Comments on: On Professional Blogging http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-transition-into-professional-blogging/ Information Technology and Business News from the heart of Silicon Valley Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:17:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wayne http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-transition-into-professional-blogging/#comment-527 Wayne Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:02:59 +0000 http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-become-a-professional-blogger/#comment-527 <strong>Wayne...</strong> Thanks for posting your topic Lim Kit Siang " Blog Archive " Brand new era for Universiti Teknologi MARA?. These type of postings are great and very helpful to me. I was just searching for the marketing ultra marathon today, Saturday, and I was luc... Wayne…

Thanks for posting your topic Lim Kit Siang ” Blog Archive ” Brand new era for Universiti Teknologi MARA?. These type of postings are great and very helpful to me. I was just searching for the marketing ultra marathon today, Saturday, and I was luc…

]]> By: Simple Mindz http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-transition-into-professional-blogging/#comment-11 Simple Mindz Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:44:31 +0000 http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-become-a-professional-blogger/#comment-11 Checked out all your sites, I like them! This is a great article. Thanks! I think I am Queen of breaking my site. lol. I am constantly changing things around there. Checked out all your sites, I like them! This is a great article. Thanks! I think I am Queen of breaking my site. lol. I am constantly changing things around there.

]]> By: codered http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-transition-into-professional-blogging/#comment-5 codered Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:46:55 +0000 http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-become-a-professional-blogger/#comment-5 Hi Michael, I think test sites can be valuable for established sites, but if you're a nobody.. who cares if you break your site? Until your traffic is significant and you are a blogger with relevance, then I think people should worry. So I guess my point was to try and encourage people to have the guts and break stuff. I understand not everyone has the courage to learn without being ultra conservative and safe, but it is my opinion that those people fail and fail miserably. You can't be timid, you can't be safe, if you are looking to grow and become a force online, you need to screw up and I guess that's where my emphasis is. Accept that you are going to break your site, have some guts and go out and intentionally put yourself in bad situations so that you are forced to fix it. If you can't do that, it'll take you much longer than someone that is ready to get their hands dirty and actually experience the breakage. My other point, and I think this goes perfectly in line with your article, Michael. If you know what you are doing, and actually have a clue about technology and software, then by all means your strategy is great. People without the relevant knowledge, which is probably more than 50% of bloggers, are going to have trouble with setting up multiple sites -unless- it's on blogger. Which is one issue you did tackle, and I think you're correct. Thanks for the response, I didn't mean the article as a critique, but I wanted to focus on people who want to make the full transition and are too fearful to take the steps necessary to learn. Hi Michael, I think test sites can be valuable for established sites, but if you’re a nobody.. who cares if you break your site? Until your traffic is significant and you are a blogger with relevance, then I think people should worry. So I guess my point was to try and encourage people to have the guts and break stuff. I understand not everyone has the courage to learn without being ultra conservative and safe, but it is my opinion that those people fail and fail miserably.

You can’t be timid, you can’t be safe, if you are looking to grow and become a force online, you need to screw up and I guess that’s where my emphasis is. Accept that you are going to break your site, have some guts and go out and intentionally put yourself in bad situations so that you are forced to fix it. If you can’t do that, it’ll take you much longer than someone that is ready to get their hands dirty and actually experience the breakage.

My other point, and I think this goes perfectly in line with your article, Michael. If you know what you are doing, and actually have a clue about technology and software, then by all means your strategy is great. People without the relevant knowledge, which is probably more than 50% of bloggers, are going to have trouble with setting up multiple sites -unless- it’s on blogger. Which is one issue you did tackle, and I think you’re correct.

Thanks for the response, I didn’t mean the article as a critique, but I wanted to focus on people who want to make the full transition and are too fearful to take the steps necessary to learn.

]]> By: Michael from Pro Blog Design http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-transition-into-professional-blogging/#comment-4 Michael from Pro Blog Design Wed, 28 Nov 2007 23:37:31 +0000 http://itola.com/internet/blogging/how-to-become-a-professional-blogger/#comment-4 Hmmm... Well, I'm glad you liked my article, but I think that we both agree and disagree on certain parts. We're agreed on the idea that experimenting and learning new things is a great idea, and the besy way to learn. :) But I disagree (obviously, considering my article xD ) that setting up a test blog is a bad idea, or counter-productive at all! The one thing that stops people from experimenting and self-learning is fear. Fear that they will break their blogs, lose visitors, and even have to pay someone else to undo their mistakes. The test blog takes away that fear because the mistakes simply don't matter anymore. It encourages you to experiment, and to learn. It's a great thing for newbies and experts alike. :) Hmmm… Well, I’m glad you liked my article, but I think that we both agree and disagree on certain parts.

We’re agreed on the idea that experimenting and learning new things is a great idea, and the besy way to learn. :)

But I disagree (obviously, considering my article xD ) that setting up a test blog is a bad idea, or counter-productive at all!

The one thing that stops people from experimenting and self-learning is fear. Fear that they will break their blogs, lose visitors, and even have to pay someone else to undo their mistakes.

The test blog takes away that fear because the mistakes simply don’t matter anymore. It encourages you to experiment, and to learn. It’s a great thing for newbies and experts alike. :)

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