen.”
Sharon Bray-McPherson
June 10th, 2008 12:48 am
I’ve been shamefully neglectful in the past couple of weeks (thanks Twitter lol), so I only made 9 posts in May. I always try to make a post at least every other day.
John Blanchard
June 10th, 2008 12:52 am
Posting was about average for me in May. I’m really trying to ramp up and get about 4 posts a week as opposed to 1 per week…
Jeff - buzzmyblog.com
June 10th, 2008 12:55 am
I try to blog at least 3 times a week - typically Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and maybe a quick light hearted post on the weekend. So I ended up with 16 posts in May…pretty much what I would expect.
sevenjobs
June 10th, 2008 12:56 am
I started my blog in May and provided 49 articles. I talk about women and work and family, so lots of things to say , you know :-)
John Stewart
June 10th, 2008 12:57 am
20 posts for me! June will be less though, as I’ve been busy transferring my blog from Blogger to Wordpress :)
James Kolacz
June 10th, 2008 1:01 am
I have also just started. right now i’m doing about 3 a week but hope to increase to atleast once a day 5 days a week. I run a gaming site so theres always plenty to write about.
Voyagerfan5761
June 10th, 2008 1:03 am
12 in May, but I wanted to do more. Just don’t have time to blog as much as I’d like.
FLG
June 10th, 2008 1:03 am
17 posts for me. One less than April, so it was pretty much on target.
Daltonsbriefs
June 10th, 2008 1:06 am
62, a record on this site for me. The State of Indiana had a Republican convention with a contested AG race, our site jumped rapidly prior to the convention with active debate statewide and then to number one as I live blogged from the floor of the convention.
Don’t expect that big a number in June.
Bruce
June 10th, 2008 1:07 am
I did 4 in May, the same in April, but down from when I started the blog in January and the months after that. Now I’m making the effort to post twice a week, which I think is sufficient for my readers.
But my subscribers have been growing, although my traffic “peaks and valleys.”
I’ve done some re-thinking about how i’m approaching my blog, and I’ve been trying Darren’s and other’s ideas about brainstorming ideas for posts and writing them ahead of time.
All-in-all, I’m pleased.
Vincent's Tip's and Trick's
June 10th, 2008 1:10 am
Nice poll, interesting.
Monday till Friday each week, In May I had 21 posts.
Joe 'conserio' Fischler
June 10th, 2008 1:12 am
five per day keep the doctor away - and google up
Cory from Dental Heroes
June 10th, 2008 1:12 am
I’ve ramped up my efforts from 5 posts monthly to one-a-day in May. I’ve decided that this is a good pace to increase RSS subscribers, and product AD dollars down the road. I also feel much more passionate the more posting I do.
Kirk Warren
June 10th, 2008 1:13 am
Technically, I created my new archives in May, whereby I separated all my reviews into individual posts. So, I could probably say I posted about 600 or more posts, but, for actual daily posts, I did about 30-40 range.
Rebellious Arab Girl
June 10th, 2008 1:21 am
I was in shock. I had 53 posts for May! :|
Adam Holland
June 10th, 2008 1:27 am
The real question is: how many posts are TOO MANY? And I’m sure the answer has to do with how good the content is for each post…
Christina Ethridge
June 10th, 2008 1:28 am
20 posts exactly for May. My goal has always been to post something every other day - this month I managed more than every other day.
I have found (with my clients/readers) that posting more than once a day is too overwhelming. I know that most blogs are good to do, but feedback from my readers is 1 post every other day is ideal.
Super Affiliate
June 10th, 2008 1:37 am
I just post about 70 post for 5 blogs..
James
June 10th, 2008 1:37 am
12 posts on May. Hopefully better in June..:)
Anne Hill
June 10th, 2008 1:38 am
I post once a week. My blog is not news-oriented but essay oriented, so that is a writing schedule that works for me. I ramped up to once a week at the end of last year, after almost 3 years of posting twice a month or so. I like the new schedule, and my readers do too, judging from the increase in traffic these past few months.
