Comments on: My Blogging Quandary…I Need Your Help http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/ Rethinking Customer Experience & Marketing Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:56:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Chris Bailey Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:46:37 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1240 Scott, I think your point about filters is a salient one. Perhaps at one point within the last few years, it would have been more important to develop niches...now, it seems like not so much. I still keep my more personal stuff over at innocentprimate.com. As you know all too well, it's just easier to house all our online stuff in one place. Scott, I think your point about filters is a salient one. Perhaps at one point within the last few years, it would have been more important to develop niches…now, it seems like not so much. I still keep my more personal stuff over at innocentprimate.com. As you know all too well, it's just easier to house all our online stuff in one place.

]]> By: @ScottAllen http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1238 @ScottAllen Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:36:02 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1238 I went through this exact same exercise myself, which is how I ended up with <a href="http://SocialMediaIsMyMiddleName.com," target="_blank">http://SocialMediaIsMyMiddleName.com,</a> where I blog about social media...and Austin, politics, business, my family, poetry, etc. I wonder, really, how many people truly sit and read everything someone posts to any given blog any more. So many people are using things like Google Alerts or other search tools, letting Twitter and StumbleUpon be their filters, etc. -- I don't know that it really matters so much any more if you combine topics on your blog. Besides, if people are really only interested in one topic on your blog, the cool thing with WordPress is that they can subscribe just to that one category or tag -- each has its own RSS feed. My recent post <a href="http://scottsocialmediaallen.com/index.php/geeks-love-pizza/" target="_blank">Geeks Love Pizza</a> I went through this exact same exercise myself, which is how I ended up with http://SocialMediaIsMyMiddleName.com, where I blog about social media…and Austin, politics, business, my family, poetry, etc.

I wonder, really, how many people truly sit and read everything someone posts to any given blog any more. So many people are using things like Google Alerts or other search tools, letting Twitter and StumbleUpon be their filters, etc. — I don't know that it really matters so much any more if you combine topics on your blog.

Besides, if people are really only interested in one topic on your blog, the cool thing with WordPress is that they can subscribe just to that one category or tag — each has its own RSS feed.
My recent post Geeks Love Pizza

]]> By: David Zinger http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 David Zinger Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:20:52 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1106 Chris: I have consolidated almost all of my blogging into one site. I have rolled 3 older blogs into my main site. It has helped me immensely. Although I focus on employee engagement it is a very small stretch to write about other interested when I consider the second word engagement. Perhaps one major word will organize all you do, just a thought. David Chris:
I have consolidated almost all of my blogging into one site. I have rolled 3 older blogs into my main site. It has helped me immensely. Although I focus on employee engagement it is a very small stretch to write about other interested when I consider the second word engagement. Perhaps one major word will organize all you do, just a thought.
David

]]> By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Chris Bailey Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:28:14 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1104 Debbie, I love that: "You have nothing to lose but angst!" Great line. And thanks for the inspiration...I think I'll be moving toward consolidation in the next few days. Debbie, I love that: "You have nothing to lose but angst!" Great line. And thanks for the inspiration…I think I'll be moving toward consolidation in the next few days.

]]> By: Debbie Call http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 Debbie Call Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:49:28 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1103 You are in good company, Chris. I started my blog 4.5 years ago and have felt the constraint of trying to focus on one overarching theme. There is also a natural ebb and flow in terms of our ideas, energy, and growth. So we are not static creatures. Experiment. You have nothing to lose but angst! My recent post <a href="http://movingspirit.typepad.com/spirit_in_gear/2009/12/nonviolent-approach.html" target="_blank">Nonviolent Approach</a> You are in good company, Chris. I started my blog 4.5 years ago and have felt the constraint of trying to focus on one overarching theme. There is also a natural ebb and flow in terms of our ideas, energy, and growth. So we are not static creatures. Experiment. You have nothing to lose but angst!
My recent post Nonviolent Approach

]]> By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Chris Bailey Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:59:30 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1101 Thanks, Sean. When I started writing Gravit8 a year ago I had a solid reason for starting another blog. But over the course of the year, that reason became increasingly irrelevant. So what I originally saw as very distinct topics perhaps aren't as distinct as I thought. Appreciate that insight from you. Thanks, Sean. When I started writing Gravit8 a year ago I had a solid reason for starting another blog. But over the course of the year, that reason became increasingly irrelevant. So what I originally saw as very distinct topics perhaps aren't as distinct as I thought. Appreciate that insight from you.

