Comments on: It’s Time to Shoot Your Blog http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/ Online marketing that works Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 6 Reasons your Social Media is Stagnant (and How to Fix It) | Brass Tack Thinking http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-1040300 6 Reasons your Social Media is Stagnant (and How to Fix It) | Brass Tack Thinking Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:44:54 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-1040300 [...] If the merry go round sucks, get off. Go somewhere else. Spend your time where you DO find value instead of wasting your breath bitching on the social network about the social network. Or, if your blogging isn’t carrying you where you want to go, maybe it’s time to stop and reassess and find a new focus. [...] [...] If the merry go round sucks, get off. Go somewhere else. Spend your time where you DO find value instead of wasting your breath bitching on the social network about the social network. Or, if your blogging isn’t carrying you where you want to go, maybe it’s time to stop and reassess and find a new focus. [...]

]]> By: » The 2 Year Blogging Curse http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-965127 » The 2 Year Blogging Curse Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:04:56 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-965127 [...] experienced it for different reasons in the past. John Marrow talks about knowing when to shoot your blog, but I want to take the opposite approach and focus on breaking the 2 Year Blogging Curse, not [...] [...] experienced it for different reasons in the past. John Marrow talks about knowing when to shoot your blog, but I want to take the opposite approach and focus on breaking the 2 Year Blogging Curse, not [...]

]]> By: Sharel http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-938154 Sharel Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:42:20 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-938154 Thanks for this great post, i guess you can never know, you got to trust your intuition...i also wrote a blog post about quitting, but in startups, and in my research i seen this amazing post that talks about quit from your blog... I will love to hear what you think about it... http://sharelomer.blogspot.com/2010/06/kung-fu-of-quitting-like-attracts-like.html Thanks, Sharel Thanks for this great post,

i guess you can never know, you got to trust your intuition…i also wrote a blog post about quitting, but in startups, and in my research i seen this amazing post that talks about quit from your blog…

I will love to hear what you think about it… http://sharelomer.blogspot.com/2010/06/kung-fu-of-quitting-like-attracts-like.html

Thanks,
Sharel

]]> By: Don’t Do These 12 Things When Writing Headlines | Copyblogger http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-698704 Don’t Do These 12 Things When Writing Headlines | Copyblogger Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:25:28 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-698704 [...] For a while, longish magazine-style headlines stood out within the blogging niche because no one had used them before. Nowadays though, they’re common, and we’re starting to see the effectiveness decline. That’s why you see me experimenting with shorter versions of the same templates (examples here, here, and here). [...] [...] For a while, longish magazine-style headlines stood out within the blogging niche because no one had used them before. Nowadays though, they’re common, and we’re starting to see the effectiveness decline. That’s why you see me experimenting with shorter versions of the same templates (examples here, here, and here). [...]

]]> By: Evan http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-656122 Evan Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:40:08 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-656122 Great post. But, I have one minor problem. If your car quits on you, you don't take it to the junkyard. You fix it. If you're blog doesn't get any readers, and is your main goal, then you 'fix' it. Use better grammar, or perhaps change the layout. It could be any number of things. I myself only have 3 or so readers, mainly because the majority of my posts are about a 10 year old game that doesn't have a huge player base. But I love the game, and I love writing about it. Sure I'd love a huge reader base, but if that means writing about a subject I don't particularly like, then I'll be more than happy with just 3. Great post. But, I have one minor problem. If your car quits on you, you don’t take it to the junkyard. You fix it. If you’re blog doesn’t get any readers, and is your main goal, then you ‘fix’ it. Use better grammar, or perhaps change the layout. It could be any number of things.

I myself only have 3 or so readers, mainly because the majority of my posts are about a 10 year old game that doesn’t have a huge player base. But I love the game, and I love writing about it. Sure I’d love a huge reader base, but if that means writing about a subject I don’t particularly like, then I’ll be more than happy with just 3.

]]> By: Zeit mit dem Bloggen aufzuhören? | PR-Doktor. Das Kommunikationsblog http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-653764 Zeit mit dem Bloggen aufzuhören? | PR-Doktor. Das Kommunikationsblog Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:37:05 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-653764 [...] das Bloggen noch Sinn? Wann ist es Zeit aufzuhören? Das beschreibt er sehr anschaulich in “It’s Time to Shoot Your Blog” (auf Englisch). Hier einige Auszüge aus dem lesenswerten [...] [...] das Bloggen noch Sinn? Wann ist es Zeit aufzuhören? Das beschreibt er sehr anschaulich in “It’s Time to Shoot Your Blog” (auf Englisch). Hier einige Auszüge aus dem lesenswerten [...]

