Comments on: Quitting blogging? (video) http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: yournontoxiclife http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-156968 yournontoxiclife Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:00:09 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-156968 I know what you mean--sort of. I am still at the stage of being obsessed with making it: writing great content, getting traffic, going above a google rating of 0, getting more than 8 visitors a day, etc. So, I slave away at this and continue to educate myself on marketing and it is all so fun...but there certainly have been times I have considered quitting. In fact, I may give myself a deadline of one more year to at least get some traffic, then it will off to another arena of writing. I know what you mean–sort of. I am still at the stage of being obsessed with making it: writing great content, getting traffic, going above a google rating of 0, getting more than 8 visitors a day, etc. So, I slave away at this and continue to educate myself on marketing and it is all so fun…but there certainly have been times I have considered quitting. In fact, I may give myself a deadline of one more year to at least get some traffic, then it will off to another arena of writing.

]]> By: CLAIRE http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-156481 CLAIRE Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:36:48 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-156481 I have barely been checking on Momdot lately b/c I have been SOO down on blogging. I'm barely 1/100th of the ratings you are but I have been SO down and out on my blog!! NO one cares when I talk about my children's milestones b/c hey..they cant WIN anything!! I feel silly feeling that way b/c my blog is "so small" in comparison but it really upsets me, what I started it for got SO lost in the process!! Thanks for the reminder Trisha =( I've felt so "lost" and just swept away in the madness of the PR & giveaways & reviews..which HEY!! I love.. but I started blogging b/c I genuinely like talking & thinking SOMEONE is listening to me!! I felt SOOO at home when I found MomDot & then things just spiraled with the PR & reviews & fun stuff, but then O began to feel like yeah..I COULD walk away from *my* blog..but I brushed it off b/c I thought it was silly to feel that way when I was "insignificant" Thanks for this. I needed it. I've missed ya'll & felt "left out" in a way..I needed this to come back!! I have barely been checking on Momdot lately b/c I have been SOO down on blogging. I’m barely 1/100th of the ratings you are but I have been SO down and out on my blog!!
NO one cares when I talk about my children’s milestones b/c hey..they cant WIN anything!!
I feel silly feeling that way b/c my blog is “so small” in comparison but it really upsets me, what I started it for got SO lost in the process!!
Thanks for the reminder Trisha =( I’ve felt so “lost” and just swept away in the madness of the PR & giveaways & reviews..which HEY!! I love.. but I started blogging b/c I genuinely like talking & thinking SOMEONE is listening to me!! I felt SOOO at home when I found MomDot & then things just spiraled with the PR & reviews & fun stuff, but then O began to feel like yeah..I COULD walk away from *my* blog..but I brushed it off b/c I thought it was silly to feel that way when I was “insignificant”
Thanks for this. I needed it.
I’ve missed ya’ll & felt “left out” in a way..I needed this to come back!!

]]> By: Monetvalley http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-155154 Monetvalley Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:44:02 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-155154 I'm a blogger for over 2 years now. I used to do it on a consistent basis, but over time, I started feeling like my life is a bore and there's not much I can say to make it interesting for my readers. Then I thought, who am I doing it for? So, I changed my course and blogged about my daily/weekly/monthly life as it applied to me. I had this vision of telling my readers how life is like for a true Native American, without all the romanticism you see on movies. But I found out I had writer's block.. on a daily basis! How nuts is that? And visiting some pretty blogging sites advertising free giveaways, with ads filling up the sidebar... well that kind of killed all the joy of blogging. So it was back to the basics for me and maybe my life isn't exciting, but it's real. I'm just glad I didn't hop on the bandwagon to 'promote' other advertisement that I can see on any given site. So to answer your question on quitting blogging? Maybe someday down the road, but for now, it's all about Me, Me, Me.... and every once in a while it could be about you (not you personally, just people in my life). I love coming to your blog once a week. I’m a blogger for over 2 years now. I used to do it on a consistent basis, but over time, I started feeling like my life is a bore and there’s not much I can say to make it interesting for my readers. Then I thought, who am I doing it for? So, I changed my course and blogged about my daily/weekly/monthly life as it applied to me. I had this vision of telling my readers how life is like for a true Native American, without all the romanticism you see on movies. But I found out I had writer’s block.. on a daily basis! How nuts is that? And visiting some pretty blogging sites advertising free giveaways, with ads filling up the sidebar… well that kind of killed all the joy of blogging. So it was back to the basics for me and maybe my life isn’t exciting, but it’s real. I’m just glad I didn’t hop on the bandwagon to ‘promote’ other advertisement that I can see on any given site. So to answer your question on quitting blogging? Maybe someday down the road, but for now, it’s all about Me, Me, Me…. and every once in a while it could be about you (not you personally, just people in my life).

I love coming to your blog once a week.

]]> By: Firefly http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-155045 Firefly Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:23:43 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-155045 Awesome video Trisha!!And Cat I hear you on the numbers. I started blogging last September and it was basically because I wanted to see if I wrote something would anyone really read it. And yes they would. I have amazing commenter's who have been on my blog from lets say my 3 post. I love it. Now PR are always putting me down. My blog is page rank 3 and most of my pages are ranked 1 or 2 also most reviews and giveaways, but they always give me hard time with stats "Oh you don't really have enough visitors, or look at Alexa ranking it's so bad, and it makes me so angry. I'm doing less and less reviews and giveaways because it's not worth my sanity trust me. I can write every day for me and my readers and always come up with something new and interesting, but I feel so put down that I have to tell PR 10 times to ship damn giveaway and they still mail it to me. Come on I make nothing except that item for review and they expect me to ship UGH... So past month I've just let them contact me, because really past 2/3 months I've been sending emails, begging and all just to get a book or toy for a review/giveaway. Not worth it. Awesome video Trisha!!And Cat I hear you on the numbers.

