Over 1 Year of Blogging Teaches Me That I Need Purpose
Scott Pantall | March 9, 2010
I know as a blog author, I should write these sentimental, nostalgic posts in a more timely manner. My first blog post was Nov 4, 2008. My website was started Feb 12, 2009. All this is archived in detail so I can write posts that say “Exactly a Year Ago…”, but if you’ve read this blog you know I’m not very good at deadlines, especially my own.
So what have I learned about blogging from this always present social experiment?
- I started blogging just to get my thoughts out to others who might want to read them. I guess in that regards, my blog is a success. Yay me!
- Aside from getting thoughts out of my head, my blog doesn’t really have any purpose so no one really follows it that much.
- My top 3 posts contain passion, knowledge or both. This is not surprising news, but it’s nice to have it backed up with data.
- If I’m going to write more, and get people to read more, I need to have a purpose to my blog.
Does that mean I’m going to find a purpose for this blog? Turn this site into a resource of useful knowledge for a specific subject? Nope. Not gonna happen. I tried that once when I said I’d use this blog to document my lessons in business. That, as you can tell, didn’t really happen.
What I did decide to do though, was start a new blog! That’s right! Since I have such a hard time keeping up with this blog, I’m gonna start another one. Why this makes sense to me, I have no idea.
But anyway, check out Slap Shots & Chip Shots. A new blog about all things in the Denver area pertaining to hockey and golf. I hope it works!
