Comments on: Blogging for an audience of one: the pitfalls of personal blogs

By: Rahul Jauhari

Rahul Jauhari — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:40:18 +0000

Wonder how I missed this post.
Rest asssured, you can increase your audience count to 2 now.

By: bhatnaturally

bhatnaturally — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:15:43 +0000

Thanks a lot, Karan!

By: Karan Rajpal

Karan Rajpal — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:09:56 +0000

Like they said in that movie- ‘You are not alone in the Universe. There are others.’

Even though people may not comment, doesn’t mean that they are not reading.

India still has a very nascent blog-writing-and-reading culture (whatever numbers blogging pundits may want to put throught).

Niche blogs are further way down from general blogs such as Desi Pundit etc..

For me, your writing is inspiring, in its thought process, and blog posts appear as they have been coherently thought through. Even though I always notice the call-to-action question, at the end of almost each post, like many passive customers, let the moment pass.

But please go on, if for nothing, just to sharpen your writing blade constantly. That’s one place I know where blogging helps.

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From the Author of ‘Yet Another Abandoned Blog”

By: bhatnaturally

bhatnaturally — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:35:40 +0000

Harish, thanks. Well said. I guess the urge to write on things that interests you and the passion to put efforts behind is totally personal. An audience is the icing on the cake. As others said, personal blogs have to just ‘lage raho’.

By: Harish

Harish — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:17:20 +0000

In my experience, blogging starts without a thought of audience. Blogs (except business blogs) usually serve as a tool for personal expression. Bloggers dream of getting readers but the primary motivation is to let go of the steam.
We know that blogs get readers only after building sufficient content. What drives bloggers to slog for content is their personal passion.
Blogs are also organisms which has a life. It grows along with the blogger and dies when its nourishments are cut off. My personal opinion is that blogs should be for the blogger. Audience is the outcome..

By: bhatnaturally

bhatnaturally — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:00:25 +0000

Thanks a lot, Prakash:)

By: Prakash

Prakash — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:57:42 +0000

Two words:

Lage Raho.

Your Blog is a niche – and the numbers are bound to come…..

Your are in my Google Reader

By: Kapil

Kapil — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:05:36 +0000

I am glad I have been able to continue writing for my blog without much comments online. But it’s helped me gain some offline popularity and people ask me questions on topics I write – feels good and in someway keeps me going too.

Of course I think one of the biggest problems I face is writing something apt for my readers at regular intervals. And this usually has a phase, sometimes the post ideas are over-flowing in my head so I can see the rush in my “drafts” and other times I am struggling to send out something to indicate that the blog is not dead, yet.

but I guess I shall continue to write – thanks to all the inspiration provided by people like thomas hawk, chris brogan, seth godin and a few other bloggers I follow.

By: Harprabhjot Paul Singh

Harprabhjot Paul Singh — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:54:00 +0000

Nice post. It’s true how one starts a blog but fails to sustain and carry it through. As it is the concept of blogging is not big in India, compared to the US and other countries. So for the comments part, which is confined to only close friends, dear ones and colleagues. Also, at times I face a similar situation where so much work went into a post and no comments appeared. lol http://www.cockybox.com

By: bhatnaturally

bhatnaturally — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:57:59 +0000

Abhishek, thanks for your comments. I am honoured and embarassed! Please don’t worry about lack of experience etc., and please feel free to comment – I value every comment that comes my way and certainly do not see any of them as ‘amateurish’. Thanks for your support. Best wishes.