Failing at Blogging

[Shawn Gossman]

Do you ever feel like you're failing at being a blogger?

If yes, why is that? How do you overcome your feelings of blogging failure?

 

[Heatman]

Definitely yes! I believe that I've failed woefully in being a blogger. I know that's because I never had the time to frequently publish contents and if you can't do that in your blog, it's dead as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Cpvr]

I tried blogging once in the past and it wasn’t my thing. I merged everything on over to my forum instead.

 

[Heatman]

I tried blogging once in the past and it wasn’t my thing. I merged everything on over to my forum instead.

It's why some forum owners now make provision for a blog section in their forum. It's like having a two fronts to their community in which blogs helps a lot with generating organic traffic.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

As a blogger though, I can tell when I'm on a forum with blog versus an actual blog. Forum blogs just don't feel like actual blogs. I feel like the majority of people probably realize that, as well. That's why "forum blogs" are typically so hard to draw the kind of attention that regular blogs tend to get.

 

[Cpvr]

It's why some forum owners now male provision for a blog section in their forum. It's like having a two fronts to their community in which blogs helps a lot with generating organic traffic.

I agree, but it only feels like a blog if they're using the blog add on itself. I don't see too many forums doing that. They just add a blog subforum and call it a day.

Which isn't technically a good idea. Andy's add on works great as a blog on for Xenforo forums. His add on caters to actual bloggers and is setup similar blogger/wordpress.

 

[Heatman]

I agree, but it only feels like a blog if they're using the blog add on itself. I don't see too many forums doing that. They just add a blog subforum and call it a day.

Which isn't technically a good idea. Andy's add on works great as a blog on for Xenforo forums. His add on caters to actual bloggers and is setup similar blogger/wordpress.

Yeah, that's the aspect which some of those forum owners have been getting it wrong for a while. Without using the blog add on, it's just like a section where they dump blog articles without any serious benefits coming from it.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

Andy's add on works great as a blog on for Xenforo forums. His add on caters to actual bloggers and is setup similar blogger/wordpress.

I'm using his addon on another forum.

I got to be honest; I like the functionality of it. It does have a blog-feel to it. As that forum grows, I'm hoping the use of that feature also grows!

 

[JWeb]

I'm not blogging as much as I thought I would. I've written quite a bit so far (I have a few drafts going), but I feel like the stuff I have is incomplete and needs more work.

I pushed through to get one done and get the ball rolling.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

but I feel like the stuff I have is incomplete and needs more work.

You have to quite procrastinating and just publish it I used to be like that, as well.

If you forget stuff, that means you can write a followup blog later on or even update old content to keep it fresh and evergreen.

 

[JWeb]

You have to quite procrastinating and just publish it I used to be like that, as well.

If you forget stuff, that means you can write a followup blog later on or even update old content to keep it fresh and evergreen.

Yup. I'm just beginning to do that. I'll likely go with the revision route if it doesn't feel really out-of-date.