Comments on: The Authentic Blogging Manifesto

By: Lawrence S. Miller

Lawrence S. Miller — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:08:37 +0000

Maria,

You write good stuff! Stay the course you have set and all will be well.

You wrote what I have been thinking. (Is that preemptive plagiarism? Nah, I guess not.)

Many of the comments I see here reflect that many of us share your thoughts. Good for you for being the first to put them on the web in the form you have chosen.

I cannot resist subscribing.

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By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:06:00 +0000

I think at the time you wrote this post you had to be several months ahead of me. I just got my first major (for me) Stumble, and it truly is an adrenaline high. Nothing like it. I’d go check my stats even before my first cup of coffee in the morning, and that IS a sacrifice! And I hope that excitement doesn’t wane.

But I’ve found, much to my surprise, that I LIKE TO WRITE. Who wouldathought. So, yes, I want to quit my day job and make lots of money, but I wanted to be a probasketball player once, too, and that didn’t pan out either, for some reason.

I think all we can do is keep tossing bread into that always changing river and hope a few ducks drop by for a visit once in a while.

Thanks for saying what I’ve been thinking. G.

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:16:53 +0000

I have only been blogging for a few months, but have already gone through much of what you describe in your post in terms of focusing on traffic and ads. In fact, I found your blog today after taking my very first dip into the StumbleUpon waters as a way to increase blog traffic! I do hope to make money from blogging some day, enough to maybe cut back to a part-time job or even to work completely from home, but your post reminds me that the key is to write good content that connects with other people - the money will follow from that. Thanks! Lizs last blog post..I'm not a fossil yet!

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:44:53 +0000

Hi there Maria – I hope you don’t fire yourself for writing your mission statement!

As for the money thing, I see blogging like other activities – if it makes money, you’d still do it if it didn’t (if that makes sense).

What a great article! Umâ€¦ thumbs up

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