Blogging takes up a whole lot of time.
Any one who's had to put up quality content has discovered this not-too-nice truth.
To come up with good content you'd have to do a lot research and thats the fun part, because having to write then re-write and then start all over again can be depressing.
Sometimes the ideas are in your hands but your caught up in the 'expression snag', you just can't seem to put it right on paper (or screen).
Since I just started blogging actively just recently there has been the temptation to start off more than one blog - I've had to face it everyday.
Ideas come spewing out of my brain on niches that I can get into ( somehow maybe the financial returns are an incentive - who knows), and how easy it will be to come up with interesting posts.
So I decided to give it more thought and do a little research.
Obviously I'm not considering the option of using a content generator or anything in that league.
So this post is about an honest blogger who's trying not to spread himself out too thin - Problem is 'how thin is too thin?' .
I guess the number of blogs a blogger can handle will vary as per the individual blogger, factors such as * time - How much extra time do you have? * Knowledgeability - How well do you know your new niche and how much extra research will you have to do? * Niche saturation - How much work will it take to build a credible reputation in that niche? will generally determine this.
But in doing my research I discovered that it isn't so much the number of blogs as it is carefully choosing the specific niches to get into.
In other words while you may be spread out really thin on just 3 blogs ( because of their niches), you may be able to take 10 blogs in your stride, again, because of their niches.
I discovered 2 ...
well concepts, that can greatly enhance your capacity to handle multiple blogs.
The first is making sure that there is some form of mental relationship between your blogs.
An easy indication of this is that while writing up for one blog you constantly get related ideas for posts on your other blogs.
This subtle difference can make running a number of blogs much more easier.
This is clearly dependent on the blogger since the way your brain is wired is probably unique to you.
You may be one of the gifted people for whom writing a tip on gardening could inspire a post on tech gadgets, but like I've pointed out, its unique to each person.
The second is something I'll refer to as 'blogger profile'.
I'll just describe it as all those things ( writing style, wit, temperament, sense of humour, ability to connect with readers) that give you a distinct flavour in the blogosphere.
If you find yourself not being able to fit your profile into a proposed niche I'll advise you to drop it.
This is because each time you sit to write you'll probably spend a good amount of time trying to shift profile ( probably very evident when you have to do multiple rewrites for a single post on one blog because 'they just don't feel right', having just finished working on another blog).
After coming up with this, I've decided to look for niches mentally related to mine (already have a few since I always think of writing posts that seem to fit better into some other niches rather than my present niche), and try it out.
Hope I haven't been caught in the whole 'expression snag' and I've been able to pass across my thoughts fairly.
Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.
Try it now.
Any one who's had to put up quality content has discovered this not-too-nice truth.
To come up with good content you'd have to do a lot research and thats the fun part, because having to write then re-write and then start all over again can be depressing.
Sometimes the ideas are in your hands but your caught up in the 'expression snag', you just can't seem to put it right on paper (or screen).
Since I just started blogging actively just recently there has been the temptation to start off more than one blog - I've had to face it everyday.
Ideas come spewing out of my brain on niches that I can get into ( somehow maybe the financial returns are an incentive - who knows), and how easy it will be to come up with interesting posts.
So I decided to give it more thought and do a little research.
Obviously I'm not considering the option of using a content generator or anything in that league.
So this post is about an honest blogger who's trying not to spread himself out too thin - Problem is 'how thin is too thin?' .
I guess the number of blogs a blogger can handle will vary as per the individual blogger, factors such as * time - How much extra time do you have? * Knowledgeability - How well do you know your new niche and how much extra research will you have to do? * Niche saturation - How much work will it take to build a credible reputation in that niche? will generally determine this.
But in doing my research I discovered that it isn't so much the number of blogs as it is carefully choosing the specific niches to get into.
In other words while you may be spread out really thin on just 3 blogs ( because of their niches), you may be able to take 10 blogs in your stride, again, because of their niches.
I discovered 2 ...
well concepts, that can greatly enhance your capacity to handle multiple blogs.
The first is making sure that there is some form of mental relationship between your blogs.
An easy indication of this is that while writing up for one blog you constantly get related ideas for posts on your other blogs.
This subtle difference can make running a number of blogs much more easier.
This is clearly dependent on the blogger since the way your brain is wired is probably unique to you.
You may be one of the gifted people for whom writing a tip on gardening could inspire a post on tech gadgets, but like I've pointed out, its unique to each person.
The second is something I'll refer to as 'blogger profile'.
I'll just describe it as all those things ( writing style, wit, temperament, sense of humour, ability to connect with readers) that give you a distinct flavour in the blogosphere.
If you find yourself not being able to fit your profile into a proposed niche I'll advise you to drop it.
This is because each time you sit to write you'll probably spend a good amount of time trying to shift profile ( probably very evident when you have to do multiple rewrites for a single post on one blog because 'they just don't feel right', having just finished working on another blog).
After coming up with this, I've decided to look for niches mentally related to mine (already have a few since I always think of writing posts that seem to fit better into some other niches rather than my present niche), and try it out.
Hope I haven't been caught in the whole 'expression snag' and I've been able to pass across my thoughts fairly.
Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile.
Try it now.
SHARE
