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Do You Have Multiple Blogs?
Posted by Truthoughts • 5/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blog content, blog managment, blogging, blogs, multiple blogs, suggestions, time management
I was wondering if many of you have multiple blogs? I saw someone here has 8 blogs and that amazed me. I have 3 blogs now and I am having a little trouble continually adding content to them all.
I would like to know:
1. How many blogs do you have?
2. What is each blog dedicated to (content)?
3. How often do you update content to each?
4. How much time to you spend adding to them?
5. Do you find it difficult to manage multiple blogs?
I really appreciate all of your comments and suggestions if you have any.
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I have 2. One travel blog for when I am travelling and the other for when I am staying still. Although I just posted about life as a nomad on my staying still site, so I guess I am confused!-
That is funny Nomadic!
I currently have 3 blogs and I tried to make them all different enough as to not get confused.
1. Christian Topics: Prophecy, Life, World Events, etc.
2. Personal Random Thoughts: Journal type
3. Snow Globes: My collection
However, the problem I am having is that #1 is very time consuming because it takes a lot of research, #2 is not that difficult if you do not have writers block or a brainfart, #3 is that there really is not much of topic ideas rather than sharing my globes and trying to find other's to talk about.
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@Nomadic: Regarding your "friends" section on your travel blog bio: you do now. -
Hey. Thanks robertstevenson. PS. Your name is a little "obvious". PPS Benny is onto me - may go dark for a while
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Yes, I have 3 blogs.
They are:
www.offendedblogger.com ~ a humor blog that is dedicated to making fun of the easily offended and things that easily offend people.
www.theoffendedamerican.com ~ a somewhat serious humor/political blog which focuses in more on the dangers of political correctness and America's "offenses" by state.
www.tetonsandbeyond.com ~ a photo blog all about my life with Yellowstone park and the Grand Tetons as my "backyard".
I update The Offended Blogger several times a week, The Offended American once or twice a week, and Tetons and Beyond sporadically, more so now that the weather is better and I can get out on more photo adventures.
Lucky for me I have a lifestyle that allows me the freedom to spend time on my blogging, so it isn't really an issue for me to keep them updated and I don't find it difficult at all to manage multiple blogs (well...except when I am sick and hopped up on NyQuil).
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offendedblogger: That is great that you have a lot of time for your blogs. I love the pics by the way... especially the baby horse and the class years on the hill. Thanks for responding!
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Thanks for looking!
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I was looking too.
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Robert, I hope you weren't offended!
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Far from it. BTW love the pic with you and your dog.
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Didn't you have one about drunk people? -
Selly, I used to yes. I dropped it and started my photo blog.
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I have 2 blogs.
The first one "Delve into..." meghnaspages.blogspot.com/ has stories, poetry, humor, bizarre, school etc. Updated in 3-4 days.
The second one "The Writing Pages" thewritingpages.blogspot.com/ is about writing, books, authors and the like. Updated in 5-6 days.
Both the blogs take too much of my time and with my school activities, sometimes I find it difficult. But I thoroughly enjoy both.-
MeghnaK: I just took a look at your blogs... they are fun. I like your story "The Truth". You have intriguing content. Thanks for your comment.
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No, but I have asthma.
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robertstevenson: Bummer...
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I have two, one for all things food related and one for my personal family journal. Haven't been brave enough to publish the personal stuff here yet!
I am no master proliferator as far as publishing is concerned. I probably spend at least an hour writing each post, but my time is all chopped up throughout the day. My goal is to publish 3x a week on the cooking site and at least once or twice a week on the personal one. When I get more than that, I put it in a queue to publish on that schedule and allow me the usual weeks here and there when I can't get to blogging.
It is difficult to divide my efforts between the two, in addition to submitting yet different content for print publications. I am getting the hang of it, but still have more to learn.
