Comments on: The Life Of A Blog http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/ Sat, 05 May 2012 10:43:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: spikethelobster http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-401 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:41:30 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-401 Hello Kate! Lovely to see you here. You’re right: the hard sell won’t appear here. I may add occasional stuff (like the Pie book), but I’ll never knock on your virtual door and try to convince you to buy it. ;)

I always thought your blog was a personal musings thing, so its central focus is you (or your thoughts). That works fine, especially since you’re funny (he says, checking his pockets for stray chips). I have/had a blog like that as well – which I haven’t updated in ages. May have to do that again.

]]> By: Kate http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-398 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:11:09 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-398 Like the new focus! I know there are other freelancing blogs, but yours is more honest, and I think it’s unlikely you’ll be indulging in the hard sell I often see on many of the others.

You’re right, it is important for a blog to have a focus. I admit mine doesn’t, in a way that’s become it’s usp, but that definitely wouldn’t work for everyone. I also have a family history blog and if I suddenly posted all sorts of random content there, people would just stop reading.

]]> By: spikethelobster http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-396 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:30:09 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-396 Szabi: Personally, I like blogs that go off on different subjects frequently – they’re more interesting as a daily read, in my opinion – but if there’s absolutely NO core subject, it just feels vague and empty. As long as, say, a third of the posts are on the core idea, that’s cool with me. Depends what you’re blogging on, I suppose: if you pick a pretty wide subject, you can relate almost anything to it!

]]> By: Szabi http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-395 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:37:06 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-395 Wow!!! Thanks for the answer Spike. I’m still thinking about what to do with my blog. I don’t know how successful can be a blog focusing on more quite different topics at the same time. Probably not much. I think I will think more about this and already started to watch successful bloggers who has not defined their blog so precisely and write about all kinds of topics of life (quite successfully).

]]> By: spikethelobster http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-388 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:00:36 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-388 Hi Steven. That’s another way of describing it: I’d love to help out other freelancers by passing on what I learn, bit by bit (and usually through making stupid mistakes!). Just glad it makes for reasonably interesting reading!

]]> By: Steven http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-387 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:03:46 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-387 I kind of see your blog as that of someone who wanted to become a freelancer, and decided to blog what he learned as he’s going along. That’s what draws me to your blog, Spike. Not to mention, for the most part, your relatively humble way of going about it.

]]> By: spikethelobster http://scrawlbug.com/2009/07/07/the-life-of-a-blog/#comment-386 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:45:02 +0000 http://scrawlbug.com/?p=673#comment-386 Hey there! I’ve always been one for sticking to what I know best. WP is incredibly flexible, but only if you have it on your own server: WP.com is limited in themes and doesn’t allow JavaScript, for example. If I were you, I wouldn’t change unless there’s a compelling reason. But then I’m lazy. ;)

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