I was recently working on a blog I started for a client of mine. Since it’s new it has a small readership as of yet. And so logging in to the admin area and creating posts is kind of a lonely feeling. There is something cold and strange about it, and so I am always happy to get back to this one, and even more so to my personal blog These Are the Salad Years. It’s not just this client’s blog. I also have another client like that, as well as another blog I’m starting for my other business venture.
It’s strange to just put something out there in cyberspace. It’s strange to log in to your Dashboard and feel like you are a one man show. But it also reminds me of the early days of both my blogs. It’s normal to question why you are even bothering to blog. Whether your website will even draw traffic and why anyone would even care. But that’s simply a hurdle to get over. Every blogger out there–every single one, including the biggies–started out feeling like they were simply dumping their thoughts into some void. Maybe they didn’t hold that belief for long, but I guarantee that with those first keystrokes in that very first blog post that’s what they were thinking.
There is only one cure for that lonely feeling: be social. Yeah, seems obvious huh, but how often are you social? Is it enough? If you still have that lonely feeling and you’ve been blogging for some time, then you aren’t being social enough. Getting out there will do two things: first it will take the lonely out of you, and two it will drive traffic to your site.
Every blogger has felt the way you do about your early blog efforts, but what separates the big guys who aren’t lonely from the newbies who are, is their persistence and their level of social networking. So get your post done and get out there already!
2 responses to “Blogging can be the loneliest job in cyberspace”
Shelly, this is a great Post. I can totally relate to it. Even though I started my Blog as a means of ‘venting’, in an essence just to let off a bit of steam, not too concerned about others reading it, I have to admit that it’s a nice feeling to have someone else read and comment, even re~Tweet one of my posts. Positive or negative, feedback is always appreciated. And if someone can actually relate to what I’m saying and get something from it, that’s just icing on the cake. I think it’s tough to get others to read ‘personal’ blogs [like mine] as opposed to those talking about making money online but nevertheless I enjoy writing so I’ll continue to spill my guts.
Best,
Bryan
http://bryangira.com
Thanks so much Bryan, I’m glad you can relate. My personal blog actually started as a means of venting and then caught on. I think you capture a like minded audience when you just write true to who you are.