tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772433202801753959.post2024237978606236387..comments2024-03-27T04:12:18.150-04:00Comments on Terry's Thoughts and Threads: Why do you read this blog?Quilters' Quartershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09164862226942626710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772433202801753959.post-11940754388070139672012-05-26T18:00:13.142-04:002012-05-26T18:00:13.142-04:00Thank you for responding so quickly and honestly. ...Thank you for responding so quickly and honestly. I agree with all that you've said, and have been wrestling with the mixed messages I take from perhaps too many sources, when the source that counts is my reading audience. I enjoy blogging about books I've read, and sometimes meeting and interviewing the authors who wrote them.Quilters' Quartershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164862226942626710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6772433202801753959.post-41856563529093257632012-05-26T16:33:32.559-04:002012-05-26T16:33:32.559-04:00I don't think you should be asking people what...I don't think you should be asking people what they're looking for then seek to provide that. You need to write what you're knowledgeable and passionate about and let the appropriate audience find you. Writing to pander to others in an attempt to boost readership will defeat the purpose of blogging. You can increase your readership by blogging about popular topics like celebrity gossip for instance, but are those people who read gossip pages the type of person you want reading your blog? It will be a meaningless, un-intimate interaction. It also won't link up to whatever book/product you may want to sell e.g. a romance writer shouldn't blog about science just because she thinks it can bring in more page views. All those page views won't translate into sales for her. What you blog should be synchronised with what you enjoy and what you may be selling. Establish a theme and blog along those lines. Don't write on too many unrelated topics. While you must blog on things that interest you, also remember you're blogging for an audience who over time will come to expect certain themes from you; you don't just blog for yourself. <br /><br />PS. Nobody wants to read about random thoughts. Personally I am interested in the book reviews.Lishen Nairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406087932539799708noreply@blogger.com