I haven't even reached 100 posts yet and here I am considering starting another blog. Here's how it happened: Lately I've been following a few fairly high profile HR bloggers, namely Punk Rock HR and Brazen Careerist. There is a whole social network cloud of blogs and bloggers adjacent to and around both these sites. To see what I mean check out the blogroll and the comments section of either one. It's more or less a collection of the same individuals.
I started wanting to be a part of this community. I feel like I often have worthwhile things to say and I could increase traffic to my blog by commenting on more popular blogs. But then I started thinking too much about what I post up here. Like maybe HR people wouldn't want to read about our new baby girl (side note: in a few short weeks this blog is bound to become baby central; I'm getting really excited about meeting my daughter!) I don't like over thinking my posts; I really want this to be an unfiltered place for reflection on whatever topic interests me.
On the other hand, I have been thinking for some time about the possibility and plausibility of generating a little side income from my blog. So rather than commercialize this one, I considered starting a new overtly commercial, more focused blog. I think I'll call it Strategic Management.
To be honest, I don't think I have enough free time to seriously consider starting another blog. Good content on a regular basis is what makes a blog worthwhile. I'm having trouble posting with regularity on the blog I do have, and I don't even think about quality or audience or anything like that. But I am going to keep the idea in the back of my head for the future.
I started wanting to be a part of this community. I feel like I often have worthwhile things to say and I could increase traffic to my blog by commenting on more popular blogs. But then I started thinking too much about what I post up here. Like maybe HR people wouldn't want to read about our new baby girl (side note: in a few short weeks this blog is bound to become baby central; I'm getting really excited about meeting my daughter!) I don't like over thinking my posts; I really want this to be an unfiltered place for reflection on whatever topic interests me.
On the other hand, I have been thinking for some time about the possibility and plausibility of generating a little side income from my blog. So rather than commercialize this one, I considered starting a new overtly commercial, more focused blog. I think I'll call it Strategic Management.
To be honest, I don't think I have enough free time to seriously consider starting another blog. Good content on a regular basis is what makes a blog worthwhile. I'm having trouble posting with regularity on the blog I do have, and I don't even think about quality or audience or anything like that. But I am going to keep the idea in the back of my head for the future.
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Been thinking similar things myself. Wanting to start a new blog.. What I ended up doing is totally re-branding my blog. I found I'd kinda lost interest in what I'd started blogging about. I guess that's the beauty of blogging? I definitely couldn't handle 2 blogs. But with this new blog I wonder if I should post my real identity or not. It seems like I spend way too much time thinking about my blog, not really producing much and then wasting a lot of time when I need to be doing other things! Best of luck w/ ur decision!
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