Comments on: You Know Your Blog Is Destined For Failure When….(35 Reasons)

By: sohbet

sohbet — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:34:06 +0000

hi
Yeah, I wish you would have gotten the money quote correct the first time around. Good job by the people who made the correction. And great Friedman video, Jay!

Maybe another Bible quote, this one from Jesus, can help. This is from Matthew 6:24 (NIV):

“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

So, nothing necessarily wrong with capitalism or money … but there is something wrong with the LOVE of money … putting your desire for money ahead of God. I also would say don’t put money ahead of family … and I’m sure each of you have your own things you wouldn’t put in second place to money

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:24:19 +0000

Salwa – Thank you

Kevin – Thanks for following me on twitter. DM me at anytime if you need me :D

Affiliate Failure – Responding to comments is very important in building a community around your blog – great point!

By: Affiliate Failure

Affiliate Failure — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:46:56 +0000

Decent post friend! I’d add not responding to reader comments to this list. Something you seem to do very well! Many times the blog comes alive in the post comments, and if the author’s not involved you wonder how much they care. Interested to hear your comments. Thanks

By: Kevin Lam

Kevin Lam — Sat, 30 May 2009 04:00:34 +0000

These are very great tips for people to follow and understand the reasons why their blogs are failing. Just added you to my Twitter since you added me already. Thanks!

By: Salwa

Salwa — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:46:06 +0000

Awesome list, all very true!

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:25:16 +0000

Blog SEO Expert – I have never heard of HeadSpace so thanks for letting me know! I will have to go and check it out. But the point was to at least spend some time of SEO for your blog.

By: Blog SEO Expert

Blog SEO Expert — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:23:46 +0000

Nice list! I fail to understand how people can’t take care of some super basic stuff like spellings and formatting!

Slightly disagree with the “All-In-One-SEO Plugin” point. I personally feel the HeadSpace plugin is more powerful – although “All-In-One-SEO Plugin” is better for beginners.

And in any case, I wholeheartedly agree with the spirit of the point – everyone needs some method to tweak post title / description / slug / etc.

By: Harish | Blogging Kid

Harish | Blogging Kid — Fri, 29 May 2009 14:08:12 +0000

These reasons obviously lead to failure. Some of the above reasons are nowadays ignored by bloggers. Great post Tom :)

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:51:48 +0000

Melvin – glad you liked it! Thanks

Mike – that is definately true! If only we were all somebodies :D

Donace – An about pageis important. But sticking to your topic is up to you.

Ragnar – Yea, it really does depend on the type of blog that you have! And thankyou for your comments on my home page. What is it about my main page that makes your eyes hurt? The colour or the layout itself?

By: Ragnar

Ragnar — Fri, 29 May 2009 13:23:14 +0000

“You Ignore Negative Feedback On Your Blog” I don’t know if it’s just me and my light sensitive eyes but your blog’s main page makes my eyes hurt. Kind of annoying because I rather like what you write.