After reading a lot of blog entries from this challenge, I came to the realization that not everyone is\ngoing to like visiting my blog - and I'm okay with that. My posts\nare not always the most well-crafted, provocative, or humorous, and if you are\nthe type of person who always needs quality talking points to stay interested\nin a blog, than my blog may not be for you. \nMore often than not, sometimes I just share photos; photos that took\ntime, planning, learning camera settings and lighting techniques \u2013 ultimately took the same amount of time it took for you to write a well-crafted, provocative, or humorous blog post. For those of you who do connect with me and enjoy my photos \u2013 thank you, I really appreciate you!
Goals Setting
When it comes to goal setting, not everyone likes to set\nthem, and while some bloggers purposely go out of their way to make sure their blog is goal free, other bloggers set pretty high standards for\nthemselves. Small goals have always been\nmore obtainable for me, and accomplishing those smaller goals makes it easier\nfor me to broaden and expand the expectations I set for myself.
Blogging on a Schedule
More people said that they like to blog as the spirit moves\nthem rather than blogging on a schedule. Yes I too need the spirit to \"move me\",\nand I need to have my creative juices flowing, but being able to take those\nideas and publish them in a well thought out schedule is the perfect combination that I\nstrive for.
The Measure of Success
Success has a different meaning to everyone. More bloggers\nstated that while they do check their statistics, they actually measure the\nsuccess of their blog by the quality (not quantity) of comments and posts that\ngenerate discussion from followers. A lot of people would rather have a smaller\naudience who joins in on the discussion rather than a larger audience who does\nnot comment or leaves the common one or two liners. Bloggers do not appreciate short\ncomments, and would like to be praised by the content they put out for you\nread.
Okay\u2026 I will admit to leaving those one or\ntwo short liners, and I apologize if you take that as me not being interested\nin your posts. I will make sure to do a better job letting you know that I do\nappreciate the hard work and effort you put into your posts, as I too get a\nsense of accomplishment and gratification when a reader leaves a nice comment.
The big picture
More importantly, what I learned from this challenge is that\nthere is a whole wide spectrum of bloggers out there, and I believe that\neveryone has a unique mix of natural talent, characteristics, and life\nexperiences that make their perspective on things different from everyone\nelse\u2019s. Maybe being successful as a blogger is\nfiguring out where in that spectrum to fit in, and once that is figured out,\ncontinuing to do it well!
","wysiwyg":{"source":""}}" data-block-type="2" id="block-ac713b0a5b0a15439f45">Did you learn anything from the pet blogger challenge? I certainly did!
After reading a lot of blog entries from this challenge, I came to the realization that not everyone is going to like visiting my blog - and I'm okay with that. My posts are not always the most well-crafted, provocative, or humorous, and if you are the type of person who always needs quality talking points to stay interested in a blog, than my blog may not be for you. More often than not, sometimes I just share photos; photos that took time, planning, learning camera settings and lighting techniques – ultimately took the same amount of time it took for you to write a well-crafted, provocative, or humorous blog post. For those of you who do connect with me and enjoy my photos – thank you, I really appreciate you!
Goals Setting
When it comes to goal setting, not everyone likes to set them, and while some bloggers purposely go out of their way to make sure their blog is goal free, other bloggers set pretty high standards for themselves. Small goals have always been more obtainable for me, and accomplishing those smaller goals makes it easier for me to broaden and expand the expectations I set for myself.
Blogging on a Schedule
More people said that they like to blog as the spirit moves them rather than blogging on a schedule. Yes I too need the spirit to "move me", and I need to have my creative juices flowing, but being able to take those ideas and publish them in a well thought out schedule is the perfect combination that I strive for.
The Measure of Success
Success has a different meaning to everyone. More bloggers stated that while they do check their statistics, they actually measure the success of their blog by the quality (not quantity) of comments and posts that generate discussion from followers. A lot of people would rather have a smaller audience who joins in on the discussion rather than a larger audience who does not comment or leaves the common one or two liners. Bloggers do not appreciate short comments, and would like to be praised by the content they put out for you read.
Okay… I will admit to leaving those one or two short liners, and I apologize if you take that as me not being interested in your posts. I will make sure to do a better job letting you know that I do appreciate the hard work and effort you put into your posts, as I too get a sense of accomplishment and gratification when a reader leaves a nice comment.
The big picture
More importantly, what I learned from this challenge is that there is a whole wide spectrum of bloggers out there, and I believe that everyone has a unique mix of natural talent, characteristics, and life experiences that make their perspective on things different from everyone else’s. Maybe being successful as a blogger is figuring out where in that spectrum to fit in, and once that is figured out, continuing to do it well!
