I’m fascinated by the blogging struggles some of my friends have admitted to recently.
+ Shawn Smucker, who has recently scaled back his posting frequency to keep up with his paid writing gigs, heard a “seasoned” journalist on the radio the other day dismiss blogging, saying, “If you are a writer, why would you do it for free?”.
+ Jason Boyett, who has published a handful of books over the last 10 years, wrote last week about walking away from the platform he’s worked so hard to develop.
+ Even Jon Acuff, who’s blog has reached levels of success most of us only dream of, admitted last week: “Sometimes I feel like I’m failing at blogging”.
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I love the fact that these guys are being honest and open. Blogging is hard work that can beat you down if you let it, even for folks you and I would consider “successful bloggers”.
All the more reason why I love what I’m doing at BlogRocket, and why I’m excited for where it might be headed. (I’ll be introducing you to the bloggers in the program later in the week.)
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If you’re a blogger, do you consider your blog a struggle some days? most days? Never? Always?
And blogger or not, what do you think of the “If you are a writer, why would you do it for free?” quote?