From One Blogger To Another

As a "smaller blog" I always wonder to myself what attracts the most attendance daily. Who is reading and who isn't. What other bloggers schedules are like and what I am doing the same/different.

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I have sponsored a few blogs since I stepped onto this platform and have a gained a few bloggy friends. I have found a trend over the last year where a few stick around commenting all of the time and then I won't hear from them again. They hang out for a little while and then I wonder where they have been or what they are up to.

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I spend a great amount of time on my posts. I usually am brainstorming throughout the day what I will write about next, what kind of audience it will attract and a title (which seems to be the hardest decision of them all).

So here are some questions I have for you:

What were the first steps you took to becoming a "bigger blog"?
Who would you recommend sponsoring?
How did you go about learning the outs and ins of the blogosphere?
What do you know now that you wish you knew then?
Of the followers and readers you have, how many do you talk to often? Do they come back frequently or are they sporadic?
By the looks of my blog, what could I do differently?

If you offer support, help and guidance in growing blogs send me an email. I am searching for the person who will help me grow my blog, become a friend and listen to all of my questions as I am still learning.

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Dazed and Confused

Happy Tuesday morning loves!

I have to say I have had a lot on my mind lately. What you might ask? The #1 topic, balance. Today's post will ultimately become a random list of questions. Feel free to send them on to a friend who might be able to help or look up from your computer or phone and ask someone around you. Feel free to answer as many as you can! I am desperately in need of help soon!

I am hoping by the end of this post and with the help of all of you that I might find my answers.

 

My ultimate question: How do you balance your social media and blogging with your work/home life?

 

I find myself starting around 9:00 pm writing and reading blog posts. I don't shut down the computer until close to 12-1. I get up at 5! How am I even functioning? Oh yea Starbucks! But really, this seems like WAY too much time on the computer just for blogging? I will log on to write a post or jot an idea down and end up spending the entire night online. Then you have to add in the browsing of Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and now here recently I have tried to pick up Twitter again.

 

How do you manage all of this time on social media?

These ladies who have tons of followers, sponsors and multiple sites that they keep up to date, usually have full time jobs and some are mothers.

Please enlighten me on how you manage to balance your life.

What is your blogging schedule?

How long does it usually take you to create a blog post?

Is this feeling normal for a newbie blogger?

 

I find myself being called out by close friends and family members about my "glowing face". While we sat at a family dinner we noticed one table of eight seated. Every single person at the table had a cell phone in their hand and the conversation was non existent. This got me thinking. How many times has that been me, the glowing face?

I have my phone in my hand 24/7 and I know of a lot of friends and family who do the same. I don't want the worlds of FB, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Blogger to take over my real world. I enjoy them all and I wouldn't want to give any of them up but I am asking you my wonderful followers, how do you make it work?

 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

XO