Comments on: Lessons Learned Blogging

By: legacy daily

legacy daily — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:43:49 +0000

I like the last one… but my blog is unique. I’m not in it to make money. Think of it as my gift….

By: The NEW Weekly Round-Up

The NEW Weekly Round-Up — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:16:19 +0000

[...] Quest for Four Pillars posted a few lessons learned blogging. I’m learning many of these each [...]

By: Drinkin’ Guinness in the 416 | Raccoons, Red Sox and Undergear

Drinkin’ Guinness in the 416 | Raccoons, Red Sox and Undergear — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:37:59 +0000

[...] the matter with Canada?”). Mr Cheap knocked it out of the park like Travis Snider with his Lessons Learned Blogging. That’s a pretty good list. My husband L fell in love with Squawkfox over this post. [...]

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:56:05 +0000

That first one is one of the biggest forms of insurance for a successful blog… adding content! It makes all the difference for regular readers and leads that traffic to keep coming in. This is a well-done blog, and I like reading it.
Jerry

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:59:09 +0000

Very interesting – I actually thought you were much nicer online than in person (especially after a few beers)…

Just kidding everyone – Mr. Cheap is an extremely nice guy!

Good point about being yourself as a blogger – you just can’t write a personal blog (personal finance is still personal) without that. I think if you are writing just straight info posts then the personality doesn’t matter but we do a mix of both.

I’ll add one lesson I’ve learned – while a duo blogging system isn’t for everyone, it has certainly worked out for me. Having two writers really makes a difference in the work load so we can crank out the posts with the best of them but we don’t have to work as hard as the single bloggers. I’m actually kind of surprised at how rare the multi-blog situation is.

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:36:11 +0000

Kyle: Hmmm… I wonder if there’s some way we can over-ride it for you…

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:19:57 +0000

It’s akismet. Somebody harvested my domain and used it to send out a bajillion spam emails and comment spams a few months ago and ever since, akismet always classifies me as spam. It does it on my own blog too, which is annoying.

By: Mr. Cheap

Mr. Cheap — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:05:57 +0000

Kyle: I’m so sorry, our blog ALWAYS classifies you as spam (its the weirdest thing). You’re right, broad humour is a good way to convey to everyone that you really are joking . Emot-icons can work too, but some people find them quite annoying.

By: guinness416

guinness416 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:16:09 +0000

I would be honoured to join you for eggs and beer Mr C.

/furiously scribbles date and timestamp of “first pint” offer

By: MultifolDream$

MultifolDream$ — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:03:57 +0000

Very good post! Especially helpfull for me as I blog for less than a month. Fixing the spelling and the grammar takes me good chunk of time.