Comments on: How much time should you spend blogging? http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/ Fresh ideas for blogging, making money, and living a more productive life Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: toothpick_tp http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-89160 toothpick_tp Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:00:13 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-89160 Well, I can say that it's up to you to decide how much time you should spend on blogging. Every person determines this limit for himself/herself. Well, I can say that it’s up to you to decide how much time you should spend on blogging. Every person determines this limit for himself/herself.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-88289 ray Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:49:35 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-88289 Hi Lorna. Yeah, blogging can be a hugely frustrating activity if you're just looking to make money. It definitely sucks up a lot of time and the returns can often take a very long time to show up. In fact, I don't think I would recommend it as a way of making money unless someone loves the topic to begin with. Otherwise, it would be pure torture. Thanks for your comment! Hi Lorna. Yeah, blogging can be a hugely frustrating activity if you’re just looking to make money. It definitely sucks up a lot of time and the returns can often take a very long time to show up. In fact, I don’t think I would recommend it as a way of making money unless someone loves the topic to begin with. Otherwise, it would be pure torture. Thanks for your comment!

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-88287 ray Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:41:56 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-88287 Hey Music. That's right. It sure is a motivator to keep going once you start seeing some money trickling in. That first check from Google is pretty sweet, too. Hey Music. That’s right. It sure is a motivator to keep going once you start seeing some money trickling in. That first check from Google is pretty sweet, too.

]]> By: ray http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-88286 ray Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:40:43 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-88286 Hi Caroline. I agree. It takes a lot of time to get a blog started, especially when you're learning how to do it along the way. When I first started blogging, I spent an incredible amount of time researching and trying things and just trying to figure out what I was doing and how things worked. Down the road a bit is when you have to decide how much your time is worth. P.S. You have an interesting story. Good luck with your blog! Hi Caroline. I agree. It takes a lot of time to get a blog started, especially when you’re learning how to do it along the way. When I first started blogging, I spent an incredible amount of time researching and trying things and just trying to figure out what I was doing and how things worked. Down the road a bit is when you have to decide how much your time is worth.

P.S. You have an interesting story. Good luck with your blog!

]]> By: Lorna http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-87720 Lorna Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:10:20 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-87720 I tried to limit my time blogging by putting a schedule for myself, but that didn't quite work for me. I agree with Caroline that the hour-dollar works for a non-problogger; it can be frustrating if that was the main motivation behind your blogging. I tried to limit my time blogging by putting a schedule for myself, but that didn’t quite work for me. I agree with Caroline that the hour-dollar works for a non-problogger; it can be frustrating if that was the main motivation behind your blogging.

]]> By: Music Terms http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-87024 Music Terms Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:54:26 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-87024 You are absolutely right. I started off blogging without any financial expectations and have graduated to making some, not a great deal mind you, but enough to keep me interested in it. Like any other opportunity costing, this activity is also to be costed and a benefit analysis done to see how much time you can spend on it. If you do that on an on going basis, you can not go wrong. Yes, it is not just that I am in the driving seat. I have to remember that I am. It can become a mind numbing habit otherwise. You are absolutely right. I started off blogging without any financial expectations and have graduated to making some, not a great deal mind you, but enough to keep me interested in it. Like any other opportunity costing, this activity is also to be costed and a benefit analysis done to see how much time you can spend on it. If you do that on an on going basis, you can not go wrong.

Yes, it is not just that I am in the driving seat. I have to remember that I am. It can become a mind numbing habit otherwise.

]]> By: Caroline Middlebrook http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-86971 Caroline Middlebrook Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:56:02 +0000 http://freshblogger.com/2007/10/how-much-time-should-you-spend-blogging/#comment-86971 I don't think you can use the 'dollars per hour' formula unless you are already a very well established blogger who has a regular income coming in. I'm a new blogger and as such I spend quite a long time doing it at the moment and I haven't even started to monetize my blog in any way, so I know exactly how much I earn - $0 per hour! But I see the time spent now as an investment into the future of the blog. Right now I read a ton of blogs, I spend time commenting like I'm doing right here, I spend a lot of time crafting out my own posts - all in all it's several hours a day. Though long term I don't think I could keep all that up as there other projects that I want to spend time on so I would hope that over time I wouldn't need to read quite so many blogs, and my own posting frequency may reduce without sacrificing quality. I don’t think you can use the ‘dollars per hour’ formula unless you are already a very well established blogger who has a regular income coming in. I’m a new blogger and as such I spend quite a long time doing it at the moment and I haven’t even started to monetize my blog in any way, so I know exactly how much I earn – $0 per hour!

But I see the time spent now as an investment into the future of the blog. Right now I read a ton of blogs, I spend time commenting like I’m doing right here, I spend a lot of time crafting out my own posts – all in all it’s several hours a day. Though long term I don’t think I could keep all that up as there other projects that I want to spend time on so I would hope that over time I wouldn’t need to read quite so many blogs, and my own posting frequency may reduce without sacrificing quality.

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