I started blogging last September and it was basically because I wanted to see if I wrote something would anyone really read it. And yes they would. I have amazing commenter’s who have been on my blog from lets say my 3 post. I love it.
Now PR are always putting me down. My blog is page rank 3 and most of my pages are ranked 1 or 2 also most reviews and giveaways, but they always give me hard time with stats “Oh you don’t really have enough visitors, or look at Alexa ranking it’s so bad, and it makes me so angry.
I’m doing less and less reviews and giveaways because it’s not worth my sanity trust me. I can write every day for me and my readers and always come up with something new and interesting, but I feel so put down that I have to tell PR 10 times to ship damn giveaway and they still mail it to me.
Come on I make nothing except that item for review and they expect me to ship UGH…
So past month I’ve just let them contact me, because really past 2/3 months I’ve been sending emails, begging and all just to get a book or toy for a review/giveaway.
Not worth it.

]]> By: Bellaziza http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-155038 Bellaziza Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:14:16 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-155038 Wow Trisha! I have been feeling the same way. My blog is going to be changing. We're doing less for a little while. One big change is that our giveaways will be ending "when we say so". Love that! Not more Monday night panic attacks, lol! I'm a mom. I want to spend my best time with my kids:). I'm committed to that. Now I've gotta go to bed so that I can be fresh for them in the AM...:). :)Crista Wow Trisha! I have been feeling the same way. My blog is going to be changing. We’re doing less for a little while. One big change is that our giveaways will be ending “when we say so”. Love that! Not more Monday night panic attacks, lol! I’m a mom. I want to spend my best time with my kids:). I’m committed to that. Now I’ve gotta go to bed so that I can be fresh for them in the AM…:).

:) Crista

]]> By: Nightowlmama http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-155037 Nightowlmama Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:13:48 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-155037 Sounds like you've been doing a lot of thinking. Things will get better for you maybe you need a few days or weeks to collect relax enjoy and then return if your' feeling for it. I admire what you do. I love the blog word and glad to become a part of it. Your running a business its not just a BLOG anymore. Sounds like you’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Things will get better for you maybe you need a few days or weeks to collect relax enjoy and then return if your’ feeling for it. I admire what you do. I love the blog word and glad to become a part of it.

Your running a business its not just a BLOG anymore.

]]> By: Sarah, The Ohana Mama http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-155011 Sarah, The Ohana Mama Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:08 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-155011 I am starting to write for me...not for a review, not a giveaway but about me, my life and I love the 10-15 comments I get or even just two whre the readers are actualy talking with me. Things are changing on my end and I'm liking it. I think creating a loyal readership, even if smaller, can be far more influential than simply one who had a bunch of hits from people entering giveaways. Great video Trisha! I agree with so much, if not ALL! Sarah I am starting to write for me…not for a review, not a giveaway but about me, my life and I love the 10-15 comments I get or even just two whre the readers are actualy talking with me.

Things are changing on my end and I’m liking it. I think creating a loyal readership, even if smaller, can be far more influential than simply one who had a bunch of hits from people entering giveaways.

Great video Trisha! I agree with so much, if not ALL!

Sarah

]]> By: Sissy http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-154917 Sissy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:22:29 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-154917 I'm very apt to get sucked in to trying too hard to be accepted. And the idea of making money or getting free stuff via the blog is hard to turn away. I get very few PR offers but I still turn down most of them. I've only done one review, one giveaway, and I've got another review coming. I'm trying like crazy not to get too caught up and focus on writing about trying to survive these two heathens I've spawned. I’m very apt to get sucked in to trying too hard to be accepted. And the idea of making money or getting free stuff via the blog is hard to turn away. I get very few PR offers but I still turn down most of them. I’ve only done one review, one giveaway, and I’ve got another review coming. I’m trying like crazy not to get too caught up and focus on writing about trying to survive these two heathens I’ve spawned.

]]> By: Amy O'Neal http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-154912 Amy O'Neal Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:42:33 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-154912 Did. Not. Edit. Did. Not. Edit.

]]> By: Amy O'Neal http://www.momdot.com/quittingblogging/comment-page-1#comment-154911 Amy O'Neal Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:42:14 +0000 http://www.momdot.com/blog/?p=13450#comment-154911 There are many time I want to write about my life, but than I get so afraid that my numbers will go down and then I won't be apart of this great community I've began hanging out with. Your forums are the first thing I go to when I wake up (after I pee) and the last thing I look at before I go to sleep. I breathe for that forum. And I know that if I just quit my blog, I wouldn't be in the same place I am today. Also I think a lot of the obsession with stats and PR is the rush. It's like a mom drug! But I know I should be more personal. I guess it’s just hard that when I put myself out there I get like 2 comments, but when I put up a giveaway I get 100+ comments! Comments are SO addicting! The only issue is those comment aren’t for me they’re for what my blog is offering! I do think about quitting now and again. There are many time I want to write about my life, but than I get so afraid that my numbers will go down and then I won’t be apart of this great community I’ve began hanging out with. Your forums are the first thing I go to when I wake up (after I pee) and the last thing I look at before I go to sleep. I breathe for that forum. And I know that if I just quit my blog, I wouldn’t be in the same place I am today. Also I think a lot of the obsession with stats and PR is the rush. It’s like a mom drug! But I know I should be more personal. I guess it’s just hard that when I put myself out there I get like 2 comments, but when I put up a giveaway I get 100+ comments! Comments are SO addicting! The only issue is those comment aren’t for me they’re for what my blog is offering! I do think about quitting now and again.

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