Because it is 2AM and I am lying here awake after only 2 hours of sleep, I have a question to ask BoMR (Both of My Readers):
Have you ever written a post that you were so happy with that you simply let it linger at the top of your blog for as long as possible just to give a chance that all your fans will read it? In other words, have you ever intentionally delayed writing a post because you were so proud of your current post?
For example, I wrote something once about an event that happened to me while working on the ambulance. It touched me deeply and the post really brought back a lot of memories. I really loved the feelings of the post and was proud of it and thought that others might find something useful in it. Then the very next day, one of my Baby Goats said something witty that I wanted to share. BUT, I decided to postpone the post because I did not want anything to detract from the deeper, meaningful post of the day before.
We all know that a big percentage of our readers stumble upon our site as part of the 30 second visits forced upon them at BlogExplosion, et al. In order to get hits on their site, they rapidly crank out visits to others’ sites. If these people look beyond the banner, I am surprised. But if your first post is a winner, then perhaps you have given them reason to stay and read on. If I replaced my Pulizter Prize winning post with a story about my 3 year old pooping into her hand, then perhaps my blog would have been dismissed as a “daddy blog” which is almost as bad as a “cat blog” or a “crocheting blog.”
Do you write to write or are you a more “strategic writer” and consider others?
(I am not going to proof-read this post because I am starting to fall asleep again)
Goodnight Moon
Dan
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