Then… I’ll pick up my motivation again and build it back up, by that time, I feel like I am starting all over again. But it is fun reading my old posts from waaaay back.

BTW excellent list, you definitely made me think about the direction I am going with my blog – thanks for the insight!

Nate

I am just trying to figure out how many of those I do/don’t have. Hopefully as I work through the list for my blog I’ll see things a bit more clearly. Thanks for the ideas… I’ll be sure use them.

Steve

I am glad to see that my site may reflect a website which is on the right tracks.

Thanks 🙂

I think that being able to clearly define your niche – and the effect that will have – probably hinges on whether you’re blogging for profit or as a hobby.

Good job!

The-Online-Quest

traffic bursts will come once in a while, but they overall impact is not that significant.

some blogs experience exponential growth though at some points in their life.

Will add bookmark to keep me moving. Thanks.

I was considering decreasing my number of blog posts, but then I looked at my stats (including Feedburner subscribers) and noticed a bump in readership.

Perhaps it’s because of the blog’s longevity, or maybe it’s because my Marketing Strategies book was recently published, leading people to the associated site and blog.

For whatever reason, I’m glad to continue blogging on a regular basis, increasing my readership as well as revenue.

Well, and it’s tough to say how much my quality has improved when the blog is really only a little over a month old. 🙂

I’ve found that your comment about goals is really helpful. I made myself a benchmark of 30 posts before I started worrying about monetization so that I could focus on content and have worked every day to get there. The funny part about it was that a past it a few days ago and didn’t realize it because I’ve just been enjoying the writing process so much.

Now I just need to work on not doing some of the unproductive things that I’ve been doing, especially with regards to stat fiddling with underbelly stuff.

Thanks again

But all bloggers (I include myself) get a little bit nervous when we see our posts have no comments, visits are not as good as expected, no ads are clicked…it’s a bit frustrating to see your work is not properly judged….

However, the possitive side is I know I’m doing it well, no matter how many subscribers or readers I have, I know people who trust on me like and (sometimes) read the articles I write…that’s for me the most important thing.

As you see, I’m a self-confident person, thus, I think I’m on the right track 😉

Regards.

For Daily Writing Tips and Daily Bits you just gave me a good suggestion, I will write a post covering their launch process soon.

My blog has only been up for a little over a month, but I see that I’ve been doing a lot of things right.

Of course, there are some things that I could do better, and I plan to do so.

This was very encouraging for me…Thanks again!

Niche leaders rather they blog or not contact you before you contact them.

New reader tells you they downloaded your entire blog (This one still confuses me)

Your stats show that people are finding your blog by googling your name. (If your name is important enough to google then your blog must be doing something to get talked about)

You get VIP passes to events within your Niche

Thank you very much.

I feel like I’m getting somewhere because my RSS sub count is going up slowly, but Google still hasn’t indexed my site (I had a robot file disallowing it on there by accident for a few weeks. Eek! It seems the Googlebot holds a grudge!)

Daily Blog Tips must have one of the speediest comments section of any blog going. I guess that’s the advantage of writing for bloggers, and a sure sign of a blog that’s successful.

@Daniel, a question: when did you first realise that Daily Blogs tips was going to be a success? Is there a specific crossover? How would you compare the progress of Daily Bits and Daily Writing Tips? (Feel free not to answer of course just curious)

I have been blogging for a bit more than 2 years and I feel the success is based on that I’ve Clearly Define My Niche (post about Norway; our culture, traditions and habits) and stick to that subject. So my readers knows what they get and come back because they want more. I guess thats what you call Consistent Posting too.

I posted almost every day in the beginning, but that takes a lot of time. Now I believe more in quality that quantity.

It takes time, stick at it and you will one day get the results you are hoping for.

The results are out there! Sometimes you just have to look them. And they are not always show themselves monetarily.

I have a website for a small rural community in Arizona. The website has been active for three years, but I branched off to include a regular blog format last October.

It’s been a slow growth and sometimes discouraging. However, I know I an doing the right thing when:
1. I had a school employee approach me and tell me that are referring the website to help recruit a new principal, and
2. I had the local UPS office excited about using my site for physical address maps.

It’s nice to know that I am making a difference in this community. I know in time the money will follow…. 😉

PS: Visit the site to join in on the Blog Contest for an iPod!

I tell my clients that it takes 100 posts for your blog to find “it’s voice”.

When I read about the io9.com launch… I wondered if I wasn’t setting the bar too low. io9.com had 700 posts loaded before launch.

The funny thing is, once my clients have a “goal” for the number of posts, they start focusing on that instead of on the other “distractions” such as how many comments, incoming links, etc.

Once you’ve got 100 posts… you have enough content to get respect from other bloggers. They can see you’re in this for the long haul and they’re more willing to link to you. PLUS it’s easier to find content to link to within a blog with 100 (original) posts.

I actually had a client who launched a blog and leave up the “welcome to WordPress” initial post. Four months later, she did a search on Google and wondered why her site wasn’t appearing under her uber competitive keywords. Sigh.

That’s when I began my “wait until you have 100 posts” rants!

Increased number of 12 hour work days

Increased number of e-mails

Increased annoyance at people asking asking you to link to their blog “just because” they linked to yours

15. Unsolicited mentions in industry niche blogs

16. Articles written about you – “When so and so speaks, we listen!”

Enjoy,

Barbara

Though I’d add some…

This has given me considerable encouragement when my motivation for my blogging was waning a bit. Thanks 🙂

Ali