I recently wrote an article titled “10 Really Good Reasons to Blog” and if the reasons blogs fail caught your eye, you should really read the one on good reasons to blog.
I got to thinking about how there is another side to the coin. There are some common reasons blogs fail. This is the short list. I am not going to keep you long. Read it, think about it for just a moment, and do what you will with it.
- The author gets “too busy” and realizes that they do not have the same amount of time every other successful blogger has. They were robbed at birth by a debilitating disorder called “busy” and their day only has 23 hours.
- The author is greedy, and since this Internet thing isn’t paying out like they were so sure it would, they are taking their remaining money and heading to the casino.
- The author writes poorly and had no business trying to author a blog in the first place.
- Nobody is interested in the subject matter (I saw this once, but then even the blog about Strawberry Shortcake and the Flying Green Monkeys had a few readers).
- The readers, although plentiful, did not take the time to participate in the discussion.
5 Solutions to These 5 Common Reasons Blogs Fail
- Stop being lazy. You still have 24 hours every day like the rest of us … go buy a new watch and see for yourself. If you feel like you have less time, you are probably just not using it wisely.
- Stop listening to liars. The Internet is not your mother. Getting fed takes effort. Make more effort.
- Hire a second grade student. Seriously … at least then you will have a good excuse for not knowing the differences between two, too, and to; your and you’re; it’s and its; or their, there, and they’re. If you don’t think the second grader will work for you, then you are probably smart enough to hire a better writer.
- Everything has an audience. Do you recall that Charles Manson guy who got in some trouble for killing? Yes, even he has fans!
- Add your comments here on my blog. Anything else is on the verge of criminal abuse of my thoughtful work.
