Happy Friday everyone. And Happy March. It's my birthday month! Here's this week's discussion question from Parajunkee and Alison:
Q: Confess your blogger sins! Is there anything as a newbie
blogger that you've done, that as you gained more experience you were like --
oops?
I don't know if I'd call it a "sin," but when I first started blogging (on a different blog that included more than posts about books) I would feature the book I was going to read next. So, I would write just a short paragraph of a review about the book I just finished, and then post a picture of the NEXT book I was going to read. I didn't use the title of the book for my blog post title. It's virtually impossible to search for book reviews from back then.
There are so many things I've learned since I started blogging. (So many "sins" to atone for!) It amazes me when I read about bloggers having "researched" and "explored" all kinds of book blogs and blogging tips before they started their own blog. I just jumped right in. Didn't know much about anything, but I learned a lot as I went along. And I've had a lot of fun.
How about you? Done any "stupid blogging tricks" you want to tell me about? Leave your link. And thanks for visiting. Come back soon!
My earliest mistake was starting my blog without having a clear direction for it, because then I thought it was cool to have a website. Yeah, it's still cool, but I've found my purpose: writing and Books! :)
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I'm with KayKay. When I first started blogging many years ago, I had no idea what I really wanted to do with my blog. It was a writing AND review site and it just didn't work because there was ZERO direction. Then I asked for guest writers and they all stopped writing because there were no comments.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I separated my blogs and gave each of them direction, they both took off! Now, I'm crazy busy! LOL!
I think my biggest sin when I first started blogging was not setting time frames for myself. I would overcommit, and take on too many review books and author guest posts, and it began to feel like a job I was always behind on! Now that I blog with other people, it's so much better! But it's really hard to say no, if even to yourself (set me loose in a store and I'll come back with an armful of books I "just have to review!!") :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm new to book blogging and making mistakes left and right. But memes and hops like this are helping me correct them and fast! For example, I didn't have a review policy until this went live because I suddenly realized EVERYONE HAD ONE. Also, I really need to say no to some reviews. My "to be read & reviewed" list is a bit...overwhelming!
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I just jumped right in too. I have learned bunches about making posts prettier. I hope anyways. I really didn't think about the work it takes to keep a blog going.I am so glad I did it though. I really do enjoy it very much.
ReplyDeleteI was definitely one of those "researchers" - except kind of indirectly. I waited a year, just reading blogs and observing blog behavior, before I joined the blogging community. It definitely helped a lot to observe things on my own - I think I have a pretty successful two-month-old blog because I waited and "researched". But you are SO not doing terrible for a two-feet-in start! :D
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OMG you should check out my sin it's about my exco-blogger :P
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New follower here!
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