My approach now is to dedicate certain days a week to content for each blog. For example, Fridays are for personal blogging. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are for cooking thoughts. I can collect thoughts and ideas on other days, but only spend my energies posting about one topic per day. When I do get going on a topic, I write several posts and meter them out over coming weeks.
Good luck, I'll be curious to see what other ideas everyone else has, too.-
Krista: Gosh, reading over your site really made me hungry... I think I am going to try your Mac and Cheese Lasagna very soon.
It sounds great that you dedicate specific days to collaborate your content vs. posting it. My blogs are through WordPress, so I am not sure if I have the ability to queue for posts in the future... that would be a nice feature!
Thanks for your input, it is helpful.
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Yes I have multiple blogs.
Sometimes I want to have more but time is very limited.
Nowadays the blogs are more like my personal projects.
roentarre.blogspot.com
facade-roentarre.blogspot.com
photoblog50mm.blogspot.com
www.roentarre.com/Blog.aspx?id=4-
roentarre: I really enjoyed looking through your pics. You are a good photographer IMO. Some of my favs were,(listed by site)
1. Waterfalls and sand sculptures
2. Façade 37 and façade 31
3. Festivity
4. Your journal entries have great shots
I probably should have started a photo blog... it would seem to take a bit less time for each entry since a picture speaks a 1000 words. lol
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I have a few blogs, but really the only one I post stuff in is www.wafflelogue.com, which is general waffling about whatever takes my fancy. Plus I post pics in the gallery there.
My other blogs are just fiddling with code blogs as I'm learning css etc. I don't think I could keep up with more than one blog, or have enough to say either.-
Lucyvp: You have many fun and quirky topics, I think it's great! Thanks for your comment.
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I have my main blog drowseymonkey.blogspot.com and I update it several times a week, sometimes daily - sometimes not. It's a blog with my thoughts on stuff...and that varies from funny to serious depending on my mood. I probably spend about an hour or so on each post.
I have a photo blog drowseypics.blogspot.com that I update less often, it's mainly photos my sister & cousin take...they travel quite a bit. This blog doesn't take much time, I just upload the photos.-
DrowseyMonkey: Funny "Irish" clip! Love the muppets... Also, love the cat pics. Your black cat looks just like my Kaley-Bear kitty. Thanks for your comment.
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Thanks.
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I have two blogs,
majik2903.blogspot.com is for mostly current events and random thoughts on stuff. I try to update this one as much as possible.
majiksworld.blogspot.com is my web-novel updated once a week.-
Majik: Thank you for your comment. You have an intreguing info blog, I am currious on the trade article. Also, I am enamored by novel/short story blogs. Thank you for sharing yours here.
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Yes. Sometimes, I wonder why?-
footiam: I saw 6 of your blogs listed at your info page, is that all of the ones that you have? I like how they are all different. What made you decide to have so many blogs?
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1. How many blogs do you have?
>> 51
2. What is each blog dedicated to (content)?
>> various topics
3. How often do you update content to each?
>> daily
4. How much time to you spend adding to them?
>> a lot
5. Do you find it difficult to manage multiple blogs?
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PetLvr: WOW!!! How is there that much time in the day for you to add content to all of those blogs??? BTW - you have great taste in dogs! We were going to get a papillion, but he died before we could pick him up
I joined your neighborhood and added you as a friend, I really like your content. It is very informative! -
yep! It's a challenge, and some days there just 'aint enough hours in the day!
Papillons are great dogs .. That's sad about what happened when you tried to get one. I hope that didn't turn you off of Papillons. -
PetLvr: No, it didn't... I still really want one, but we got really attached to Spencer quickly. We will definitely get one hopefully soon.
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Im trying but due to time constraint I maintain only single blog.-
kaguvkov: I can understand that, let us know if you get another one going. Thanks for your comment.
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1. 33
2. art: 17
film reviews: 3
photography: 3
test blog: 1
time wasters: 1
video: 8
3. One of them daily
Three of them twice a week
The others vary more.