]]> By: Welcome! « Stephen Hamilton’s Blog http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-652262 Welcome! « Stephen Hamilton’s Blog Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:15:12 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-652262 [...] I have a few reasons why I’ve decided to start afresh here, but the real catalyst for this decision was an excellent post over at CopyBlogger on when is the right time to ’shoot’ your blog’. [...] [...] I have a few reasons why I’ve decided to start afresh here, but the real catalyst for this decision was an excellent post over at CopyBlogger on when is the right time to ’shoot’ your blog’. [...]

]]> By: Steve M Nash http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-651501 Steve M Nash Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:41:17 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-651501 Hi This is a great post. And maybe it should be read by all wannabee bloggers rather than all of those are about to shoot that poor ol' horse in the head! Personally, and sorry to say this, I'm not a fan of blogs, particularly. I think the average person - and most of us are average, right! - has got a better chance of 'success', of expressing their ideas, with a website rather than with a blog. The trouble with blogs, to my mind, is that everything has to be NEW! No such problem with websites. Write something well and people will still enjoy it on a website, even if it written - shudder - last year! You just can't say the same about blogs. And then there is the strange date-bound hierarchy of all the information. It's hell trying to find stuff on a blog, it really is. (Plus bloggers seem to think it's okay to stuff the lhs or rhs of their with pointless not-money-earning banners, as if affiliate marketing hadn't evolved past that point - several years ago!) Nope, blogging is not the best way to go, I humbly say. (And, yes, I've started a few blogs and I may even update them again this year, but I *never* started them with the vain hope that I was gonna 'make it' big time with my blog. Whereas I did start a website last year with that vain hope.) So I say this to bloggers: come on over to the dark side - start your own content-based website! (Sound of screams and screeching fiddles in the background!...) Hee hee! :-) Steve Hi

This is a great post. And maybe it should be read by all wannabee bloggers rather than all of those are about to shoot that poor ol’ horse in the head!

Personally, and sorry to say this, I’m not a fan of blogs, particularly. I think the average person – and most of us are average, right! – has got a better chance of ‘success’, of expressing their ideas, with a website rather than with a blog.

The trouble with blogs, to my mind, is that everything has to be NEW! No such problem with websites. Write something well and people will still enjoy it on a website, even if it written – shudder – last year! You just can’t say the same about blogs.

And then there is the strange date-bound hierarchy of all the information. It’s hell trying to find stuff on a blog, it really is. (Plus bloggers seem to think it’s okay to stuff the lhs or rhs of their with pointless not-money-earning banners, as if affiliate marketing hadn’t evolved past that point – several years ago!)

Nope, blogging is not the best way to go, I humbly say.

(And, yes, I’ve started a few blogs and I may even update them again this year, but I *never* started them with the vain hope that I was gonna ‘make it’ big time with my blog. Whereas I did start a website last year with that vain hope.)

So I say this to bloggers: come on over to the dark side – start your own content-based website! (Sound of screams and screeching fiddles in the background!…)

Hee hee! :-)

Steve

]]> By: The love affair has ended | micheledortch.com http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-651490 The love affair has ended | micheledortch.com Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:07:23 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-651490 [...] bumped into this blog post recently and it was a serendipitous moment because I’ve been mulling over the state of my [...] [...] bumped into this blog post recently and it was a serendipitous moment because I’ve been mulling over the state of my [...]

]]> By: GPT Cash Pro » Currently Reading….. http://www.copyblogger.com/shoot-your-blog/#comment-650494 GPT Cash Pro » Currently Reading….. Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:31:20 +0000 http://www.copyblogger.com/?p=3402#comment-650494 [...] It’s Time To Shoot Your Blog:  Clever post by Jonathan Morrow on CopyBlogger.  Do you know if/when it’s time to call it quits on your blog? [...] [...] It’s Time To Shoot Your Blog:  Clever post by Jonathan Morrow on CopyBlogger.  Do you know if/when it’s time to call it quits on your blog? [...]

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