Blogging News
I have been reading more and more of La Shawn Barber lately. Her post today on Blog Irony makes a lot of sense to me. I don’t agree with everything she says, but I like her attitude.
I am still evolving as a blogger. My traffic is slowly increasing. I believe that this is in part due to my new attitude towards blogging. My new attitude has been evolving for a while but came to fruition after a conversation with my wife this weekend.
Why? Because I can. There are a couple of other reasons, but that statement covers the largest portion of my explanation as to why I blog. “Because I can,” is one of my favorite phrases. Blogging is sort of therapeutic for me. I can talk as long as I want about what ever I want as long as I am willing to suffer the consequences of having people not return. Yes, I would love to have a few hundred thousand visitors per day and have half of them buying products through links on my site. I might then be able to spend more of my time serving God in new ways as well as spending more quality time with my family. I do try to provide content that people like, but the things that I spend the majority of my time on happens to be the least popular things. I only have a few hundred readers per day across my blogs, but that is slowly growing. I get the occasional linkage from a Higher Being or Mortal Human blogger, but I’m not writing good enough on the right subjects to get that kind of linkage very frequently. Maybe I will improve on that soon. Maybe not.
I have tried to transition The Land of Ozz into a more positive experience in recent months. I now try to focus a little more of what I am for rather than what I am against. If I am hard against something then I will strive to make my objections towards the ideas and not against individuals. I am trying to avoid responding to comments. I say what I want to say in the post and then I let people have their say in the comments, within reason that is. I will not tolerate bashing of me or other visitors who comment. I also will not comments or trackbacks to what I deem to be offensive material.
In general, I don’t care what people think. I only care that they do think and come back to read more stuff to make them think. That is the root of what keeps my traffic numbers from growing any faster. It is a tap dance for me. I don’t want to be forced to write what people want to read. I want to write what I want to write about. The dance step I need to perfect is how to write that I want in a way that makes people want to read it. Ah! Now that is the the secret to a successful blog if you do not already have a fan following for some other reason.
This is an OTA open trackback post for Monday 12-19-2005.
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Other stories to check out at: Don Surber, The Florida Masochist, Third World County, The Real Ugly American, Freedom Folks, and The Business of America is Business
December 19th, 2005 at 5:57 am
Pelosi’s Predictable Reply
Nancy Pelosi needs a new direction. Nancy Pelosi is giving us more of the same on Iraq. Nancy Pelosi’s status quo on Iraq.
48% is not a mandate, honey.
December 19th, 2005 at 8:11 am
The Knuckleheads of the Day award
Goes to Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the corporation JP Morgan.
December 19th, 2005 at 9:23 am
Ironic juxtaposition: Guard the Borders/Open Post
“…Among the many factors that led to the dissolution of the United States was its refusal to guard its borders. The influx of cheap workers displacing citizens from jobs; the strain on the economy of government social programs supporting these work…
December 19th, 2005 at 9:29 am
Former State Sen. Jack Gordon dead at age 83
Gordon was also a bit of a maverick. In the early 80’s he was a supporter of the legalization of marijuana in Florida, an issue that had little support. That’s probably what I remember him most for, I had some community college friends who were very …
December 19th, 2005 at 12:09 pm
True Liberals Support Democracy!
As a liberal I support my country promoting Democratic elections and removing murderous dictators from power. Especially when said dictator is a sworn enemy of the United States and has been proven to support our enemies as Saddam Hussein did.
December 19th, 2005 at 4:03 pm
Bullying A Sick Kid
I see where TBogg flipped out after reading my Littlest Marine post about the 6-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis who got his wish to become a Marine.
Sgt. Brandon Resnick, 6, of Lehigh Acres, Fla. Has a nice ring to it.
December 19th, 2005 at 5:11 pm
Jackass in a Fox Suit
Mexican President Vicente Fox stepped up his attacks on the United States plan to build a fence along its southern border on Sunday, saying it was a “shameful” initiative for a democracy.
December 19th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
War Journalist Action Figures
Linda Foley, President of The Newspaper Guild, a union representing media workers, made the following remarks during a speech to the National Conference For Media Reform on May 13, 2005: “Journalists, by the way, are not just being targeted…
December 19th, 2005 at 6:36 pm
Christmas Parody Songs
You hate Christmas, ACLU
Youd like to see it die
You have all the gentle feelings
Of a NAMBLA Jamboree, ACLU
December 20th, 2005 at 12:15 am
Hoisted on Their Own Petard
Shout out to Dan Riehl for this post:
Pajamas Media: A New Challenge For NZ Bear
Most bloggers know NZ Bear does incredible work to keep up with us through his ranking system — TTLB. Many may also be aware of a recent controversy centered, in part, …
December 21st, 2005 at 12:53 am
Hank, I think your approach to blogging, as described above, is a very sound one. Blogging is therapeutic and doing for other’s is counter-productive and, I think, leads to uninspired work. Finding one’s own voice is key and it looks like you are well on your way to doing that.
thoughtfully,
Starling
January 20th, 2006 at 12:44 pm
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