4. A lot
5. Yes
I started blogging after Hurricane Katrina and the flood. Unfortunately I lost some artwork in the flood. It was artwork from when I was much younger. It was being stored in the basement (above ground one) at an aunt’s house. The art at my house did fine. Because I appreciated what art I still had left, I decided I should blog about it.
From 2001 on I have been exploring new directions for my art. That has meant a lot of experimentation. I’ve ended up with several bodies/genres of work which has translated into separate blogs.
With the purchase of a digital camera I soon found myself taking photos and video in addition to photographing my art. While the media covered the aftermath of the storm, I decided to try to document some positive imagery of the Greater New Orleans Area. Some of my photos and videos have then lead to works of art.
Getting back into the groove and making art has been slow for me. The proliferation of blogs has become part of my art process. For the last couple of years they have helped me reflect and decide where I want to go.
A few other blogs concern the video phenomenon that has taken place online in the last three years. There’s also my love of film. And lastly I have a blog for the sole purpose of testing new widgets and features before I add them to my blogs.-
dotartdude: It just amazes me how anyone could keep up with so many... I really am having to stretch myself to keep up with 3.
Like you and others have said, I am noticing that many have a blog just to test out widgets, etc. Hmmm... Of course, my husband is the one who does most of that, then he says... Ok, do this or that and I do and guess what??? It works! -
I like the idea of giving readers choices about where they might want to go among my blogs. Sometimes I link to my other blogs to make a point.
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dotartdude: Good idea, I started linking between mine as well.
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amazing .. Really, If I did 33 blogs, I would end up inadvertently mixing the contents
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I have three blogs now:
adsforblog.blogspot.com is my typical make money blog. I don't really update it because of lack of time
2) happeningeu.blogspot.com is about a grup of students coming together for prayer. I am just one of the authors there and we haven't really started writing in it yet.
3) insideeu.blogspot.com it some thing similar to the previous one but it is private-
jims: Great idea to have others who can post content to the blog as well, that way you don't have to do ALL the work.
I checked out your site and saw where you talk about creating pages for blogspot...
I told my husband "OutsideMyBrain" because he was wondering about that, so thanks for the comment and the pages info on your blog!
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1. How many blogs do you have? 1
2. What is each blog dedicated to (content)? Dance
3. How often do you update content to each? It depends
4. How much time to you spend adding to them? See #2
5. Do you find it difficult to manage multiple blogs? N/A-
sellytapgirl: Love the videos, thanks for the comment.
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Two blogs for me.
One is devoted to decorating with thrift store finds.
The other is dedicated to original humor stories.
I update the thrifting blog twice a week (Sunday and Wednesday).
The humor blog I update when I feel funny (or I guess, nauseous ) -- which is about three times a week.
It is more of a challenge to have more than one blog, but they're very different topics, so I find myself just partitioning my life with the different content.-
ThriftShopRomantic: Oh my gosh!!! The butt scootcher story had me and my husband practically on the floor laughing! I will be following your posts.
Your other blog: I enjoy that passtime as well, I look forward to seeing what you find.
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Oh, I'm glad you got a laugh. That's the beauty of humor blogging- stories which personally devastated you years ago become funny and horrifying as blog posts!
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ThriftShopRomantic:
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Yes I have two blogs that are currently active and both require feeding at least every two to three days.
thistimethisspace.com
In this personal development blog I record conscious living, dreaming, transforming, happiness, relationships, coping with & learning from major loss & chronic disease.
onecoolsite.wordpress.com
This blog is a collection of wordpress blogging tips, how to instructional posts, tutorials, walk-throughs, work-arounds and links to blogging tools and blogging resources.-
timethief: Thanks for the comment. I like the info you give and link to regarding adding music to WordPress. I will be back.
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I also have 3 blogs that I update regularly.
One is dedicated to Christianity with a major focus on Bible prophecy, my next one is a personal one about my life, and the other one I hope to update 1-2 times a week and it is a photo blog of the area where I live.