Frugal Dad
June 10th, 2008 1:46 am
33 posts for May, which sounds about right considering I try to post daily, and occasionally sneak in a second post. I could really post twice-a-day at my main blog, but because I write for a couple different sources I try to spread that additional material around a bit.
Gerrit Eicker
June 10th, 2008 1:50 am
I did the first 73 posts to Wir sprechen Online. - But well, it’s unfair to compare blogs and micro-blogs.
Fitness Guy
June 10th, 2008 1:57 am
I took a page out of your playbook Darren and did a series on getting motivated for fitness this last month and it gave me a lot of posts to write about for a week. I find that my posting drops off when I am not motivated and in emailing my list on what they wanted to see they said that they have trouble getting motivated to workout so voila, a series of articles is quickly born.
Real Web Today.com
June 10th, 2008 1:57 am
Started up in May. If you ask again in June I will tell. Amazingly enough there are a few on here that posted over 150. Curiosity has got me and I will check out their Blogs.
Kyle | BroncoTalk
June 10th, 2008 1:58 am
Since my blog covers an NFL team, it’s been typical to post less during the dredges of the offseason (May and June). This year it wasn’t the case - 91 posts in May. I was pleasantly surprised.
The growth in the site has added demand - daily practices get 1-3 posts… any breaking injury news… it’s a blast.
pickupjojo
June 10th, 2008 2:00 am
73 exactly. :)
Deborah Carraro
June 10th, 2008 2:00 am
My May posts were about half my usual posting total. Too many deadlines for clients left me with little time to grow my own business. Need to develop a strategy to avoid that the next time around.
Lisa from Ignite
June 10th, 2008 2:03 am
I slacked ! Only had one post per week :-( I guess now that we have more people developing content, I decreased my frequency…..
Thanks for this post. I’m getting back on the horse this month!
Vered
June 10th, 2008 2:16 am
88. Wow.
I guess this is the difference between blogging as a business and blogging as a hobby.
I post three times per week. 15 posts on May which is my normal posting schedule.
Jillian
June 10th, 2008 2:18 am
May was my best month for posting so far. I’ve been blogging on and off for a number of years, but just recently decided to commit to writing each day (or almost every day). I expect June will yield a higher number of musings than May did.
Jillian
June 10th, 2008 2:20 am
I suppose I should have stated that I posted 15 times in May. Sorry for the oversight.
Oli from the-iBlog
June 10th, 2008 2:22 am
112 for me, though I do have a couple of other people contributing too.
Mikael
June 10th, 2008 2:23 am
I posted 36 articels in May. I try to write one a day, but this month my goal is two posts a day. Trying to overcome the dip in visitors since its summer here in Sweden.
Jennae
June 10th, 2008 2:32 am
113 for me. May was only my second month, and I typically add 1-3 posts per day…sometimes more if I’m really inspired. I’ve been told that’s an “ambitious” goal, but I’m nothing if not ambitious. And because it’s a topic I’m really passionate about and have fun researching, it really doesn’t feel like work.
Lipton of Starfeeder
June 10th, 2008 2:33 am
41-50
I contribute to the same blog in 2 places so I kinda guesstimated and combined… I average about 2-3 posts a day, but only 1-2 on the weekends.
I believe my high was 6 posts in 1 day
Andrea
June 10th, 2008 2:34 am
18 - and it seemed less than usual.
Carla
June 10th, 2008 2:48 am
I cant really vote because I started my blog on 5/26. I have six blog posts between 5/26 and 5/31.
Kyle
June 10th, 2008 2:51 am
I post 5 content posts during the week and usually a round-up/link love type post on the weekend sharing my favorite posts of the week in my niche.
Steph (Technofeliz)
June 10th, 2008 2:51 am
I try to post once a day (average)… 33 posts for May.
Melissa
June 10th, 2008 2:52 am
I posted 64 times in May…I’m always in around 60/month because many of my blogs are simply images with a brief description. I can easily handle these posts everyday, if not more frequently! Weekends totally vary, but weekdays are 1-3 posts per day.
Last week I started a second blog because I’m loving this blog thing and it was time for a second “family” of topics!
