Comments on: Blogging is Rocket Science

By: Tom - marketing tips

Tom - marketing tips — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:10:18 +0000

Good points.It is true that blogging is rocket science, at least when it comes to the daily action steps you need to take.It is not only about getting a good idea for a post, there is commenting and interacting, social media, forums.It is very time consuming as well and the pay is really low in the beginning.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:06:04 +0000

Nice post, definitely something to think about for the newbies…. like ME! Wooooo!

That list in the middle of the article is really handy too, it’s getting stuck on the wall so I can make notes around it on this fun journey :)

By: rosebelle

rosebelle — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:37:14 +0000

Good words of encouragement to remind beginners to keep trying and don’t get discouraged when things aren’t going as planned!

By: Gabriele

Gabriele — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:39:14 +0000

Hi Kevin,

your original informative post has really stirred up much thinking and honest blogger contributions.
It is amazing that people wrote so much individual comment and information about their blogging experiences, which so seldom happens with blog comments.

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:11 +0000

I agree, I put a lot of work in getting my blogs of the ground and learning about this new world after all I am a baby boomer. I only discovered computers when my daughters taught me about them. Now with my blogs I find I have created a cool little world all of my own and after so many years of being a full time mother finding the energy to get my blogging world of the ground is great.

By: SEO LAS VEGAS

SEO LAS VEGAS — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:55:15 +0000

In any endeavor, critical planning and hardwork is required. You must devote ample time to see your work successfully accomplished.Someone said, “If you think you’ve reached the top, keep climbing”.So is true with blog. Devote your time and energy for this is a very rewarding experience.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:33:04 +0000

This one is spot on. I cannot begin to tell you the number of people that think I started my blog over a long weekend. The work required is tremendous initially. Now that my blog is getting reasonably established I’ve moved on to books and almost feel “guilty” about not giving my blog as much time. The proof that what you say is true is the trail of dead “competition” in my wake.

By: Internet Marketing

Internet Marketing — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:43:49 +0000

What is the most essential part of marketing a website? I have always doubt what is about a website that will bring people to it. Now I have made out that the biggest factor is usually search engine marketing. It is, truly, becoming important in the marketing process of any online presence. Search engines can drive very qualified traffic to a website. If someone is searching for what your site has, then that makes your site more important for them.

By: Lose Belly Fat Fast

Lose Belly Fat Fast — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:45:06 +0000

Yes this is very true. But it’s true for any human endeavour, not only blogging, right? The most of your resources will be required UPFRONT, and then the work will get lesser and lesser until you reach “cruise speed”, and you can relatively relax :)

By: Renz

Renz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:23:19 +0000

Wow. Thanks for the tip. I just started installing wordpress on my host server. I’m still at the configuration stage. This article encouraged me a lot to exert more effort on this. Thank you.

By: The Blog Is Mine dot Com

The Blog Is Mine dot Com — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:34:23 +0000

You are sure right “some bloggers just don’t realize the initial effort that’s required on the “front end.”

It’s taken me 1 years of work full-time on blogging.

Hope many people read this post rather than read those stupid hyped up sales pages that say “I’ll make you $thousands every month – here buy my product for $27!”

By: Jhay

Jhay — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:46:10 +0000

Almost everything takes a lot of energy to get starting. Especially family dinners. ;)

As for blogging, I see it more like sailing out into the big ocean, always being mindful of the weather patterns (internet trends) and ocean currents along your course (your niche) and always being in everyone else’s radar screen (networking).

Because some blogs that really took off only required minimal effort while others were like big rocket launches that only failed along the way or in the end.

But that info about the fuel consumed by a shuttle launch was just geeky cool!

By: mealdy

mealdy — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:21:15 +0000

Maybe you’re right, but I prefer the idea that continual effort is necessary for success, just like learning a foreign langage. Persistence is power!

By: Jessica Nunemaker

Jessica Nunemaker — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:14:23 +0000

I will admit that I didn’t realize there was so much to blogging until I decided to blog for myself!

Choosing and tweaking a site design, writing posts, having back-up posts, deciding on plug-ins and widgets, promotion, promotion, promotion…there’s always something new to do!

So far though? It’s been worth every second.

By: Paramendra Bhagat

Paramendra Bhagat — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:47:34 +0000

A great metaphor. I agree with it. No wonder most bloggers quit early. Or even if they don’t bring down the blog, they quit internally and stop trying to get their blog to the next level.

By: Gabe | freebloghelp.com

Gabe | freebloghelp.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:35:01 +0000

Blogging is actually much harder than rocket science in terms of success. If we look at the number of people who train to be rocket scientists and how many make it, it’s much higher than that of bloggers. After all, 9 out of 10 bloggers don’t make it six months!

By: Tomas Stonkus

Tomas Stonkus — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:33:02 +0000

Hey Kevin:

I believe that the above analogy applies not only to blogging, but to most things in life that require effort.

I guess that was separates the good from the great. All of the work required initial requires a lot of time and effort. Seeing low visitor count, not that many comments can be frustrating.

But we still have to find a way to persevere and keep pushing ourselves. It is hard, but it gets easier. Some people just choose the overall comfort as opposed to doing something that requires work.

Building a great blog is like building a great house. It requires a great foundations and a ton of work initially, but once the frame is up, the rest is up to your imagination.

Thank you for the tips and the motivation. It is important for me as a new blogger to keep this in mind and just keep pushing myself.

Best,
Tomas

By: wirawan

wirawan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:19:31 +0000

That is very good guideline for newbies blogger and for me too.
I hope I can follow your blog to professional blogger same as you.

I have one Thai language blog, I am not good in English but for next blog I will try to do English blog.

By: sockyee

sockyee — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:01:39 +0000

That’s a very fine example given. A moment after reading the paragraph, I couldn’t find a way on how to relate the example on rocket fuel burning to blogging. But I guess you really stretch your mind over there. And yes, it’s true.

By: GolfGurl

GolfGurl — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:59:01 +0000

Just printed out your list of things to do as my own “double check to-do list”! You are correct – a lot of upfront work is required… in the beginning, results are slow, but you have to have faith in your concept, great content, and confidence that what you share is of value.