Comments on: The Perils of Synchronous Blogging

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:50:46 +0000

Great insight! I’ve been tempted to start another blog but my main one is gaining steam so I need to focus now more than ever. Thanks for the reminder!

By: element321

element321 — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:08:45 +0000

I am guilty of this. I have 4 blogs. I spend most of the time Evolutionary designs, but I also have a gardening blog. It is not as successful, then again I do not spend as much time on it. I basically only write on it once or twice a month. Its mostly for my use so I do not really care if it gets traffic on it. Eventually I will start writing more on it and get guest writers to post. I also started another gardening project for a friend, but she and her writer friend backed out. So the site is sitting there. I plan to find some volunteer writers to start writing for me. Once I get some regular writers I will spend more time on that site.

By: Ileane

Ileane — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:55:02 +0000

Guilty as charged. Boy do I wish I could follow your advice. But I’m too far in now. I got at least one too many blogs and not enough spunk to give any of them up. After reading this at least I know that I’m not alone.

Thank you.

By: Cindy King

Cindy King — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 07:44:22 +0000

Hi Paul, I learned this lesson the hard way.

When I first started blogging I started with 2 blogs. One was a personal blog and the other was a blog for my business. And I blogged daily on both for the first year.

In some ways I’m very happy I did this, because it helped me define my niche much faster than with a single blog. And I also saw first hand how 2 related blogs can add lots of synergy to your online presence.

At the end of the first year I encountered a problem: I had too many opportunities and I decided to stop blogging on one of the blogs temporarily and to focus on crafting a stronger presence with one of the blogs.

Now that I have clarity with the blog I continued to develop, I’m now ready to go back and re-start the blog I had put aside. And I know exactly what I want to do with this second blog.

By: Brandon Cox

Brandon Cox — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:59:25 +0000

Man, how did you know me?? Is this just a blogger thing because I think we all have a tendency to do the idea diarrhea thing!

By: Yogesh Mankani

Yogesh Mankani — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:15:52 +0000

Wow..That’s really are wonderful tips..I was finding the same content because I am trying to open a new blog site on relations and positive thoughts other than my recent site. Thanks for sharing these tips..Hope to open my new blog soon :)

By: Tom | Build That List

Tom | Build That List — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:07:38 +0000

I have done this, and it definitely is a lot of work. Usually what happens is one starts to do ok, so the other one just get put on the backburner – never to see the light of day again!

By: Wendy (The Local Cook)

Wendy (The Local Cook) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:45:20 +0000

Thanks, I needed to hear this today! I’ve been toying with the idea of starting another blog, and even though I want it to be more of a personal type blog, after reading this I think I need to put some more of my very limited time into growing my current blog. I still don’t have all the kinks ironed out.