Thanks for this!

Hi, this is Source Blogger.

Impressive article. You sure hit the nail on the head regarding a lot of current concerns from bloggers especially regarding posting frequency and article length.

Excellent!

Source Blogger
“Determined to make you a better blogger.”

great Post.

You can get a higher frequency by writing several articles when you are inspired. You just postpone the publishing. You are able to publish a great article when you want to do other things.

When Articles are very long it might be a good idea to create a series of them. That is another way to gain more articles and you can publish more frequently.

Larissa

I think the term “expert” or Social Media Expert, guru, etc. to be more precise in this case, is being thrown around quite loosely these days. I hear it so often that I’m also intimidated for not being an “expert” of something myself. To me an expert is someone who has nothing left to learn, they’ve completely mastered their domain. Now I’m sure there are a few out there who have been in the field since it came about, but really, how many people do you know that “know everything?” My point is, you said it quite well: sometimes expert just means old.

When I first started blogging (not that long ago) I was under the impression that to keep readers interested and for my blog to become successful (in every sense of the way), I had to write a post every day. At least, that’s what I was somewhat brainwashed to believe by other bloggers or better yet, non-bloggers! I even recall a few people advising me to have at least 2 or 3 posts a day lol. Basically they were asking me never to take my eyes off my laptop and give up outdoor life as we know it.

That said, in my effort to aim for that 1 a day, you can imagine the amount of time I spent glued to my PC researching and generating ideas to write my next daily post.

I couldn’t agree more with what you said: “Blog when you have something to say”! And that’s what I’ve been trying to abide by. It’s not about how many posts you publish a week and how short they have to be in order not to tire or scare away your readers. It’s about the content you put out there. What would bore me is coming back to a blog that only has very short daily paragraphs with tons of links to other people’s blogs and regurgitations of their words – just to have something published that day!

You mentioned Tamar (who even refers to herself as an enthusiast and not an expert in her blog) and the length of her posts. Each and everyone is a pleasure to read and I often find myself wishing there was more when I come to the end. Exact same thing and praise go to Glen Alltopp (ViperChill) as well as a few others. These two definitely don’t post every day – but when they do, it’s generally a long yet very insightful and agreeable article to read, where at the end, you can honestly say to yourself (at least I can): “Wow, I’ve learning something new. Let’s see how I can take that information and put it to good use for myself”.

I’m gonna’ cut it short here, for I could keep going on and on for each one of your valid and well thought out points. But I think I’ve taken up enough of your comment space :). Thanks again for writing this terrific article. It really is an eye-opener and a great source to come back to and take into consideration for many of us “newbies” in the blogosphere. I’ll be looking forward to your next post.

Cheers