Comments on: How to be a blogging success. Sorta.

By: jo ashline

jo ashline — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:19:52 +0000

OMG you have captured the last four years of my life PERFECTLY.
I FREAKING ADORE YOU!!!!

hahahah!

By: Kristen ~DVC Mom~

Kristen ~DVC Mom~ — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:50:01 +0000

Sometimes I wonder if you rent an apartment in my head..

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:36:36 +0000

All I could do was laugh at myself. I had to post this on my facebook business page. Even today I had a few friends to review my blog to let me know if what I am writing is making an impact. I get about 50+ readers per post, they just don’t leave comments; so it looks like no one is reading.l I’m encouraged to keep plugging away now.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:50:49 +0000

Love this! So true. So painfully true!!!

By: Betsy @JavaCupcake

Betsy @JavaCupcake — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:34:06 +0000

I read this and was like…. halleluia, someone else is going thru the same struggles I am with my blog. You said it so perfectly here.

Would it be okay if I republish this post, with full credit to you of course, on my personal blog? http://www.javacupcake.com then goto the “Tales of a Firedancer” blog.

Thank you!

Betsy
betsy @ javacupcake . com

By: kristy - wheres my damn answer

kristy - wheres my damn answer — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:53:08 +0000

I LOVE this list … you are SO right on point. We have gone through every single one of those feelings/items :D.

By: Headless Mom

Headless Mom — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:52:44 +0000

*snort*

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:28:56 +0000

Awesome post. Nice to know we are all going through the same thing. :) I joke that I blog cause I have too much to say about things and my husband got tired of listening to it. LOL.

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:53:18 +0000

This was a great post! I’m still at the very beginning stages of the process, but after reading this, think I might just stay here and that won’t be a problem.

By: Aracely@daytrippingmom

Aracely@daytrippingmom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:42:10 +0000

Soooooo True!

By: Meg

Meg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:56:00 +0000

We are singing from the same hymnal, sister!

By: Lee of MWOB

Lee of MWOB — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:59:38 +0000

Hey Marcy –
Sorry it has taken so long to get over here to officially comment on this post that I asked for. :-) You’ve written like ten posts since this one and I’m pretty sure you just told me about this post two days ago at most!

I totally appreciate this rundown you’ve given me because getting inside the thought process of another blogger’s head is always enlightening. I have gone through some of this stuff but somewhere along the way I decided to only care about the community I was creating and the creative expression that happened within that community. And that is success to me. When I went to BlogHer I got a dose of reality on the elusive carrot that seems to be dangling in front of most bloggers about the “success” they can achieve. I think many moms in the blogosphere would love to make some money blogging or get sent on free trips and that is success to them. Getting a free trip somewhere is not success to me. But creating content that connects us as women and mothers is success to me. I was interested in what you had to say about this topic because I know you work very hard at your blog business and I wondered what your ideas of success were. Success is subjective after all so if you feel successful at this blogging thing, you are, right? Anyway – I could dialogue on this topic for a while so maybe sometime we will….
Thanks for this post though…..
Lee

By: foolery

foolery — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:58:44 +0000

Lately I’ve been obsessing about not obsessing.

Very funny, Marcy, and probably all true — for you powerful blogger types!

By: Dana

Dana — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:39:16 +0000

I started my blog just to get my thoughts down and they were very random. Now I obsess that I haven’t written the right blog for my audience or that I haven’t written at all that day. I don’t even think about numbers of readers, should I?? Maybe I should obsess that I don’t have that many and how to get more and quit obsessing about blog quality and content. Nah, I think I’ll just go back to blogging my thoughts of the day, that is when I have them.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:41 +0000

I want to clarify to everyone that I said “small and insignificant” with a great deal of humor and fun. Marcy is awesome!

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:16:27 +0000

I would be happy with 10 readers a day!! LOL Marcy, you made me feel small and insignificant, but then I realized that I blog for my friends and family really, so I definitely appreciate every single person who visits! hee hee

By: Rachael

Rachael — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:36:02 +0000

This is hilarious. I’m only a lay-blogger (just for fam and long-distance friends), but I know some bloggers and can’t attest to the validity of your post vicariously for them! I read your blog sometimes just through the RSS feed… sorry if that messes up your numbers :)

By: Hippo Brigade

Hippo Brigade — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:33 +0000

There are so many links you posted about to help manage your blog, I feel so childlike and unexperienced. I only use google analytics. Guess I should check some others out and obsess. Obsessing sounds like a fun way to spend my Friday.

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:58 +0000

So true! I am zigzagging along that path – characteristically, I am not overly concerned about making money (much to my husband’s chagrin) and I have signed up for services that I have no time to analyze. Love your wit and for revealing what’s in the future for us newbies.

By: National Cookie Network

National Cookie Network — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:44:31 +0000

This is tooo funny!
It’s so right on!

As I read, I had this mental check list going. I’ve checked everything off except for two things. I haven’t removed the blogher ads cause they pay more than free product, and while I definitely see the cliques in the blogging world, I really don’t care if I’m part of one, so long as MY blog continues to grow! lol

This was a fantastic read. Thanks for the much needed comic relief. I think we tend to forget that writing a blog is not life or death.