Comments on: The Blogging Commitment Curve: Uninformed Optimism

By: Crystal & Co

Crystal & Co — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:46:09 +0000

Oh my lands… your husband does not pick up him socks either? Ugh! I totally get it.

Cute blog by the way!

By: Crystal & Co

Crystal & Co — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:23:29 +0000

I started blogging two years ago this month… simply to share with family. It was not until this last summer I realized…. people make money at this? There are ProBloggers, say what?

And then like you said the absolute thrill of just one person reading your post… and it IS your mom!

Mom, did you read it? What do you think?

Then the days of thinking… is this really what I am supposed to be doing? Is anyone really reading this stuff?

Great post and excellent information!

Thanks

By: Emily @ themodernsaver.com

Emily @ themodernsaver.com — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:51:06 +0000

This article is exactly where I am at right now. I just started my blog last month and have high hopes for it but at the same time feel overwhelmed and wonder if it is really worth it. I’m at the point right now of trying to decide if it is worth “investing” in a new and better platform like wordpress. Glad to know what I’m going through is completely “normal”.

Lauren- Your laundry blog’s design is beautiful! I love the calming colors and pictures.

By: Malory H

Malory H — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:05:33 +0000

Great article!!! I had a blog with wordpress at one time, but stopped blogging. I ended up deleting it. (Nothing against wordpress. I like wordpress. I just decided to stop blogging and take a break.) I then decided to give it another go in January ’10. I now have a “blogpost” blog. I’m still new at it, but enjoying it. So, Mama Laundry you’re not the only newby Thanks for the great site!

By: Rana

Rana — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:38:49 +0000

I started blogging last year basically as a journal for our homeschooling, but it has become so much more. I love to get followers and comments. It’s nice to know other families go through the same crazy stuff we do. I enjoyed this post. Thank you!

By: Brittany @ The Prudent Patron

Brittany @ The Prudent Patron — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:38:41 +0000

Great series Andrea! I just started in October ’09. I had only planned for my mom and friends to read it . I thought it would be easier to share the deals I found around town in a blog rather than to keep calling them individually. I was shocked when other people started reading it. I had no plans to be a blogger, but here I am. I truly love it! I have formed so many great on-line relationships with other bloggers and with readers. They are all so kind and helpful.

I don’t enjoy the business side of it as much. It is a difficult balance and I am still learning, but I read a post by you when I first started monetizing. It said be true to your own voice and that has been my guiding principal. If it is not something I would use, then it doesn’t go up on my blog. I guess that means sometimes I will miss out on the bigger pay outs, but I have to be true to myself and to my readers.

By: Cate

Cate — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:34:00 +0000

I’ve been blogging for years–since I was 13, even–but until a little over a year ago, I only kept personal blogs. Now my personal blogs have fallen by the wayside (though I still journal privately) and I have a still-personal, but more broad blog. I’ve always loved blogging and still do–I find the more I do it, and the more readers I get, the more I like it.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:22:42 +0000

I just started blogging in last December of 2009, and I have no idea why. I had been reading other blogs for a little over a year and I guess I decided or should I say God decided it was time for my own. I do wonder sometimes if I have readers (other than family & friends ) I am still learning on how blogs work, and I am listening to the advice given out by many of the bloggers. I am so glad you are writing this series because it will help me in the stages I reach during my blogging moments. Thank you!

By: Denise @ Creative Kitchen

Denise @ Creative Kitchen — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:10:58 +0000

Wonderful article!! I absolutely love blogging. I started off with a blog about homeschooling & wanting to keep it private (for family/friends) worried about all the “internet crazies” out there. I had a few safe message boards I visited, but everyone was warned not to give out personal information online…this was the early 2000′s and everyone was “guarded” still.

This phase lasted a good 7 years. I found it hard to believe more and more were putting themselves out there!! In February 2008 my youngest daughter (#3) was born diagnosed with a birth defect at 2 wks of age. Craniosynostosis!! It was probably the most earth shattering thing that had ever happened to me, so I found myself starting a blog about her, and to share our journey. It was very therapeutic…I learned a lot about blogging & discovered sitemeter and watched it grow. It really was amazing to me to see how many people around the globe was affected by this diagnosis and I had never heard of it. I did not promote her blog at all, but it gets about 60-70 hits a week just with people googling cranio. Mind blowing!! I was so encouraged to interact w/ others, and it was a good way to keep everyone informed. People around the world were praying for our sweet baby and I was in awe!! She’s a healthy 2 yr old now btw.

That summer a trusted group of online homeschool mom friends started raving about facebook I figured I’d check it out. I remember being SO nervous about all of it. Now I love facebook!

This past summer after years of looking up recipes online, my passion and love for cooking came full circle when it collided with my online habits. I had NO idea about this growing food blogger community. And that was it….forget privacy….I have to have a way to connect with others that share my passion. I’m still in that exciting stage as well…but at times get frustrated by the lack of time to fully engage this new passion. After all a mom of 3 has quite a few other commitments

By: Mama Laundry

Mama Laundry — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:37:52 +0000

No one mentioned overwhelmed…am I the only new blogger that is? I started blogging almost 3 months ago and it has been quite the learning curve for this non-techie girl. Learning how to maneuver around my blog has been hard for me. Whether to learn any html, how to customize even the smallest of settings, how to determine the number of peeps following me via feed….all questions I have (and continue to have!).

And while that part is very hard for me (and ultra time consuming!) I absolutely LOVE blogging! How thrilling to be on this crazy ride and not know exactly where it is going. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for my little laundry blog.

Looking so forward to the rest of this series -

-Lauren