I update the first one fairly regularly and the personal one at least every other day.
The photoblog is the most time consuming because I upload all the photos to a host site flickr first and it takes me a good hour or more to complete a post for that blog. The other two are under 20 minutes, usually.-
vfanblog: I really enjoyed the Cleaning Poem, that was funny. I like your sites.
I figured that photo blogs would be less time consuming, however, with your explanation of having to upload the pics to Flicr... I totally understand.
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Thank you for visiting. The poem was sent to me in an email.
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I have three and they all about art.
My blog is updated every 3 to 4 days
jafabrit.blogspot.com/
The jafagirlart group blog is updated once a week
jafagirlart.blogspot.com/
The Yellow Springs Arts Council blog every other week, more if I can.
ysarts.blogspot.com/
I usually spend at least 2 every day working on the computer and updating or preparing blog entries, emails, website (run two websites but they don't need a lot of attention other than the occasional updates).
I find it harder to do the arts council blog because I am doing it all by myself and people haven't cottoned on the the fact that they need to SEND me blog entry ready stuff or pics if they want to be promoted on the blog. So blog entries are dependent on me taking pics when I'm in and around town or finding relevant info via the net. Still I love doing it as it helps promote the arts in our village.-
jafabrit: You have some interesting pics. So, sometimes you work on content one day and post it on another... is that right?
Hopefully they will catch on soon regarding their entries.
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yes, I sometimes have several drafts that are ready to refine, add links to. That way I am not rushing or putting just anything out for the sake of it.
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jafabrit: I have now begun doing this as well. Good idea!
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I have really enjoyed reading your comments and looking at your sites. I was think yesterday about this and thought I would commit myself to working on my blog content first before anything else. When I don't do this, I get caught up in so many other things and feel like I get down to the wire of posting that day, then what do ya know... writer's block.
Well, my plan seemed to work today... we will see if it holds up.
I really feel the need to post everyday, or at least try to, however, on my first blog I feel the content needs more focus and it is very time consuming. I don't want to just post whatever on that one, ya know? With that at times I feel like I have set the standard so high that it assists in the "writer's block". I guess it will be as it will.
Is there anyone else who has come up with a system that works for them? Do any of you feel pressure to post daily?-
I find it difficult to keep up with blogs that post daily, so even when my fave posters blog daily I can only manage to catch up once a week.
I can't say I have ever felt the pressure to post daily, but I do think a consistent posting routine (whether it is daily or once a week) is important. -
jafabrit: I had read somewhere that it was better to continually add new content to keep your readers interested and to get higher ranks, etc. Someone had said 'daily' but I don't remember where...
Thanks for your thoughts on that.
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To my wonderful wife: To answer your question, I do have two blogs. My main blog is profiled here at BlogCatalog and as soon as I get some time to beef up my other blog I will be profiling that here as well too.
I am thinking about creating a third blog though. I sometimes just want to be silly, or rant about something that I am irratated about or just write about something that I am passionate about. I am getting reviews about my current blog that say it doesn't have a strong theme yet. It is because I did some of the aforementioned activities on it. As soon as I post more articles, tuned to theme, it will become clear what my blog represents.-
OMB - You are doing a wonderful job with creating your blogs. You are getting your content more laser focused and I can't wait until everyone sees all you have done.
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I have two blogs that I keep very active.
My first blog is the Ripple Effect, a site dedicated to spreading the word on new, unheralded and lost classic artists. We cover all types of music from rock and metal to post-punk, funk and jazz. I do that with a buddy and we religiously update 3 times a week.
My newest blog is My Writing Life, a site where I share lessons and tips I've learned about novel writing along my path of getting my medical thriller published. I update that one every day.-
ripplemusic: Great blogs. Do you have any trouble on some days with what to cover on your second one or are the details so massive that you couldn't possibly run out of content???
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I have two blogs, that sort of intersect, in that they both have a lot to do with retro/vintage stuff, and pop culture...
