Comments on: 31DBBB Day 15: Find a Blog Buddy

By: Building a Better Blog, Part 2

Building a Better Blog, Part 2 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:47:21 +0000

[…] the project, and I even had the chance to be the project’s guest blogger a couple of times (Day 15: Find a Blog Buddy and Day 24: How to Use a Magazine to Improve Your […]

By: Building a Better Blog, Part 1

Building a Better Blog, Part 1 — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:31:59 +0000

[…] marketing and ‘consumer’ behaviors, and maintaining relationships with readers and blog buddies. Successful blogging certainly requires much more than just a passion for […]

By: lara

lara — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:44:21 +0000

In reply to amytuttle. p.s. what's your blog address?

By: lara

lara — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:42:45 +0000

In reply to amytuttle.

Love this comment!!! Thanks for being so real. You are absolutely right–in my opinion. The bottom line is being led by the Spirit of the Lord. If He leads to write we write. If He leads to lay it down we lay it down. No other life will ever prove abundant–millions of readers or not. Glad to connect with you. 🙂

By: Ohakosim Everistus

Ohakosim Everistus — Thu, 27 May 2010 17:57:23 +0000

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By: amytuttle

amytuttle — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:41:41 +0000

this post has got me thinking…
(I suppose I must admit I was doing that even before I read this), about this very thing.
One thing I have been noticing in myself primarily is that we can quickly become a slave to building our blogs and slaves to our readers (aka: buddies; friends), or at least to trying to make more of them! While I want friends as much as the next guy (and TRULY cherish the ones that I already have), I've got to remember where blogging fits in my life… is it my life? or are there real life experiences and ministries that I miss because of it? I'm definitely not criticizing or finger pointing, just thinking out loud. I realize that 31DBBB (what is the 3rd B for?), is all about building up blog readership and that we should ideally have worked out already what our personal objective, purpose and such of our individual blogs really are… I think self discipline is really important here. Of course, I'm sure most of you who are here absolutely do not struggle with this… 😉
In my case living overseas, blogging has been a way to connect with people who encourage me, and I like to connect with real people with blogs who see life the same way as I do, but admittedly, blogging does distract from real life. As I'm thinking about what to write, thinking about what someone else wrote, while I'm writing, I'm sitting here… in front of the computer. Sometimes the dream of lots of people reading my blog and becoming interested in our ministry and making me feel important and loved can put a lot of pressure on a person. Just sayin' 😉
That said, I very much appreciate anyone who reads my blog and I really like the highcallingblogs network… LOVE the food for thought and lots of healthy discussion.
I've found where I want to be… that is, when I have virtual time to kill 😉

amy in peru

By: practicalmonk

practicalmonk — Tue, 25 May 2010 01:54:40 +0000

In reply to Michael Young. what kinda blog do you have Michael?

By: Michael Young

Michael Young — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:52:52 +0000

I've been blogging only a few months now, but I already find myself blogging into a silo. I also recently joined highcallingblogs.com for this same reason. I'm very new to blogging and I'm looking to improve my writing skills. Feel free to check me out and see what you think. Feel free to contact me if you have a similar blog and want to team up!

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:56:29 +0000

In reply to laura. Out of curiosity and an attempt to get you to not lurk so much let me ask how long it's taken the HCB group to feel like a community? When HCB became a group blog (was it always?) did regular posts take place or did that have to be encouraged, etc?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 23 May 2010 09:53:10 +0000

In reply to Phillip Gibb. Agreed. Paul's mention of accountability reminds me of a situation in my life when I needed to be accountable. Taking that first step, however 'date like' it appears to be, is the all important one though.