Category: blogging
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My site went down and nobody noticed
I’ve been figuring out what to do going forward with my creative projects and on checking my site this morning I was presented with the above message, it’s been down because I let my business account expire. I couldn’t justify the +£200 a year keeping it going. The thing is that nobody even noticed, I’m…
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A reminder that you create a blog for passion not for money
I always like posts like these, where a successful creator shares how their various side projects has done over the course of a year. Matt is a way bigger blogger than me and I have a tenth of his traffic and his blog is still a small portion of his income. This is a good…
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2021 was a year of just ticking along for the blog
I don’t publish much on how the blog is doing over the course of the year but at the end I thought it might be worth sharing some stats. Overall it’s been a down year with about a third of my overall traffic disappearing. I’m not sure if this was a lack of content, blogging…
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Wrestling with using WordPress
I’ve been using WordPress for years but I’m starting to seriously think about leaving the platform. I’d be exporting my blog and moving elsewhere, no idea where. To be honest I haven’t had the time to think about this too much but all I know is the bugs in the iOS app, their apparent constant…
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Thinking about the blog going forward and creative projects
I’ve been blogging on and off since 2008 and whilst I enjoy it I’ve seen half of the traffic disappear this year. I also upgraded my WordPress to business earlier in the year in a bid to help it support me. I’ve decided that I’m cancelling business to save some money, I’m also debating leaving…
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The importance of being consistent if you want to build an audience
Here’s what my stats look like over the last couple of weeks and I bet you can tell when I posted something meaningful. Yup, it’s those two spikes. I think it’s important to be aware of stats but not controlled by them but this shows me that I need to post more consistently. That goes…
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Adding some colour and going forward
I’ve been unhappy with my pretty plain blog for a while and in this day and age I really needed something a bit more uplifting as I write day to day and hopefully for your reading of my content. Taking inspiration from sites like Birchtree I decided to go all in and use a colour…
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Turning on comments again
I’ve been doing an experiment on the blog over the last week, I’ve turned on comments again. I initially turned them off because of the level of spam but in the last week the experience has been really positive. I’ve had great comments on almost all of the posts I’ve done since then and had…
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Thanks
I just wanted to write a small post to say thanks to everyone that has supported the site and reached out to me today. I’m so pleased that there’s a lot more than I thought that enjoy reading my ramblings here. The overwhelming view is to continue writing and doing that on here, a site…
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I’m a rubbish writer, what do I do next?
I’ve been writing online since about 2008 and through the last year of the odd successful freelance pitch and mostly failures of applications writing for other publications I’ve come to realise that I’ve not improved as a writer in that time at all. What I mean here is that when writing formally for another publication…
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Why do I keep blogging?
Why do I keep blogging is a question I’m asking myself a lot at the moment. I’ve been blogging in various forms since 2008 and it’s the one thing that I’ve stuck to in all of that time. Blogging pre Twitter was a different time but since social media erupted and the traditional blog has…
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It’s time to stop using the WordPress for iOS app
The WordPress for iOS app has been slowly breaking over time but it’s now hit a point where I can no longer use it. As someone that does most of their writing on iOS it’s a big deal and I’m starting to look at alternatives to both the app and hosting with WordPress. I’ve been…
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Closing my Patreon
I’ve been thinking a lot about the support I’ve had on the site (thanks to all of those that have donated so far) and where my Patreon sits within all of this. I felt the pressure of having a Patreon and not being able to offer much value, it was a donation bucket not something…
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Blogging is freedom
I’ve been thinking a lot about blogging and writing for myself vs freelancing over the last few months. What I’ve come to discover is that I really enjoy blogging here, writing how I like and about what I like. When I’m dipping into freelance work, it’s work. You’re writing in line with a publications style…
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