How often do you post?
By calajane
@calajane (1003)
Poland
January 17, 2011 3:38am CST
For those having their own blogs, I have a question:
How often do you post to your blog? Where do you find inspiration to post as often as you do? Do you want to post more/less frequent?
I'm asking, because I'm having a crisis with my own blog and I want to hear how other do it! So I can apply it to my own blog.
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4 responses
@NoWayRo (1061)
• Romania
17 Jan 11
I try to post 5 times a week, Monday through Friday (try being the key word, I don't always succeed) and I do not worry about posting when I'm on holiday or out of town.
My goal is to have about two good posts per month. Good meaning original and well documented, of a decent length, and maybe with original pictures as well. The rest are just "filler" posts, which are usually reviews (of books I've read - sometimes in my life, not necessarily recently - of other websites and so on).
I think it's perfectly normal to stop posting for a while, nobody can be creative 24/7. Just don't let this discourage you, you'll get back to posting when you feel like it.
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@calajane (1003)
• Poland
17 Jan 11
Thank you so much for sharing this with me. I agree, nobody can stay creative 24/7, or they risk burning out quickly. I recently came across "themed days" on blogs, like Thankful Tuesdays or Writing Wednesdays, where you have a theme and stick to it. I was told it helps with ideas, because you already have a prompt.
@NoWayRo (1061)
• Romania
17 Jan 11
It does - only that I get bored with my own themes 
It helps me to find a series. For instance, one of my blogs is about ancient Rome - so I write about the differences between some Greek gods and their Roman counterparts. That should take 20-25 posts; I don't do them all at once, but keep this idea around for "dry" times. (In fact, I only did one post of this series, and I'm bored with it already, but I'll let it settle for a while, and I'll dig it up when I run out of ideas again)
It helps me to find a series. For instance, one of my blogs is about ancient Rome - so I write about the differences between some Greek gods and their Roman counterparts. That should take 20-25 posts; I don't do them all at once, but keep this idea around for "dry" times. (In fact, I only did one post of this series, and I'm bored with it already, but I'll let it settle for a while, and I'll dig it up when I run out of ideas again)1 person likes this
@calajane (1003)
• Poland
17 Jan 11
Wow! You really do get bored with stuff quickly! I don't know... I try to blog about things that I am passionate about for more than two seconds it's finding stuff in those niches to blog about is difficult. Because it always feels like people already blogged about it. 
it's finding stuff in those niches to blog about is difficult. Because it always feels like people already blogged about it. 
@derek_a (10873)
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17 Jan 11
I have a blog and can go along for a few weeks thinking up new things to write about, but then all my ideas seem to disappear from my mind and I can't think of anything to write at all, that I haven't already said. So my blog gets updated but not on a regular basis. The experts say to keep posting, but I feel that it is better to have quality, meaningful posts than just something I make up from the top of my head. 
_Derek
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@keeperdream (381)
• United States
31 Jan 11
with my blog, i will try to make around 5 posts a week. sometimes i might not have time to make posts, so i might skip it or i might just make a short post, like 3 sentences long. i believe if i posted more than two times a day it would get annoying to users. it depends about what your blogs about though, some blogs i like to see several blogs an hour.
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