]]> By: Bill Church http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1100 Bill Church Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:43:34 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1100 Agreed! Agreed!

]]> By: Sean Williams http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1098 Sean Williams Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:37:44 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1098 Chris, I only recently discovered you and your writing, but so far, I don't think you hurt yourself by consolidating. I have only the Twitter activity and my own blog to manage, and feel overwhelmed. As much as I'd love to do a bit more writing on politics, that sort of strategy shift would alienate my readers. Your topics are so closely related to one another that I just can't imagine people opting out entirely over the diversity of subjects within communication. Best of luck! Sean @commammo My recent post <a href="http://www.communicationammo.com/2010/01/effective-messaging-is-not-passe/" target="_blank">Effective Messaging is Not Passe</a> Chris, I only recently discovered you and your writing, but so far, I don't think you hurt yourself by consolidating. I have only the Twitter activity and my own blog to manage, and feel overwhelmed. As much as I'd love to do a bit more writing on politics, that sort of strategy shift would alienate my readers. Your topics are so closely related to one another that I just can't imagine people opting out entirely over the diversity of subjects within communication.

Best of luck!
Sean
@commammo
My recent post Effective Messaging is Not Passe

]]> By: Sean Williams http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1099 Sean Williams Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:37:44 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1099 Chris, I only recently discovered you and your writing, but so far, I don't think you hurt yourself by consolidating. I have only the Twitter activity and my own blog to manage, and feel overwhelmed. As much as I'd love to do a bit more writing on politics, that sort of strategy shift would alienate my readers. Your topics are so closely related to one another that I just can't imagine people opting out entirely over the diversity of subjects within communication. Best of luck! Sean @commammo My recent post <a href="http://www.communicationammo.com/2010/01/effective-messaging-is-not-passe/" target="_blank">Effective Messaging is Not Passe</a> Chris, I only recently discovered you and your writing, but so far, I don't think you hurt yourself by consolidating. I have only the Twitter activity and my own blog to manage, and feel overwhelmed. As much as I'd love to do a bit more writing on politics, that sort of strategy shift would alienate my readers. Your topics are so closely related to one another that I just can't imagine people opting out entirely over the diversity of subjects within communication.

Best of luck!
Sean
@commammo
My recent post Effective Messaging is Not Passe

]]> By: Chris Bailey http://www.baileyworkplay.com/2010/01/my-blogging-quandary-i-need-your-help/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Chris Bailey Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:43:11 +0000 http://www.alchemyofsoulfulwork.com/?p=829#comment-1096 Thanks, Bill. I think this is a case where we have to consider our own personal resources in our decisions. I started blogging over five years ago with a very focused topic (career development) and as I progressed, that shifted to covering a lot of other topics that were interesting to me. I think I got caught up in the idea that subscribers would want to read only discrete subjects...rather than believing that people might want to read my views on a wider variety of subjects. Looks like it might be time to trust myself a bit more, eh? Thanks, Bill. I think this is a case where we have to consider our own personal resources in our decisions. I started blogging over five years ago with a very focused topic (career development) and as I progressed, that shifted to covering a lot of other topics that were interesting to me. I think I got caught up in the idea that subscribers would want to read only discrete subjects…rather than believing that people might want to read my views on a wider variety of subjects. Looks like it might be time to trust myself a bit more, eh?

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