My history/genealogy blog is thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com - there's also plenty of weird old advertisements, old postcards, old almanacs on it. I really am interested in all sorts of weird stuff like Victorian patent medicines, fashion, true crime - you name it!
My other blog kitchenretro.wordpress.com is more humor-based and relies on my retro cookbook collection, loads of funny old ads, and any sort of retro stuff that i just like (movies, old TV, etiquette etc).
I update every day, pretty much, with the odd break.-
Attlesea62: I like your blogs. I found your story on Brooklyn Juliet... I love reading stories like that. They are addicting in a twisted sort of way. :0
So, do you find it hard to find new content when updating so frequently?
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Yes, I have three blogs and update them when I have time.
One is a business blog (bloomyourbiz.com), the 2nd is about green living and fair trade more or less, and the 3rd one is a social enterprise blog where I post about Guatemala, development, and more. My biz blog used to go under another name but I just resubmitted it to BC under a new name.
You can visit my blogs by clicking my avatar or name. :-) Blessings to you!-
globalgirl: Deep topics, it's good to make people think and feel. We have one of those Eco-Friendly Wal-Marts near by and most of the time, their "green" parts aren't working... so, what good is it anyway, right? I like what you said about their practices.
Thanks for the comment.
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I have one blog only. If I had more I couldn't imagine having enough time to enjoy the list of blogs I readily check out every day.
If I used my blog(s) to earn money I'm sure I'd feel different entirely.
I also update my blog daily, so I guess that makes a big difference too.-
Bradley310: I know what you mean, that it would eat into your reading time of other blogs. I pick some to follow, yet I don't have as much time as I would like to follow them... so, I probably end up passing on some I would like to go back to and then forget to check. BTW - congrats on the lbs lost!
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here is mine;
I have 2 blogs
the 1st is for anything, random niche whatever it calls,
the 2nd is only for property brokerage especially for Bali property, do you know where that is?
Updated on a daily bases even many times I feel hard enough to keep both at the same level...it's just not easy unless if you have many author works together to manage your multiple blogs.-
balidreamhome: Nice real estate... I had a friend who lived in the Philippines and one who's family lives in Indonesia, though they are a little ways away from Bali (its closer than I am).
Thanks for the comment.
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1. How many blogs do you have?
6 active, 2 testing so 8 so far (more coming)
2. What is each blog dedicated to (content)?
Internet and Network Marketing www.BehindTheCurtain.byCenay.com
How Do You Do That? Videos www.Videos.byCenay.com
Nussentials Training Blog www.NussentialsSuccessSecrets.com
Autism www.Autism.News-Elf.com
Nascar www.Nascar.News-Elf.com
Toby Keith www.Toby-Keith.News-Elf.com
3. How often do you update content to each?
Videos about 4 times a month, IM and NM Marketing 4-6 times a month, NSS weekly (I try anyway, did I mention I ALSO have a full time job?) and the last three not very often. They are mostly Adsense blogs, except the Autism one has taken on a life of it's own.
4. How much time to you spend adding to them? Counting tweaks to CSS and adding links? About 10-15 hours a week.
5. Do you find it difficult to manage multiple blogs? Oh yes! I should have stuck with one! Just kidding.-
Cenay: I love your words, "I am burning the "candle" at both end with the middle suspended over a raging wildfire." lol...
You have a lot of good information on your sites. Are you planning on adding your others to blogcatalog?
Thanks for your comment.
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main one www.amyoops.blogspot.com
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1. How many blogs do you have?
I am in the process of creating 20 blogs. I have 5 now
2. What is each blog dedicated to (content)?
Archery, diecast cars, weight loss, my company blog
3. How often do you update content to each?
One blog per day
4. How much time to you spend adding to them?
About 2-3 hrs adding content. The rest of the time I am promoting it.
5. Do you find it difficult to manage multiple blogs?
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1. How many blogs do you have?
4 reg blogs and a tumblelog that takes low effort.
