tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post9004286914046084856..comments2023-06-06T08:31:42.360-07:00Comments on The SoCal Bowhunter: Albert Quackenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05601926880788750927noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post-77246529340686635372011-03-08T09:56:25.669-08:002011-03-08T09:56:25.669-08:00A big thank you to everyone and for the insight.
...A big thank you to everyone and for the insight. <br /><br />@Mark - That is one point I missed entirely. Know your audience! Great stuff.<br /><br />@Ian - We all tend to get wordy from time to time. I am also guilty of it. <br /><br />@Brian - Bingo! Yes, for the new bloggers getting aboard they need to heed this advice. It'll help them survive in the long run.<br /><br />@LB - Welcome! Tag along, comment and make suggestions. This is and will always be a work in progress. The only way I can get better is from readers like you all making suggestions.Albert Quackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601926880788750927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post-72671305856209701772011-03-08T09:43:58.844-08:002011-03-08T09:43:58.844-08:00HeyBJK suggested I check you out.... and I am glad...HeyBJK suggested I check you out.... and I am glad I did. I love all your bullet points. I will definitely be taking some of these back with me.<br /><br />If you don't mind...I'll be tagging along for the ride. I've enjoyed the posts I've got to read so far. Great blog!LB @ Bullets And Biscuitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243995967326067900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post-44220594888602473102011-03-07T21:32:35.495-08:002011-03-07T21:32:35.495-08:00Excellent points, Al! Very good post! I agree comp...Excellent points, Al! Very good post! I agree completely about writing a novel. If a post is really long and isn't broken up in some manner, I normally won't read the entire thing. Blogs are meant to be fairly concise and to the point. Most folks follow several blogs and you have to consider your visitor's time.<br /><br />I also agree about not posting for the sake of posting. I'm not interested in quantity in people's blogs. If I don't feel like writing or can't come up with a post topic that excites me, I won't force it. I've experienced the burnout, especially with social media and it's no fun. I don't want that to happen with my blog.<br /><br />Great tips, my friend! Well done! This is an awesome post for beginning bloggers, too.Brian Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937257563835611400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post-11505381918522561832011-03-07T14:22:52.756-08:002011-03-07T14:22:52.756-08:00Thanks, guys. I am going to add one more.
Do take...Thanks, guys. I am going to add one more.<br /><br />Do take your time with posts and don't hurry them. If you hurry and try too hard you will experience burnout. I know this firsthand and I am seeing it more and more each day.Albert Quackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05601926880788750927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post-64038389645761646462011-03-07T11:56:30.047-08:002011-03-07T11:56:30.047-08:00Mighty fine advice....though I will confess to wri...Mighty fine advice....though I will confess to writing rather long form at times. You have a great blog. Enjoy stopping by.<br /><br />Cheers!Ian Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316710401882670541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-646025171886008830.post-45012391396783826852011-03-07T11:06:29.295-08:002011-03-07T11:06:29.295-08:00Al, you have brought up some great points here. I...Al, you have brought up some great points here. I know that I need to get better at some of them.<br /><br />In the end, I think it is important to know who you are and why you are blogging. Are you doing it for readership? Are you doing it to promote a business? Are you doing it to take part in a community? Or, are you doing it for purely personal reasons? Obviously the more you are concerned with outside readership, the more you need to carefully decide how you use your blog.<br /><br />I started blogging for purely selfish reasons...I wanted to track my outdoor adventures and wanted to journal what inspired me along the way. The more I blogged, the more I discovered the outdoor bloggers community. Discovering that community was really the first time that I thought about blogging for an audience. I am still not blogging to gain a following, but I am now blogging in a way that is more aware that others are reading and participating. In a way, I am still blogging for myself, but I am also enjoying the community and dialog that comes with blogging. The more I make community and dialog one of my goals in blogging, the more I need to adjust how I blog. Make sense? <br /><br />All of that said, to say: this post wouldn't have mattered a bit to me a few months ago, when I was blogging for myself. But now, I am seeing that I do need to make decisions, not to gain readers, but not to isolate them either.<br /><br />"Still, you know I'm right...right?" LOL!Markhttp://soleadventure.comnoreply@blogger.com