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Ali from The Office Diet · 02-16-2008, 09:27 AM

This was, for me, a perfect post at the perfect time.

I launched my first stab at a professional (as opposed to purely personal-journal) type blog in January, and whilst I have loved the content-generation side, I've been struggling to see traffic-building activities as worthwhile work rather than just "playing around on forums and other blogs".

Steve, your explanation of the difference between writing a blog and running a business was exactly what I needed to hear. :-) I've made the decision to spend my day off next Tuesday working on the marketing side of things. (I've cut down to 4 days/week in my job to start building up income streams from more fulfilling projects.) I'm not worried about money at this stage, just at building traffic.

Thanks for such an excellent article, which gave me a real boost when my motivation was flagging.

As others have mentioned above, it was also fascinating to read about your early days of struggling with Dexterity. So thanks too for your (as always) willingness to be honest and write about the personal side of things in your articles.

Best,

Ali

02-16-2008, 09:27 AM	#18 (permalink)
Ali from The Office Diet Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South London, UK Posts: 141	This was, for me, a perfect post at the perfect time. I launched my first stab at a professional (as opposed to purely personal-journal) type blog in January, and whilst I have loved the content-generation side, I've been struggling to see traffic-building activities as worthwhile work rather than just "playing around on forums and other blogs". Steve, your explanation of the difference between writing a blog and running a business was exactly what I needed to hear. :-) I've made the decision to spend my day off next Tuesday working on the marketing side of things. (I've cut down to 4 days/week in my job to start building up income streams from more fulfilling projects.) I'm not worried about money at this stage, just at building traffic. Thanks for such an excellent article, which gave me a real boost when my motivation was flagging. As others have mentioned above, it was also fascinating to read about your early days of struggling with Dexterity. So thanks too for your (as always) willingness to be honest and write about the personal side of things in your articles. Best, Ali