The Masked Millionaire
June 10th, 2008 2:54 am
The Masked Millionaire had 26 for the month of May.
mike martin
June 10th, 2008 3:02 am
I did about 22 in May, probably my most active month yet. The begining of June will probably be slow as I have a lot of studying to do for finals, but after that, I should be posting a lot more as summer will provide me with ample blogging time
Ann
June 10th, 2008 3:25 am
I posted 30 times in May. My intention is to post daily, so I guess I’m on track.
Luis Gross
June 10th, 2008 3:30 am
Wow I’m really surprised by the votes. Only four people voted 41-50 including myself. I guess people forgot how important it is to post everyday. I write a new post every single day, and when ever I feel the need I post an extra 2 or 3 post’s in one day. The fact that the majority of people answered to less then 30 posts is not very good in my opinion.
This is a good example of why:
Jeff from BuzzMyBlog has a very good blog that I love(d) - Why the past tense? Well when I first came across the site I wanted to visit everyday, but then I noticed new content was posted every 2 days or so. I would go to the site and end up leaving simply because I already read everything on the site, and there was nothing new for me to read. After a while I simply stopped going. Now I just read what I get in my inbox through that sites feed.
But hey it’s only my opinion, you guys could have very good reasons for posting as much as you do. Some of you could be busy with work and family, or only blog part time like me.
Just thought I would share my thoughts with you guys!
PS @Jeff - I still like your blog, I’ll set my alarm clock for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and pay you a visit!
Great poll Idea Darren, very good look inside how other people are managing their blog posts.
Fitz
June 10th, 2008 3:32 am
My level was normal. I believe that posting every other day or so is healthy for me because I can have more time to do my offline responsibilities. Furthermore, I think my readers won’t take the time to read my posts if I give them so many in a week. I think two or three articles is healthy for the subscribers.
However, if I may ask a question, specially upon seeing that there are actually people who post more than 80 posts in their blog. How does this affect one’s SEO? If I put out an average of 3 posts a day, won’t some of the posts be “missed” by Googlebots because they went to the “archives” so fast it didn’t have much time to be in the front page? Thanks.
Chris Hedges
June 10th, 2008 3:42 am
I had 84 posts in May, down from the 108 I posted in April. March saw 96 posts and February was huge with 130.
I’ve found the more I post, the more traffic I receive. Of course, what you are writing about affects the level of traffic — general interest items will get more traffic, but that traffic won’t be “sticky.”
Localized posts that don’t bring in huge numbers of visitors are often the posts that end up bringing in new connections with other local bloggers — which is beneficial in its own way.
John
June 10th, 2008 4:02 am
237 Posts in May
I run a celebrity Gossip blog so staying current and entertaining is critical to maintain traffic levels. Some of these posts are simply two lines of text with pictures so they don’t take much thinking to create:)
Kyle | BroncoTalk
June 10th, 2008 4:05 am
Fitz - that can definitely happen if Google doesn’t check often. As long as it checks back daily it shouldn’t be a problem.
Mary Corbet
June 10th, 2008 4:09 am
I’m trying to consistently post once a day, with good, thorough content. The preparation of posts takes a lot of time, especially because I generally have photos to edit, etc.
I didn’t quite make it to one post a day, as I missed two days, but a couple days I did post twice.
I use Blogger to publish to the blog part of my website, and their recent improvement of the “pre-publish” feature is very nice. When I know I’m going to be super busy during the work week, I can pre-publish the weekend before, so the post shows up on the scheduled day. This has been a Very Convenient Improvement to Blogger, and I can rest easy without the pressure of having to tweak a post at the last minute! So I think that feature has helped me keep up a more consistent posting schedule.
Kevin Oedekoven
June 10th, 2008 4:21 am
Okay, 8 may not seem like a lot, but in my defense, my blog only began in May - with the first post being on May 18th.
Raag Vamdatt
June 10th, 2008 4:22 am
I have a website on personal finance and investment planning.
I usually write in-dept articles, which are quite lengthy. So, the posting frequency is less. I try to post an article once in 4-5 days. So, my posts in May are 7.
And I was surprised to see that I fall in the most popular bracket of 1-10 posts a month!
