Comments on: Perseverance Will Save Your Blog

By: ephman

ephman — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:44:54 +0000

i guess it depends why you get into bloggin’. if it’s to make a million bagillion zillion dollars and 3 months go by and you’ve only made a nickle form serving remnant ads from whatever ad network you’ve signed up for, i think you’ll quit pretty soon. if you’re more like into bloggin’ for because you just love to write, play with cool cms’s (drupal), and you have a lot to say and don’t care about who hears it, then you’ve got a better chance of survival. ephman is my third blog. basically because i couldn’t stick to a single topic. so this blog is a few months old but it’s about everything from anime series, broadway shows, nyc concert reviews, top 10 lists, and events. basically it’s about everything. so i’m never at a loss to find something to write.

By: Ed Hardy bags

Ed Hardy bags — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:24:50 +0000

That was exactly what I needed today! I am the type that gets easily discouraged and have been feeling lately like my blog is going to get nowhere. Thanks for reminding me to just keep doing it for me. And if I write it, they’ll eventually come!

By: SURVEYS FOR MONEY

SURVEYS FOR MONEY — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:24:46 +0000

I agree, writing about something you love is key. That way, you won’t grow tired of continuously writing new posts, like some bloggers do. Patience is key when it comes to blogging, and that patience will eventually gain you more readers.

By: Excel Matic

Excel Matic — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:51:26 +0000

Totally agree with you!!

When I came to know all about blogging, and got interested in it, the first question I asked to myself was – what I blog on?

There were many topic to choose from, which could have earned me lots of money. But, I then I thought those were not the topics that I was interested in.

I am a big Excel enthusiast and have learned most of it myself. Now I am quite comfortable with it and have the confidence to even share my knowledge (though limited) with everyone. Now I blog on Excel through Excel Matic (name of my blog).

Perseverance and patience can really earn you lots of credibility and traffic, too.

By: Karen Davison

Karen Davison — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:52:58 +0000

Great post – i just upgraded my blog from a wordpress.com to a .org and am hoping to hang on to my few visitors. I’m only about 3 months into this and i’m glad i made the move now, not later.
Some days tho I think I’m blogging to myself.

By: Kmanblogger

Kmanblogger — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:32:58 +0000

I completely agree!! Most people do just quit. Probably the main key in my success story is perseverence. Heck, I still use blogger.com!
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By: Robby G

Robby G — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:33:00 +0000

Thanks everyone for your responses. I saw the success of this post and have written a follow up post for those who are interested: http://www.shiteilike.com/sustain-a-prosperous-future/

Enjoy!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:21:44 +0000

Thanks for this. It motivates me. I have been blogging for just 7-8 months now and even though I see progress (every month more visitors than the month before and even a few cents coming in) I get worried sometimes as to… when is it going to happen?
I keep telling myself to just keep on going. Rome wasn’t built overnight and I plan to build an empire here.

By: VlogHog

VlogHog — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:55:41 +0000

Have a passion to create. You WILL fail…at first. It is at this time you will see what you are made of. Do you go on? Change? Or Quit?

Adapt, learn and grow.

We don’t need anymore quitters in the world.

By: Robby G

Robby G — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:54:47 +0000

@Roman: Thanks for that extra info and I’m happy that this post inspired another blogger to take the idea I supplied and took it to the next level.

By: Roman

Roman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:29:22 +0000

I really like you idea of going back through the problogger archives and finding out how well the bloggers and websites are doing now.

I liked it so much that I did a whole post about it. I took your idea but took it a step further.

I discovered that problogger commentors have a 72% chance of their blog/website failing. But that is good news because before I thought it was 99% of all blogs fail.

By: JarrodD

JarrodD — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:29:02 +0000

Quitting earlier is indeed a major issue with many things including blogs. The same could be said for other things like school, home businesses and other ventures where if immediate gratification is not seen things just seem too hard. Stick with it and probably the best thing to come of it will be a sense of satisfaction that you gave it your all.

By: kadmiel

kadmiel — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:44:14 +0000

it does get discourageing sometimes but you have to keep just pluging along with it

By: yournontoxiclife

yournontoxiclife — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Thanks for this. I think many of us become disillusioned like you said and it’s hard to keep going. Also blog community is really important. Here’s to never giving up!

By: Alan Roy Hocking

Alan Roy Hocking — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:21:38 +0000

Persistance overcomes resistance. Some four years after starting two blogs I not only still write regularly on them I have even produced two books that I’m now pleased to say have started to sell so just keep on in there and results will happen in time.

By: Laugh It Out

Laugh It Out — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:07:32 +0000

I agree fully . I started my blog 2 yrs back with almost no traffic, but now after 2yrs of persistence I am seeing decent traffic with almost 0 marketing.

By: Real Estate Agent in Jacksonville

Real Estate Agent in Jacksonville — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:55:15 +0000

I agree totally. It’s not easy to keep the blog going day after day, but pushing through has helped to increase my page rank and search results. Investing so much time and then letting it go is beyond me!

By: Omega

Omega — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:20:44 +0000

I agree. I just started with my blog about entrepreneurs. You have to keep going and never give up. Building traffic takes time.

Thanks

By: syikin

syikin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:38:02 +0000

i agree with u on this. A few times i had bordered on the thought of giving up one of my blogs as it took too much time. But now I’m happy that I didn’t!

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:40:16 +0000

Well said! Giving up on something is the easy way out. Everything is hard at first, but you work hard and keep at it and you will see success in your future. It is best to make sure what you blog about is something you are passionate about. Don’t force yourself to do a topic you don’t have much knowledge in or one that you feel you should do because everyone else does. My blog is very young and I will always blog because I am very passionate about it regardless of how many readers I have. People have to remember, blogging should be fun and over time you will have a larger following!