How Often Do You Blog?

This is a question I am often asked by new bloggers and the answer, for me at least, is that I blog when I have something of value to write about and the time to do it justice. This actually means there are periods of inactivity on my blogs, but when I post, generally it is something I’ve put some time and thought into.

For others, the answer might be everyday, or twice daily, or twice a week. In reality each and every blogger is likely to adpat a different style of blogging depending on what they want to get out of their blog. If you are more commercially minded, it’s likely your volume and frequency of posting will need to be a great deal higher than someone merely writing to keep folks back home in touch with their life abroad.

I agree with Jim Connolly in that there is some merit in the idea that the more often you post, the easier it gets to write your posts. Jim writes that he also finds it useful to identify a set time each day to write his posts, something which might help those struggling with writers block and which I would certainly agree with – even if each time you don’t complete a full post, just spending 15-30 mins each day writing, or thinking up new post ideas is a useful exercise.

In reality there are no rules with blogging. In the age of citizen journalism,where you are free from the boundaries of editorial control or the need to satisfy advertisers, editors, management etc, you can write your own rules. Blog about what you like, when you like and how you like, It’s that simple.

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