Alex Fayle
June 10th, 2008 4:30 am
I do one post a day Monday to Friday. I have topics for each day, so that keeps me going. When I don’t feel like writing, I remember that I have committed to myself to write. I always take weekends off though.
Darla
June 10th, 2008 4:58 am
OOoops should have counted before submitting my result. I had 46 but I “guessed” 35. That’s about average for me, I felt like it was a little less than April (cuz I did the NaBloPoMo thingy).
Geeks are Sexy
June 10th, 2008 5:06 am
about 100 posts, but we have 3 regular contributors, and 3 occasional ones :)
Phil Sexton
June 10th, 2008 5:17 am
Wow - there are a lot of postings going on out there! I thought we were doing well with 27 in May - HA! We’re just beginners.
Toblerone @ Simple Mom
June 10th, 2008 5:18 am
I pumped out the content in May because I’m really trying to build a solid base. I started my blog in February, but I didn’t really focus intently on it until April.
My goal was to be at 1,000 subscribers by the end of the summer. At the beginning of May, I was at 124. Today, I’m at 577. I think it has a lot to do with my pumping out a ton of content lately. It’s been fun, but I do think I’ll slow down a bit eventually.
Ari Herzog
June 10th, 2008 5:29 am
I had 67 posts in May, but that’s partially because I was keeping two blogs and consolidated them into one last week. I’m also in between day jobs, so the presumption is once I get hired somewhere, I’ll post less frequently than my current 1-2 entries a day.
It’s worth mentioning that despite a few AdSense elements on my blog, I don’t keep a blog for the purpose of making money; whether my perspective changes in the future is anyone’s guess.
KushMoney
June 10th, 2008 6:11 am
May I only did 16 posts, I was busy with other projects. This I am aiming for at least 25 posts this month.
Make Money Talks
June 10th, 2008 6:53 am
4 or 5 in may on this one, i am
not really good writer so i
need some time to make article.
jeff
June 10th, 2008 7:11 am
Gee, I feel inadequate now, my goal is 2 a week
Suresh Kumar
June 10th, 2008 7:20 am
I am posting around 35 to 40 post for past month(May). My Traffic increased a lot when compared to previous month(April)
ramiro marques
June 10th, 2008 7:35 am
I am posting around 6 posts per day.
Lisa Irby
June 10th, 2008 7:45 am
Mine was pretty normal at 7. I post about 2x per week so I was pretty close to my average.
BlueWorkhorse
June 10th, 2008 7:49 am
We had 32 in May thanks to doing previews for each of the 16 NCAA baseball regionals during one week. Normally, we have around 20 or so per month, but with the increase in traffic we received in May, we have new vigor to do more this month.
nasrun
June 10th, 2008 8:14 am
I recently post abaout 1 post a day..
Sire
June 10th, 2008 8:21 am
Gee, that made me think. Which one is my main blog, so I checked what I thought were my two main and entered the the results of the greater of the two. I take it you will use the results for another informative post?
d3bruts1d
June 10th, 2008 8:28 am
I only had 6 in May. I blog when something interest me. Lately I’ve just been very busy and not seen a whole lot going on that I felt blog worthy… unlike in January when I posted 70 items.
Rich Miller
June 10th, 2008 8:44 am
I posted 125 stories in May at Data Center Knowledge. I’m trying to post 5 to 7 items each weekday, as our site traffic is dominated by “business hours” visitors. I’m a full-time problogger in a sector where there’s a great deal of news right now, so there’s no shortage of things to write about.
As DCK has gained readers in recent months, the site has gotten on the radar of the top companies in the data center field, so there’s been a huge jump in incoming press releases and technology briefings. It makes it easier when the news comes to you instead of having to track it all down … I’m still working the phones and RSS feeds every day for stories, but it makes it easier to fill the pipeline each day.
Bob Cornero
June 10th, 2008 8:52 am
I’ve had 76 posts in May, but for the past 30 days, it was 81 posts, with a few of what I would consider “major” articles included in that tally. I’ve been averaging 88 posts per month lately.
