PureBlogging

I apologize for the infrequent posts here lately. It’s been a combination of being incredibly busy and me being sick. I’ve been battling some kind virus or something for about a week now, but I think I’m finally starting to get closer to recovery.

What I should’ve done perhaps is had a few extra posts in the bag to put up on just these occasions. I do not always practice what I preach obviously, but perhaps next time (if I ever have enough time to do so) I will have a few ready.

What do you do to keep your blog updated when you are unable to write? After all, frequency is generally in the best interest of a blog, because when posts become infrequent, it can lead to a loss of readership. Depending on how long you go without posting, readers may just stop coming back, assuming that your blog will not have been updated.

This is not as much of an issue for people who read your RSS feeds, because they will get your posts when you post them, but many, many people are still not using feed readers, so that is not a good enough concept to fall back on.

Besides, with those who do use feed readers, you still run the risk of them unsubscribing due to a lack of updates. People are going to be cleaning up their readers and getting organized from time to time.

So I ask again, what do you do?

Besides having some posts ready to go, you can get guests to blog for you, you can post short link lists, like the ones I often do on Thursdays. This is far less time-consuming (provided you have some sources to draw from) than writing an entire post.

You could also update an older post with some newer, relevant information, which can be much quicker than staring from scratch. You probably don’t want to do this very often because it can take away from the freshness of you blog, but in a pinch, I don’t see why it can’t be done. Besides, depending on how old the post is, there’s a good chance that current readers have not been around long enough to have read it in the past, and those who have read it may have forgotten it and appreciate the reminder.

How do you make up for lost time on your blog?

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