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If you haven’t found Mike Cliffe-Jones and Nathen Hangen’s “2010 and Beyond” brochure for “Beyond Blogging,” go grab yourself a copy and read it. It’s a fast read, 15 pages, around a 1000 words or so.
Finished? Cool…
Remember this part?
There’s no way around it, without some sort of income or compensation, you will eventually fall prey to boredom, fatigue, or burnout. That’s why there are millions of vacant blogs, sitting empty with their windows bashed out and their shingles falling off. They’re left for dead, with no hope for restoration.
Man, that sucks.
Is your blog dead dead dead?
Are you burnt out, disillusioned, tired and bored?
You’ve probably read all sorts of articles about how “it takes 2 years” to really get going in the blogging world.
Well, guess what, it gets worse:
Past performance is no indicator of future results.
2, 3, 4 or 5 years ago, someone could start a “blogging business,” do all the right things, and become successful in a couple of years.
But what if you started last year? Or you’re just starting now? Is it still 2 years to success?
Maybe it’s 5 years (or more) to success.
Here’s the topper: there’s no way to know in advance.
Wait! There’s hope!
If you’ve made it this far, I’m assuming you have a blog. It might be a dead blog, but it’s still a blog.
I’m also assuming that your ambition, while damped, still smolders away, somewhere, possibly under a thick blanket of out-of-date blog posts.
And let’s make an agreement: let’s agree that your blog is still alive, but it’s just hibernating.
Given I’m correct, let’s you and I and the readers of Website In A Weekend help you figure out what the heck to do with your blog.
In particular, I would be delighted to have you as a guest blogger here on Website In A Weekend!
There’s lots of opportunity:
- I don’t care about exclusive content. Your work is yours, I’m not going to take it from you. Feel free to repurpose any blog post you believe would be of interest to Website In A Weekend readers.
- Long articles about your blogging, online income, and website coding and design experiences would be superb. What went right? What could have gone better?
- Let us (and the world) know what you want to do next. Maybe we can help you find more success this next time around the block.
As it turns out, I just published the Website In A Weekend Guest Post Guidelines. Go check those out, then shoot me an email or leave a comment below. We’ll figure it out.
And grab yourself a copy of Mike Cliffe-Jones and Nathen Hangen’s “2010 and Beyond.” They understand the blogging business as well as anyone.
