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May 25, 2008

Too Many New Blogs Too Fast?

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Beach Notes
by Guest Writer Suzie Cheel

I was feeling a bit of overwhelm in the blogging department today. Then I realized that in the past six weeks the number of blogs I own and/or contribute to has gone from just one to five - one a week!

  1. The Abundance Highway blog has been the main site for my blogging activity for the past year.
  2. I became co-author on Thinking Home Business. I was wanting to write more on blogging and making money online and realized it didn’t really fit on The Highway.
  3. I launched Zen Law of Attraction, as an offshoot of The Abundance Highway.This transpired after i wrote an article on To Niche or not to Niche, that generated a traffic surge as well as lots of commentary and food for thought.
  4. Inspired by Richardink.com I found a way to put Suzie’s Art Studio online. this is one of my loves and passions that I had put on the back burner for the past year or so. this was blog four to write on.
  5. I became a guest blogger here at Successful Blog.

Objectively, madness. But definitely fun.

Actually, I don’t recommend starting so many new blogging ventures in such a short space of time.

On the other hand, I have learned a lot. I’ve learned is that I really do love blogging. I wasn’t so sure before. There were days when i thought is this what I want to do?

I have learnt the importance of planning out the new blog before you begin. Being an artist I also can spend far too much time on the look of the blog, only to find that what looks a simple design doesn’t always work. I am looking forward to the day when I either learn how css works or pay someone to make me my own unique templates.

Another, related lesson is that when I get “in the groove” it’s really easy and enjoyable to write and I can produce a good blog post quickly and without stress.

Next time I’ll write about what I do to get in the groove.

Suzie writes on Law of Attraction at Abundance Highway and you can see her wonderful Art scarves and Art Quilts at Suzie Cheel





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9 Comments to “Too Many New Blogs Too Fast?”

  1. May 25th, 2008 at 11:47 am
    Barbara Ling said

    I run a number of blogs too. One thing that I’ve found to be most helpful is the plugin SimplePie at http://simplepie.org/ - it lets you publish multiple blog feeds on one blog. Thus, http://www.askowlbert.com has a compilation in the second column of all my other posts in one spot.

    I’ve found it most useful…perhaps it could be of benefit to your flagship site.

    Enjoy,

    Barbara

  2. May 25th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
    Suzie Cheel said

    This is fantastic Barbara, you are such a mine of information, I am heading over there to get that plugin.

  3. May 25th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
    Sunday Surfing | The Abundance Highway said

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  4. May 25th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
    Glenda Watson Hyatt said

    I just can’t understand your feeling of overwhelm, my friend! ;) The world may need changing, but take a few months, at least, to accomplish. See you in Vancouver next week!

  5. May 26th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
    Suzie Cheel said

    Thanks Glenda, we’ll have some fun!

  6. May 26th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
    Matthew Murphy said

    Opportunities come in droughts and floods, even in blogging I see! Although it is far better to have too many opportunities than to have none at all! (But, is there really a time when we truly have no opportunities?)

    It’s great to see you getting so many chances to do what you love!

  7. May 27th, 2008 at 11:55 am
    Suzie Cheel said

    Hi Matthew,
    Thanks for the perspective, yes doing what one loves is so special.

    Suzie

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