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By: Blogging is Easy? Um, No. Hereâ€™s the Cold... [ Michael Martine ]

Blogging is Easy? Um, No. Hereâ€™s the Cold... [ Michael Martine ] — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:57:23 +0000

[...] 17th 2008 11:49am [-] From: remarkablogger.com [...]

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:16:32 +0000

@ Pau – Honestly, after looking at your blog, I think you should delete it and forget blogging. It’s not right for you. There’s probably something else better out there for you in life besides blogging.

By: pau

pau — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:45:17 +0000

I’m at this point where I’m ready to give my blog up. I’m not making any income out of it – that I’d be using to buy a domain name. I’m not gaining any comments. I have little amount of subscribers. I think making a blog is the biggest waste I’ve made, just by signing-up to huge directory lists and search engines. I don’t have a page rank. My total adsenses income is 2 dollars. I followed every tips out there, but nothing seems to work. I’d be deleting my blog sooner or later.

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:09:15 +0000

@ Hadee – Let’s hope I can help!

By: Hadee Roslan

Hadee Roslan — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:58:35 +0000

hola

i agree, blogging is not as easy as some puts it out to be. i started blogging back in 2001. i’ve stopped and restarted a number of times now.

for me, the hardest part of blogging is to churn out regular blog posts. which is probably the main reason i stopped blogging for a while.

i’ve just recently restarted blogging. this time around, however, i’ve also started to read more about blogging from sites like yours, which i hope will be able to help and guide me to be a better blogger.

By: Cyndee Haydon

Cyndee Haydon — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:27:31 +0000

Michael – just look at the number of blogs that are “abandoned” in the first year to KNOW it’s W-O-R-K. Like anything it has a great payoff and side benefits – I’m addicted!

By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant

Michael Martine, Blog Consultant — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:16:02 +0000

@ Ed – Yeah, I saw that. I had forgotten that I ever even signed up for BlogBurst!

By: Ed Sutherland

Ed Sutherland — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:04:00 +0000

I see this article made it on the weekly blogger’s tip post at BlogBurst
— along with several other RemarkaBlogger posts. Way to go, Michael.

By: Eric P. Martin

Eric P. Martin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:22:54 +0000

Finally someone speaks the truth. I’ve been blogging with WordPress (hosted) and it’s beyond easy. I’ve purchased in the last month over $300.00 in book dealing with CSS/HTML/PHP.

It is work.

By: Stephen Hopson

Stephen Hopson — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:21:11 +0000

Michael:

This one made me smile and think. Actually, I’ve been thinking about it lately.

Why do I blog?

It certainly isn’t for raking in advertising bucks since I don’t advertise.

For me, blogging allows me to do several things:

1. continue to hone my writing skills
2. make connections with people around the world that I would not have otherwise
3. use as an indirect selling tool for my motivational speaking platform
4. make a difference by sharing my own stories and touching the lives of those who read them
5. build a loyal following and solid fan base for future sale of my first book

As you can see, I blog for multiple reasons. And yes, blogging is hard. I went from Blogger.com to the self hosted WordPress platform.

I learned a lot. And am still learning. Amazing journey. Fun but there’s that learning curve.

The comments I get from readers keep me going, knowing I am making a difference.