I've been continuously experimenting with my blog to see what works and what doesn't. I check my Analytics tracking results daily to see if I can understand what's happening. Maybe I need to keep careful records to do this scientifically, but I look and guess. I'm guessing that I haven't come to any real conclusion.
Blog-boggled is what I've been calling it. Each Monday for the past several weeks I've been posting my thoughts about the topic of blogging. This past Monday's post got the most comments of any post so far if I'm not mistaken. Why? I've got some thoughts and I guess I will continue at least one more episode of Blog Boggled this coming Monday. Let me know if you get sick of the topic -- or maybe Analytics will let me know.
Then Tuesday I went from big response to much smaller response -- my hits to the site went down by nearly 50%. If you didn't read the post, please check out CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME and tell me what was wrong. Was it "Christmas" in the title? Or was the story a downer like Stephen McCarthy suggested? I really liked this post, but maybe it was too personal like Carrie was talking about yesterday in her blog post. Let me know if you have an opinion about this.
The popular pictoral series about My Mom's A Dancer sent the hits back up. Not sure what I'll do for this coming Wednesday, but I may continue with some more memoirs with pictures.
My real experiment this past week was my Thursday post on scams . I did not get the response I had hoped for, but I thought I was pretty creative with this idea and I'll talk about this some on my Blog Boggled post on Monday.
Dreaming is one of my favorite topics of all and once again on Friday I stayed with the topic of dreams. Had a little guessing game that I hoped would have had more participants and I will be posting the answers in the comments for that post tomorrow. Should I do more dreams next Friday? I probably will unless the crowds become unruly and clamor for me not to.
What about the Tenth Annual Weblog awards also known as The Bloggies? Is anyone following these or voting for these? Have events in Haiti disrtracted you from blog activity? Do you think that Pat Robertson is an insensitve jerk? Or did you actually grasp the meaning of what he was saying before the media and the blabbering fools on YouTube distorted his statement? Did I pack enough ideas into this last paragraph that could provide fodder for two or more blog posts?
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Groggily Waking From A Dream
In keeping with yesterday's post about dreaming, I will metaphorically view my return from my Christmas vacation as having woken from a dream. I had a great Christmas vacation as far as visiting with family and friends and safely traveling from L.A. to New Jersey then to East Tennessee and back to L.A. It was very relaxing, but at the same time tiring as travel usually can be. But the problem is that I didn't write during my vacation and now I feel a bit groggy and lazy.
A break now and then is a good thing. I rarely get to see my family members and the Christmas holidays provide the opportunity to spend that treasured time with them. But when I'm immersed in doing something, like writing, it's hard to regain my momentum when I slow down. I think I have slept more this past week than I have in a long time. My wife still being on vacation didn't help in that department either. We were both tired and I went to bed earlier, woke up later, and took longer naps than usual. The more I slept, the more tired I felt. Then there was the traumatic sigmoidoscopy that I had to deal with on Thursday. I won't go into that, but if you're familiar with that procedure you know how draining that can be. Now it's time to really buckle down and get back into the groove.
This week I will try to really get back into my intensive writing schedule. On Sunday I will go back to the expanded Bible study, which this week will deal with worshipping God. On Monday, as promised in the comments of last Monday's post, I will be specifically addressing the challenged posed by my friend Stephen T. McCarthy dealing with the reasons to actively grow one's blog and seek new followers. Then on Tuesday I plan to reflect upon some thoughts that occurred to me during my vacation.
My posts about my mother have received quite a postive reaction. In my first post, My Mom's a Dancer I reminisced about my mother's career in show business as a dancer and a juggler. Some readers requested some photos and I complied in my post of last Wednesday. This coming Wednesday I am going to continue with the photo saga of My Mom's A Dancer as I look at her career as a juggler and a mother.
Thursday will see another debate topic and Friday I will present another mysterious topic. Hope you will check back for every day to come and jump in with your comments. I love hearing your comments!
I'm here in sunny Southern California where temperatures have been in the 70s. I've been hearing about the snow and cold in various parts of the country. How are things where you are? When you lay off from posting on your blog, is it difficult for you to get back into the habit? Does rest make you more tired and lazy? What do you do to put the zest and enthusiasm into what you're doing when your energy starts to sag?
A break now and then is a good thing. I rarely get to see my family members and the Christmas holidays provide the opportunity to spend that treasured time with them. But when I'm immersed in doing something, like writing, it's hard to regain my momentum when I slow down. I think I have slept more this past week than I have in a long time. My wife still being on vacation didn't help in that department either. We were both tired and I went to bed earlier, woke up later, and took longer naps than usual. The more I slept, the more tired I felt. Then there was the traumatic sigmoidoscopy that I had to deal with on Thursday. I won't go into that, but if you're familiar with that procedure you know how draining that can be. Now it's time to really buckle down and get back into the groove.
This week I will try to really get back into my intensive writing schedule. On Sunday I will go back to the expanded Bible study, which this week will deal with worshipping God. On Monday, as promised in the comments of last Monday's post, I will be specifically addressing the challenged posed by my friend Stephen T. McCarthy dealing with the reasons to actively grow one's blog and seek new followers. Then on Tuesday I plan to reflect upon some thoughts that occurred to me during my vacation.
My posts about my mother have received quite a postive reaction. In my first post, My Mom's a Dancer I reminisced about my mother's career in show business as a dancer and a juggler. Some readers requested some photos and I complied in my post of last Wednesday. This coming Wednesday I am going to continue with the photo saga of My Mom's A Dancer as I look at her career as a juggler and a mother.
Thursday will see another debate topic and Friday I will present another mysterious topic. Hope you will check back for every day to come and jump in with your comments. I love hearing your comments!
I'm here in sunny Southern California where temperatures have been in the 70s. I've been hearing about the snow and cold in various parts of the country. How are things where you are? When you lay off from posting on your blog, is it difficult for you to get back into the habit? Does rest make you more tired and lazy? What do you do to put the zest and enthusiasm into what you're doing when your energy starts to sag?
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