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Great post. I would add the following:
11. Plan your posts with headers and/or bulletpoints, instead of diving right into the detail;
12. Establish and maintain a posting frequency that is realistic for you;
13. Think about why your blog died before and how to stop it happening again.
14. Don’t say you’ll be back this time; just be there. I’ve seen far too many bloggers saying “no really, I’m back this time” for the second or third time, then disappearing a week or two later. Actions speak louder than words.
Thanks for your comment and added thoughts.
I have to agree that I should have added a few more points, however, I tried to keep the tips as broad-scoping so that anyone can take advantage of them.
As far as excuses go, I try to limit the amount that I physically post, as there is almost never a solid reason for making them. I find that excuses become more rampant around certain periods of the year (holidays, etc.); if you must make dozens of irrational excuses, is blogging really right for you?
Despite the total number of blogs in the hundreds of millions, the number of active blogs has remained fairly stable, or even dropped a bit, due to the unwillingness to truly commit to their blogs.
Looks like we share an interest in DEAD BLOGS check out my dedicated site, for all the abandoned blogs that you can handle, documented using wry humour blended seamlessly with sincere sentiment. We are the self proclaimed ‘Official home of the certified dead blog’:
“BLOGS THAT DIED TOO YOUNG” – http://ontheblogheap.blogspot.com/
@ aannttiiiittnnaa – You have quite a collection of ‘dead’ blogs. Many of them, however, were never intended to be blogs but were created by “spammers” who were just looking to stop/limit other bloggers form using the particular subdomain/blog name.
I think Blogger really needs to clean up its image as being a portal for spam blogs, and request that the people who “create a blog just for the heck of it” re-approve their account or further have a verification process to deem the blog as not spam.
Where would the FUN be in that Kevin?