Comments on: Are good bloggers suffering from burnout or just losing interest in blogging?

By: Joshua Dorkin

Joshua Dorkin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 23:51:40 +0000

I certainly have not burned out, nor have I lost interest. Sadly, I have so little time on my hands because I run a huge website called BiggerPockets.com full-time. I will continue to post on TimeforBlogging when I can, but it has become tough lately.

This is the sad reality of things

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:26:34 +0000

sorry for the late reply Br

glad to hear you'll still be updating the blog

By: Brian Heys Writes » Nice to be talked about

Brian Heys Writes » Nice to be talked about — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:05:15 +0000

[...] replied to his post with a comment on the Blogging Tips blog, but I thought I’d just make a comment here, too, otherwise, there won’t be a post [...]

By: Brian Heys

Brian Heys — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:29:52 +0000

Hi Kevin. Wow, I knew my ears were burning!

Whenever I go to Venice, I always end up a little messed up. I don't know if you've ever been, but it can have that effect on you. It's the getting used to seeing cars again that always hits me!

Since coming back from holiday, I've also been a bit disillusioned with a lot of the latest tech news announcements out there, so I've struggled to get myself motivated into posting every day again. I've also been pretty busy at work.

I'm hoping to resume a 'normal' service, soon.

By: A Tentative Personal

A Tentative Personal — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:42:46 +0000

Newbie blogger here… two months in and there were a few days I felt like throwing in the towel. I think it's the pressure to make content that's killing me. I feel stressed and out of it. I had to take a few days off to think. It's not easy pumping out quality content everyday.

By: Mack Collier

Mack Collier — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:34:00 +0000

I think it's mainly a summer thing. Same thing happened last year, in fact I remember seeing a few blogs start 'announcing' in May or so that they'd 'be back in the fall'. I think it's mostly seasonal.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 12:47:02 +0000

chris – glad to hear your still gonna update it

Amit – i have to disagree with some of what you say. I dont believe that bloggers should not cover a subject because it was covered elsewhere – you cant assume that all of your readers subscribe to as many blogs as you do. For example, i posted about google changing the link units to 3 – im sure a lot of readers already knew about it but i know that a lot didnt so its still worth posting. Even the top blogs on the net get a lot of their stories from smaller blogs and websites. Also, i dont believe that a blog has to be restricted to a personal diary – take engadget, gizmodo, problogger for example

By: Chris Stark

Chris Stark — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:56:33 +0000

Hey Kevin,

For me, blogging has always been a bit of an experiment. Fuzzy Future was my first real blog and the first one I set out to update regularly. As time has gone by, I've been working on more and more projects and my lack of posts has been more a product of not enough time rather than burning out.

I've been thinking a lot about how to proceed with the site. Even with my change in posting frequency, Fuzzy Future still maintains its readership and fairly active community. I'm not quite sure where I'll go with it, but I fully plan to keep it going as long as I can.

By: Tejvan Net Writing

Tejvan Net Writing — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:15:34 +0000

I'm struggling at the moment to update my blogs. Unfortunately I'm marking 1000s of exam papers. I just keep telling myself this will be last year. Next year I will be a pro blogger (hopefully anyway

By: Kumiko

Kumiko — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:08:15 +0000

I think there's a six month "wall" for bloggers. A lot of blogs were started around christmas (vacations, need money, winter) and that six month wall is hitting. Those who break through it will be the "experienced" ones in the next growth period.

By: Ankesh Kothari

Ankesh Kothari — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:10:33 +0000

Thanks Kevin for raising a valid point.

Writing is hard work. Consistently good writing – more so.

One problem that very good bloggers face is distraction because of better opportunities. A good blog will attract offers from many people. And many bloggers will jump on these.

I know I stopped publishing one of my blogs a year back because of that.

People who are relatively new to blogging stop blogging for a completely different reason though. They don't see a "quick" return and give up.

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:48:50 +0000

Yes, Kevin!For example, with everybody nowadays blogging about making money online, you need something 'different' to tell your readers to keep them hooked. Its a pity that even today, I find good bloggers posting ridiculous articles like "adsense now allows 3 link units" or "blogger is out of beta" or "mybloglog gets a facelift"!! I'm pretty sure that an avid reader of money making websites also usually subscribes to official blogs of adsense, blogger, and mybloglog. Now why would a reader come to your website if he can get the same information in detail from the official blogs? A blog is not a newspaper. Its a personal diary which is open to public. It should contain only ideas, and not news! When bloggers run out of ideas, they start posting such stupid news! And by doing so, they lose precious readers, and eventually let their blog to die!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:21:31 +0000

mmm perhaps but im not so sure. The blogs i mentioned all write good posts – i assume you mean the blogs are running out of ideas?

By: Amit

Amit — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:07:23 +0000

Kevin,

They suffer from 'lack of content' which results in 'lack of interest'. A direct relation – as simple as that!