14 Comments to “A Question about Blogging in January”

1. January 22nd, 2007 at 7:35 pm
   Whitney said

   Do you suppose it has something to do with the fact that:

   –football season is in playoffs
   –there’s fewer re-runs on TV
   –people are (at least for now) sticking to New Year’s resolutions to exercise more, spend more time with the family, spend more time with the pets
   –people came back to work after the holidays, realized they don’t want to start NEXT year off at the same job, and started looking for their next gig
   –the self-employed are getting things in order for their taxes
   –folks are starting to put their “big plans” (for marketing, sales goals, etc.) into action

   It must be something. You’re right…this should be a great time for writing and reading.

2. January 22nd, 2007 at 7:38 pm
   ME Strauss said

   Hi Whitney!
   It’s a fascination for me. It you have a valid list going there. The only one missing I can think of is the call of hibernation.

3. January 22nd, 2007 at 7:56 pm
   Ronalfy said

   I think it has to do with the holiday. Most people have other priorities. Then when they get back to work, there is a ton of backlog and there is little time for work surfing. Since some companies typically wait until after the New Year to start making the large purchases, business may have picked up.

   On top of that, bloggers continue to produce content, so it may take a “warming up” period for people to get back into the just of things.

   And all the reasons Whitney pointed out.

4. January 22nd, 2007 at 7:59 pm
   ME Strauss said

   Hi Ronafly!
   Welcome, I’ve thought about that. You put all of that business together and folks are probably tired when they come home to surf.

5. January 23rd, 2007 at 12:32 am
   Renée said

   Hi Liz,

   I never knew that blogging is a “sport”…maybe blogging would best described as the best “winter mental and figure sport”?

   Yes, my stats (across all my blogs) drip. Some moderate, some quite drastic. At least I know it isn’t my content that sucks so much that my stats have no way to go but south.

   No worries Liz, you’ve got me as a loyal reader no matter which month of the year! =)

6. January 23rd, 2007 at 5:31 am
   ME Strauss said

   Hi Renée,
   I hope you know I was teasing when I called blogging a “sport.” Though I suppose if we lobbied hard enough we could get a group together to push for putting into the Olympics. Then you get on your team and I could get on mine and we could meet!!

   Maybe then our winter stats wouldn’t do that dip dance AND there would be something beyond ice skating and skiing to watch on TV.

7. January 23rd, 2007 at 5:58 am
   Renée said

   You are up very early, Liz!

   Of course, I knew you were teasing about the sport thing, but I do think blogging should be recognized as some sort of mental sport.

   I love chatting with you, Liz! I love your witty replies, they ALWAYS make me laugh so hard.

8. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 am
   ME Strauss said

   Hey Renée,
   Talk about laughing so hard . . . on my first read of what you wrote I thought it said blogging as some sort of martial sport.

   There I was in my mind watching bloggers break boards with their witty blog posts!

   Too funny. I’m insane at this hour

9. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 am
   Renée said

   ROTL

   Stop It! I’m in tears, so bad!

10. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 am
    ME Strauss said

    It’s true. It’s what I thought.

    BTW,
    the Candadian judge gave me a 9.8
    the Polish judge gave me a 9.9
    the Japanese judge gave me a 9.7
    the Swedish judge gave me a 9.9
    the South African judge gave me a 10
    and the French judge gave me a 7, because he slept through the entire event. Apparently he had a busy night last night involving wine and another Oympian.

11. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:16 am
    Renée said

    I wonder which Olympian did the French judge was busy with?

    BTW, I see you haven’t install 2.1? Liz, you gotta…it’s way too cool. I especially love the comment and import/export widgets.

    I bet with this latest version, you probably can get all the judges to give you 9.9

12. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:21 am
    ME Strauss said

    Renée,
    You know, I should have thought of that!! 2.1 Would have made all of the difference in my double sault cow, triple link, with three subj-heads and a bulleted list post.

    Darn. Where’s a great Olympic blogging trainer when you need one? I think you have a new calling, Renée.

13. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:52 am
    Renée said

    Liz, I’m afraid that calling is way too far fetched for me. I won’t deny that it will be a dream for many, and hopefully more of these positions be created so we can dump some less appealing revenue.

    Speaking of job creation, two years ago there wasn’t any job like blogger-for-hire. Yes, i think if we push hard enough, we might get blogging into Olympic sooner than we thought!

    Joke aside, Liz you gotta install 2.1. It’s too cool to wait any longer!

14. January 23rd, 2007 at 6:57 am
    ME Strauss said

    Yeah, who knows where blogging will be in five years. They’ll probably be taking minutes of major goverment meetings on blogs so that the world can read them. HA!

    2.1 is on it’s way . . . it’s a b5media install.
    It’s coming!