For anyone looking for a really easy way to tally this stuff without having to count, there is a great plug-in for WordPress called Blog Metrics. It’s by Joost de Valk, and automatically keeps track of all sorts of statistics, giving you a really handy birds-eye-view of all the activity on your blog. Check out some of his other really useful plug-ins, too, if you haven’t already:
Once again, Blog Metrics: http://yoast.com/wordpress/blog-metrics/
Bob Cornero
June 10th, 2008 8:58 am
I should also add, I posted 21 articles for TheHottestGadgets.com on top of the 76 in May at my own blog, http://www.MumboJumboDaily.com... What can I say? I really enjoy writing, communicating and publishing and hope to make a real living at it one day… Which is really what makes some of Problogger’s tips invaluable.
Stella
June 10th, 2008 9:15 am
I had 50. I post at least ONE post every day. It keeps me honest. ;)
I started my blog mid-July 2007 and May was the month I reached post number 500. Whoohoo!
Trollhattan Saab
June 10th, 2008 9:17 am
171 for me in May, which was down by about 10 on the usual amount. Too many, though, hence I’m on hiatus as of June 6 recovering from some work/life/health balance issues (like most here, I still work a full time job on top of blogging).
Traci
June 10th, 2008 9:26 am
I do not post daily to my blog; but average at least twice per week, sometimes more.
Lulu Barbarian
June 10th, 2008 9:59 am
12 for me in May, which was up from 10 in April. I’d like to post every other day, and I’m not as far off from that as I thought. So thanks for asking, Darren!
Brian @ Bevo Sports
June 10th, 2008 10:04 am
25 for May which for a college sports blog is an off month. Baseball is going on but the main sports of football and basketball are both in their offseasons.
James Holden
June 10th, 2008 10:25 am
21 posts in May. June and July’s numbers will be much higher with all the exciting stuff that is about to happen - watch this space! So excitied!!
JoLynn Braley
June 10th, 2008 10:57 am
I used to post 7 days a week, twice M-F and then I went to 5 days a week, once a day. I pretty much stick to between 15-20 posts a month.
Geek's Dream Girl
June 10th, 2008 11:17 am
A little over one post a day here. That’s about my average. May was a good month for me - several really good posts that got good traffic :-)
Andrew J Morris
June 10th, 2008 11:20 am
Is this thing broke? I see only 9 votes in the results, but over 90 comments …. Anyhow — 15 was my response for my intermittent fasting blog, but I was out of town for the last week of that month.
Denise aka The Blog Squad
June 10th, 2008 1:01 pm
I write on several blogs and manage to get at least 3-5 posts a week on 4 different blogs. Some weeks are more prolific than others depending on travel, speaking and client work.
Dustin Boston
June 10th, 2008 1:15 pm
I am completely amazed that folks can post so much! Most of the blogs I read post a couple times per week. Me, I posted 12 times in May. Yikes!
cb
June 10th, 2008 2:42 pm
27 in May. I’ve been trying to keep to a definite 5 day a week schedule with 6 days sometimes and having a day off. In May I consistently posted on 6 days and double-posted on one day when I found a news story directly related to what I had posted about earlier in the day so I put in a very short little update!
Lyn leckie-Matassa
June 10th, 2008 3:02 pm
39 posts for may, not really very good for me so I am boosting up my posts this month seeing as you did 81 posts I am aiming for 90 for June LOL …Got to beat you some how LOL!!!!!
Tim Hanlon
June 10th, 2008 4:19 pm
81? That is amazing work considering the quality of your posts. How many of those were did you write in April and schedule for publishing in May?
I managed 32 for May - but it’s hard to gauge an average as my time spent on the blog is sporadic at the best of times.
Although I’m not so sure about how useful this metric is Darren. I find the less my posts resemble “quick news” style blog posts, the more they are worth to the site - in terms of links, immediate traffic from other sites and social networks, and long-term search engine traffic.
My strategy for the site has changed over the last twelve months, and one thing I have learned on the way is if I focus purely on getting a certain number of posts online per day, I end up adding nothing to the conversation.
