Comments on: The Business of Blogging

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:09:17 +0000

We started blogging around 6 months ago and would like to push our blog further. This was a really useful post thank you! x

By: Kristen @ Titus 2 Work in Progress

Kristen @ Titus 2 Work in Progress — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:38:26 +0000

I’m a lurker! I have really been enjoying your blog and seeking out all your posts about blogging. I started blogging in April but I had no idea what I was doing and didn’t even know “linky” parties existed. Ha! I LOVE blogging but it is incredibly time consuming. People outside the blogosphere have no idea, do they?! Thank you SO much for sharing your experiences.
-Kristen

By: Shara

Shara — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:06:26 +0000

Hi Rhoda!
I’m one of your lurkers-turned-followers and I SO appreciate your honesty and information for us newbie bloggers! I’ve had my blog for about 7 months now….with followers being mostly family and friends so far. With a new house and a new baby coming in the next month, I’m *hoping* to get some time in the coming months to explore and comment on other blogs a little more in order to get more followers (currently, I just lurk!) With all the new happenings in our life, I have no shortage of things to talk about! Thanks so much for your advice!
-Shara

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:22:46 +0000

Emily Clark just published a post on blog advertising and included the link to this post. I so appreciate all the advice and honesty. I have been blogging almost 6 months. I was totally and utterly clueless when I started my blog…no idea of the time involved or what it took to keep up. I am doing all the same things I have always done: sewing, painting, changing this or that, cooking, etc. The only difference is now I’m taking pictures and writing about it. I enjoy it so much but am having trouble finding balance. I’m happy when I have a popular post but then I spend hours and hours replying to comments and visiting blogs. I knew very early on that I was about 2 years late in starting out…meaning that the number of blogs out there is huge and the competition fierce. I feel as though I sort of missed the boat. I wonder if I should continue or maybe just stop. I continue though because I truly love doing it. I think I would miss it and I would certainly miss the wonderful people I have met. Any advice you would have on balancing the time involved would be appreciated. I have a full time job as a school secretary and am several years away from retirement. I blog in my “spare” time. Now I don’t have any spare time because I’m always blogging! Anyway, thanks for listening and don’t be surprised if you start getting comments on this post again!

By: The enchanted home

The enchanted home — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:27:14 +0000

This was just amazing! I have bookmarked it as I am sure around my one year mark I will come back and consider the option of adding advertisers to my blog. This was so comprehensive and well done from an insiders view……thank you so much!! SO many of my questions were answered in one place!

By: Allyson

Allyson — Mon, 16 May 2011 01:32:07 +0000

Since I am relatively new, I so enjoy reading these kinds of tips. Yours are so much more helpful and practical than a lot I have read. I really appreciate you sharing these tips with all of us!

Thanks
Allyson

http://cupcakescandycanes.blogspot.com

By: janet metzger

janet metzger — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 22:19:53 +0000

Dear Rhoda,
Since my blog is still a baby, I am not even thinking about advertising. When I feel ready, I will be armed with all this passed on knowledge. Thank you for that. Great post.

your friend,
janet xox
The Empty Nest

By: Your Southern Peach

Your Southern Peach — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:05:02 +0000

As a “new” blogger, I am extra attentive to the layouts of other blogs that I am reading and finding along the way. I do think your advertising is displayed very nicely. It does not distract from the content of your blog. I agree that as long as your content and readership is solid than advertising makes sense. It’s a lot of work to blog! Every other source of “entertainment” (i.e. movies, TV, radio, magazines) utilizes advertising as a means to make money. Why should blogs be any different? Thank you Rhoda for sharing these ideas. I really appreciate it!

By: Wade Kwon

Wade Kwon — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:07:36 +0000

I think advertising is perfectly fine on a blog. I know plenty of people who never see the ads on my blogs because they use ad blockers, and that’s cool, too.

To amend Rhoda’s suggestion, I would say to treat your blog like a business, if that’s the intended goal. To do anything less guarantees infrequent posting, low traffic and no revenue.

By: Brittany (aka Pretty Handy Girl)

Brittany (aka Pretty Handy Girl) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:08:19 +0000

Wow, what a great source of info for new bloggers. I appreciate your time and candor. I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen such long and involved comments on a blog post.

I really like what you said about not blogging to make money. You really do have to “love” what you are doing. That pertains to any job in my experience, not just blogging.

Brittany
http://www.prettyhandygirl.com