Blogging Blues
I’ll be the first to admit that I had no idea how time consuming it was going to be to maintain a blog and as you can see so far it shows 
My last post was well over a month ago.
Between my normal day to day design business, running ProPhotoResource.com and working the upcoming Internet Marketing book, how the heck am I suppose to find time to keep a blog up to date. It’s practically a full time job keeping up with the pace at which technology is changing, we’ve gone from HTML to Web 2.0 in the blink of an eye and from blogging to micro blogging in a matter of months. One could spend their entire life just keeping up with their social networks.
I’m often confronted by photographers interested in starting a blog or who have tried starting a blog only to end up frustrated and overwhelmed by the whole experience. What started with great intentions, ended up in total failure, because they quickly got overwhelmed by the thought of having to continually feed the 700 pound gorilla that has become their blog.
If you find yourself in a similar situation, here are a few tips to hopefully get you over the hump.
1. Start Slow and Grow - Know your limitations, if you can only carve out enough time for one post per week, start with that and work up from there. Trying to do more than you have time for is only going to end up in failure.
2. Set a Day and Stick With It - Like anything in life if you can make a routine out of it, the better luck your going to have with it. Pick a day and say “Ok Monday is my Blogging Day”, put it on the calendar and stick with it.
3. Don’t become a Social Media Butterfly - Yes social networks are a powerful tool for increasing traffic to your blog, but at the same time can zap every second of spare time you have, time that could be better spent working on your blog. Pick a few of the most popular Networks such as MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and work those. If you find yourself with more time on your hands, then you can dabble in some of the lesser known social media outlets
4. Lighten up and Have Fun - Whether you are blogging just to share information or you are a serious blogger, making a living from it, remember why you started blogging in the first place and Just Have Fun!
Well let’s see if i can follow my own advice. I’ll make a point of keeping this blog a little more active if you promise to keep coming back
Until Next time.
Cris . . .
Lori:
Hang in there Cris! The first six months of blogging were absolutely brutal for me before I finally got more into the flow of it. I think another important thing for me, especially in the beginning, was that I needed to realize that I didn’t always have to do big long posts; more frequent short posts allows me to do a better job keeping my blog fresh - a quick photo and a few words, a interesting link, a new tool that makes my work easier; then I can put more effort into the longer posts. Almost a year and half later and I’m still trying to figure out how people find time to do this every day!
Yikes, and now I’ve started twittering too!
Posted on October 24th, 2008 at 10:40 pm