Comments on: 10 Common Challenges for Bloggers and Keys to Overcoming Them - Part 1

By: Jim Smoot

Jim Smoot — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:13:23 +0000

Enjoyed the article Steve. Blogging is becoming so commonplace these days.

By: Full Time Blogger :: Keiron

Full Time Blogger :: Keiron — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:39:32 +0000

Some great tips there for people starting out!

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:12:50 +0000

I’d say content creation is a bit more under your control than many of the others.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:12:00 +0000

It certainly is a time commitment if you want to be successful. I think the key is being realistic with yourself about your situation and your goals, and what you are willing to sacrifice.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:10:13 +0000

Brian,
Thanks for sharing some of your personal experiences. Taking a break can definitely help sometimes.

By: Ruchir

Ruchir — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:28:14 +0000

It’s a huge challenge, especially in the beginning, to get subscribers, traffic, and also to make money. Content creation is a much less of a challenge as it can be easy to create content if you’re subscribed to the right blogs

By: Fitz

Fitz — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:06:53 +0000

Very informative post.

These five were my first thoughts when I saw the headline in my reader. I’m excited to read about the last five because from my experience, I think these 5 already covers them all.

Hmmm, maybe one of them is how to establish loyalty and a good online relationship with your readers and subscribers. Anyway, I’ll just wait for the second part.

Thanks and more power.

By: Apoorv Khatreja

Apoorv Khatreja — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:18:12 +0000

Exactly! Most people just come into the blogging business by looking at people like John Chow, or Darren Rowse and hope of making it big in the ‘make money online’ business. I too had 5-6 blogs earlier, but I could keep up only with 2 of them, those which were on topics I was passionate about. People need to realise this and blog to write what they really want to write, and not just write because they have to, to keep their blogs going.

By: Eric P. Martin

Eric P. Martin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:12:00 +0000

I have to admit, over the last few years, I’ve created many blogs.
They started off as personal diaries (MySpace). I had several loyal readers. Some of them were personal friends.

I graduated to creating blogs outside of MySpace (WordPress). I had a lot of ideas for great blogs. I’ve created and deleted about a dozen blogs.

I then realized that I could enter into the professional world of blogging. I entertained the idea of blogging for a living. “If a twenty-year old could do make more than my job, so can I,” I thought.

The real challange for me has been time. It takes a commitment of time to come up with ideas to write about, learn html, css, SEO, marketing, blogging, networking. It really can turn into a full-time profession. With going back to school, homework, chores, building relationships, singing lessons, practicing singing, and then have to learn all of those thing mentioned related to blogging, you realize there is only so much time available.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:07:09 +0000

Nice post.

Blogging burn-out happens a lot & I’ve suffered from it a few times. Usually happens after an intense period of site development.

Over time I’ve learned that the trick, is to see the signs and be brave enough to step away for a day or two and do something completely different.

Something away from the keyboard. For me thats mountain biking or landscaping (we have a large steep yard !)

The sooner you deal to it the quicker your back up and productive again.

Thanks once again for an informative post.