YMMV,
Tim
Leon
June 10th, 2008 5:04 pm
52 posts in May for Stepcase Lifehack. Do you guys see a direct relationship between the traffic and number of posts?
The Grammar Guy
June 10th, 2008 5:16 pm
May was the first full month of my new blog.
46 posts.
Off to a good start!
Patrick Britton
June 10th, 2008 6:13 pm
I had exactly 20 posts, I aim for one a day so that number isn’t on target but I could have done worse. I just reached my 200th post, that’s a lot of writing but I hope to do a lot more.
In comparison my most active month was September of last year, I posted 49 stories. I was pumping out about a couple posts a day, that drained me so I cut back.
I guess in the end consistency is best, I hope to keep up with the one a day on weekdays to keep things steady.
Ajay@Readerszone.com
June 10th, 2008 8:17 pm
i have posted 81 posts in the month of may year 2008
Jamie
June 10th, 2008 8:17 pm
I’m off to count my post for May..lol… back soon..
p.s. This blog is crackin dude.. great read..
Ben
June 10th, 2008 8:37 pm
I have been posting 2 post a week for almost 2 years. Works out great for me since I’m in this for the long run. It helps to keep the burnout from happening.
Kim @ What's That Smell?
June 10th, 2008 10:21 pm
We had 87 posts in May and we’re looking like we will end up doing close to the same in June.
We just really started focusing on the blog in April even though it has been in existence since last September.
Great poll!
Korea Beat
June 10th, 2008 11:13 pm
I put up maybe 70 posts in May. That’s a bit above my average but I’m looking to have more frequent posting.
Lenin Nair
June 10th, 2008 11:31 pm
Darren, this is a great thread. I have posted 33 posts in May, and am gonna post on a daily basis to cutewriting. It is my flagship blog. Thanks.
Al
June 11th, 2008 2:41 am
Ugh. Did you have to pick May? I was more than half below my usual average. (Busy, busy, busy with non-blog issues.)
Nancy
June 11th, 2008 8:15 am
I published 36 posts during the month of May. My goal when I started my blog in March was a post daily. I’ve missed a couple days, but have written more than one on other days. Some days the ideas/opportunities just don’t stop. Other days are slower and sometimes I have to put a draft on the back burner until it either decides to cooperate with me or I delete if.
Goddess Carlie
June 11th, 2008 9:16 am
I had 28 posts, which is a nice number. I’m aiming for 30 this month.
Bibokz
June 11th, 2008 3:28 pm
30 from me… i update my blog daily.
LintCollector
June 11th, 2008 5:25 pm
I’m a full time student, blogging only as a hobby.
Increased time spent on assignments
= less time available for hobbies (only 1 post for May)
And after a day working on the computer, the last thing I want to do in my spare time (if any) is sit at the computer!
Sherman Haywood Cox II
June 11th, 2008 11:40 pm
I used to really push to get a post every “work” day and take the weekend off…
Now I push to do 4-6 posts a week on any day…
In may I had 20 posts and feel that is about right for my Preaching Instruction blog…
Brad Isaac
June 12th, 2008 1:10 pm
Looking at my stats from April and May is a bit scary.
I doubled the number of posts in May to 31 (did 15 in April). May’s visitor count was up by 3000 unique visitors, but my bounce rate in May went to 62% (was at 13% in April)
There were also nearly 15,000 more actions taken in April (the slower posting month) than in May.
Does this mean I should post less?
Skeptic
June 14th, 2008 12:36 am
I typically publish about 115 posts per month. Most of those are one paragraph summaries of news stories with links to the source. I write feature (full-length) news and opinion pieces about twice per week - one on my busiest day of the week and one mid-week to keep traffic flowing.
Ginkgo100
June 14th, 2008 2:44 am
May was by far my most prolific month to date. As I narrow my focus (something I’m trying to do organically), it seems my content actually increases. It’s easier to be passionate and creative when your parameters are defined than when you have a tabula rasa.
Meandering With Marilyn
August 8th, 2008 9:20 am
I started in May. As I progress to getting more organized(ha is that possible) my goal is 12 - 15 posts per month. Thanks for all the encouragement in your posts.
Glenda
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