2. What is each blog dedicated to (content)?
Psychology and inspiration, online diary, teaching anecdotes, 125 word productivity tips.
3. How often do you update content to each?
New post every day or every other day. I write future posts.
4. How much time to you spend adding to them?
2-3 hours a day for all of them.
5. Do you find it difficult to manage multiple blogs?
Yes. I use www.rememberthemilk.com to store ideas on the fly and manage tasks. I try to avoid the time suckers like Twitter and other. (Though I get a lot of ideas there!)-
hey - RTM is an awesome tool too ! Appreciate your mentioning that!
Tweets are a bit of a time waste; but I manage to prune the list of following tweets - reducing the noise on the tweet board !
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One is enough for me. Quality is always better than quantity.
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kind of agree with you neo - but there's a segregation of topics that would ultimately hold your audience to your blog (I may like a blog, but if it is a mix and match of humor, self help, personal anecdotes, etc, I tend to remove it from my feeds)
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I have 3 blogs, 1 website, 2 myspace profiles, numerous profiles in social groups. 3 twitters. 3 blog logs, 3 blog catalogs whew I am tired writing this! I have a lot because I have more niches than 1 blog will cover. I add content almost daily and love it!
I spend about 1 hour in the morning and a couple at night. More time on the weekends.
I have a weightloss surgery (personal) blog blog.mackyplanet.com
blog promotion web site mackyplanet.com
fun blog thesnarkyview.com
really fun (for me) retrokimmer.blogspot.com about vintage 60's stuff-
retro - you must be quite a pro if you maintain so many blogs
think of the path to self employment - they say its the best way to get paid for what you love doing (working for yourself - maybe on blogs)
are you a commercial blogger ? (I am not)
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I have a religious blog and a professional blog. I have always toyed around with the idea of having 2 additional blogs (a foodie blog and a personal journal type of blog)
I like to update my religious blog every day (often many times) and my professional blog every 2 weeks.
I prefer infrequent long posts to frequent shorties.
Since my blogs are on my preferred site (blogger), I wouldn't have much trouble in maintaining the various blogs (but if I had a mix of wordpress and bl, then I may have trouble!)-
U may be interested in the truth regarding the spirituality of the original 12 step program. the program has a 1 in 10 recovery rate today due to there elimination of the real solution. Originally, those recovered were counted at an incredible 93%!
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I have 100 blogs..most of them are food recipes. Here some of them.
mexican-dessert-recipes.blogspot.com/
raspberrypie-recipe.blogspot.com/
macaronisaladrecipe.blogspot.com/
allhealthyrecipe.blogspot.com/
shrimp-recipe.blogspot.com/
frozendrinks-recipes.blogspot.com/
sweetpotatoes-recipe.blogspot.com/
traditional-mexican-recipes.blogspot.com/
beefcurry-recipe.blogspot.com/
macaronigrill-recipes.blogspot.com/-
this is one case where you should be consollidating the recipes in a single site under varied tags else the user group gets fragmented (In fact if I browse for food and recipe, I tend to do a LOT of cross browsing within the site than get away! And recipe is like chemistry - you tend to get used to a person's writing style and flavor - so you want more of the author within the confines of the website ... just my 2 pence !and once you have consolidated, pls do let me know - I would ove to visit your sites !!
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@hadrian .. I would have to concur with tmat ... I would definitely consolidate your recipes into one domain - and host it yourself to protect yourself. And, it will give you longer life on the domain and adding new posts as well - I mean .. how many Raspberry pie posts can you create? One domain will help keep that fresh.
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I have two, one on blogger and the another on wordpress. I am wordpress a trial, pretty like the interface but I was disappointed with the lack modifications -
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1. Got 2 blogs.
aerospews.weebly.com
blognginamo.blogspot.com
2. Both are dedicated to humor.
3. Updates as often as I can - once a day or every other day.
4. 3-6 hrs.
5. Nope?
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