A lot of blogs start out well. They post superb content, have nice interactions between visitors and simply they just provide good value. Results? They get the initial boost, the traction, the followers/subscribers.
Then fast-foward, the blog has now posting “not so-good” content, articles that obviously are just rehashed articles seen on forums. Don’t be surprised, its actually the trend of most blogs.
Most blogs really has a “life-cycle” like that and unfortunately if you look at your own blog, that may even be the case. Providing great content is really the key to traffic, fame and possibly income for your blog. What makes it difficult is the fact that we cannot produce superb content all the time. I remember one time I was subscribed (using my feedreader) to almost 150 sites/blogs that interest me. Sooner I found out 30% of them are no longer providing what I used to enjoy with them before.
That’s really the case. Even if you look at most blogs nowadays you’ll see the same trend. Zacjohnson used to be one of my daily reads with his nice post with PPC Marketing. Now most of his posts are just about an affiliate network, some tools and something not as useful as before. Carl Ocab used to have some nice tutorial tips on some basic stuffs as well as some advanced tips but if you look at his blog now, you’ll see a ton of guest post(that promotes their own blogs), some offtopic posts, and none that are really related to making money online (a brand his blog is promoting).
You can look no further by just looking at my blog. Do you think I have run out of good reads for you? Or my blog has never had a great content even before? LOL… Anyway, I think picking the niche of your blog and its goal plays a strong role on how you must distribute great content to your readers. Lots of people starting out say “ah, I would make a blog teaching people about fishing”, and in the end they just ran out of nice content for their niche. Stating clear your purpose and niche helps a lot in defining what your blog is really all about. It helps to the extent that you would understand how much effort, time you need to exert to fulfill that goal. If you are in the helpful niche of blogs, then I’m afraid to say you have to do 100% more work than normal bloggers.
Back to blogs that I mentioned earlier. So, they don’t produce the same great content they used to produce before, but do you see people leaving them? Do you see a decline of traffic in their part? Partly yes! But the truth is they still managed to gain that same attention from the blogosphere despite the fact they are posting less value. At the end it speaks about “not the greatness of content” after all. Content is great, but that doesn’t mean its anything. 🙂
Great post Melvin. But if some one is a pro in blogging then content has a great place in his blogging venture.
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The problem is, bloggers are now running out of new ideas. ALmost every ideas and tips have been already blogged by everyone.
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Melvin Reply:
March 11th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I agree. and because of it the thing that matters most now is just how you actually promote it and hopefully “sell” whatever pitch you have for people
Hey Melvin, this is precisely why I advise new bloggers to take it slow and write quality rather than quantity. That way, you don’t feel under the gun when push comes to shove and aren’t compromising quality b/c you feel you need to write daily.
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I think if you run out of content, it’s because you don’t have the knowledge to expand your ideas and you don’t give yourself any room to grow. Yes, it’s highly likely that everything has been talked about, but there is always room to expand, innovate, and explore. When it comes down to it, it’s those great blogs that continue to find great content to produce.
Why do you keep spamming the Shoemoney blog with your lame comments. You sound like a total moron.
PS- your blog is so fucking lame. Same old re-hashed crap.You clown wanna be pecker woods are a dime a thousand on the internet. Hope you have not quit your McDonalds job loser.
oh yea I did dude. LOL, wasn’t even in the top commentator’s list there for almost a year now… and yea I’m working at McDonalds so go ahead and fuck yourself.
Damini Reply:
March 14th, 2009 at 1:56 am
Why did you waste your time to reply to that comment? Even if you are replying, you should just laugh about it.
Melvin Reply:
March 15th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
I replied because I think I knew who the guy was. 🙂
As you said, blogs have a life-cycle. Even yours, and mine too. How long is its lifespan? It depends mostly on the quality of the writer IMO. The more he knows about the subject, the longer can the blog last.
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Well, the post really shows us a problem. A real problem. A problem I have seen a lot and have experienced a lot. A problem even my blog has experienced. But I have to tell you Melvin, to make this great content, I think it has to provide and answer. 🙂
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Unique content is the best I guess.. Thats what makes u different
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My home blog (TheRandomForest) definitely suffered from this so it needs revitalizing or re-planning at some point.
I just took over at Big Ben Patton’s place and I hope to carry on Ben’s vision and am trying to plan ahead to bring decent content to Bloggers so this does not happen.
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