tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post1026826406426258606..comments2023-08-16T07:23:02.495-07:00Comments on The Coffee Lady: I would do anything for blogs, but I won't do that*The Coffee Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-61974943239220194342011-10-09T09:17:18.781-07:002011-10-09T09:17:18.781-07:00I sometimes get asked to review stuff but its usua...I sometimes get asked to review stuff but its usually totally unsuitable. The thing I hate most is people wanting to be a guest blogger. I mean...why?Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-36563426947213106752011-08-17T14:10:19.019-07:002011-08-17T14:10:19.019-07:00I started my blog as a form of creative outlet and...I started my blog as a form of creative outlet and relaxation - and as a window to the outside world with a tiny baby. When I began I didn't fully understand the point. Why gaze at a hand-knitted sock? Why would you want to? At the time I was making next to no jewellery. Things have changed. In the last two weeks I have rather enjoyed being free of twitter, my blog and my inbox. Ratings baffle me. Twitter still baffles me. If I sit and follow it for more than ten minutes I feel exhausted. In reality these technologies can all have wonderful benefits, but the best result of any of it - my blog, twitter, anything, has been sitting in a cafe with you, in real life, chatting; my children building a sandcastle with another blogger's children; having Val round for pasta and meatballs tomorrow; sitting eating cake with Alice. The business side is all very well. The friendship side is the best thing though. It's worth a thousand opportunities to 'monetise'.silverpebblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456289271322986540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-29374407086820324392011-08-15T10:45:40.166-07:002011-08-15T10:45:40.166-07:00TBH this blogging stats stuff goes over my head a ...TBH this blogging stats stuff goes over my head a little. I think these lists/popularity contests whatever they are, are just imo rather unimportant in the scheme of things that really matter in life. I do understand how easy it can be to kind of get dragged along and get down if not a *list* or whatever, but I shall always maintain I have had some super experiences through blogging, infact has enabled me to meet you not once but twice :) I just think people should blog for their own reasons, I love the pr relationships I have, but it certainly is not the be all and end all, I don't bow to them at all, and like you, turn down many opportunities, but the pr/blogging relationship is a small area of my blogging that I enjoy. I don't like the idea that if one does reviews/works with prs you are selling out, if it is done passionately and genuinely then I am all for it, Good post love xxMary Poppinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483149363434709826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-42378391762256027912011-08-15T10:25:49.631-07:002011-08-15T10:25:49.631-07:00I have similar thoughts to M2M in that I'm hap...I have similar thoughts to M2M in that I'm happy with my blogs(I have 2!) until those darned lists come out then for some unknown reason I become this demented soul yearning to be on them. Thankfully by the time I've worked out what I'd have to do in selling myself, the urge has passed and I go back to 'normal'. Great to find you BTW. It was via a tweet from M2M!jfb57https://www.blogger.com/profile/17876700842985406565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-33186070877270843542011-08-15T10:08:38.058-07:002011-08-15T10:08:38.058-07:00I adore to debate in my comments section (though i...I adore to debate in my comments section (though i don't always manage it) and i talk a lot of rubbish on twitter. However, my blog is fairly unpopular and has base jumped down the rankings since i started. I have to remind myself tat I do this as catharsis, for the love of writing. But it's difficult not to desire more readers, and more comments, and more offers of free stuff even though i don't do reviews. Gosh I'm a cake and eat it girl!<br /><br />M2MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-54000418796112127332011-08-14T11:13:02.979-07:002011-08-14T11:13:02.979-07:00I have really enjoyed reading your blog entry. I&...I have really enjoyed reading your blog entry. I'm with you on reviews too. Do it and be honest, not just for the freebie. Soem of my faovurite blogs have fallen into this trap and I don't enjoy visiting their blogs as much as I used too.<br /><br />Blogging for me started of as a hobby, to record my veg growing and cooking ventures. When I first started blogging about these, I hardly had any comments or followers. It was only after 6 months that I started getting both. My followers have increased without me canvassing for them. I note these days some bloggers offer giveaways, which you can onl win if you becomes a follower of their blog. I'm not keen on this way of increasing the status of your blog. I have always felt humbled that people followed my blog as their personal choice. My blog does not rank high anywhere either, I do it for myself as a hobby, but i have to admit I do get a kick now when people comment; and even when they join.<br /><br />I hardly use FB, and am not on twitter either. I am not saying 'never' I would if the right reason presents itself I may sign up, but that time has not come. But right now i am content with the blogging. Like I said its a hobby, if it evolves into more, I will think about it. But its certainly not a popularity contest or high ranking pursuit.<br /><br />Once again, a very refreshing read. Thank you.Shaheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03602971207085826708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-25290403678375117822011-08-12T07:14:22.238-07:002011-08-12T07:14:22.238-07:00Lynda - you don't want to know. Really.
Paola...Lynda - you don't want to know. Really.<br /><br />Paola - aww. Thanks. I'll try not to change - and if turning up here and moaning counts as 'not changing' - you're on. You probably understand more about blogs than any of us.<br /><br />Bitsy Beans - believe me, you are not alone...!<br /><br />Megan - I think that's a really good point. Too many readers can make me feel a bit edgy - what are they here for? What do they want from me?The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-45626179173836938922011-08-11T13:15:57.276-07:002011-08-11T13:15:57.276-07:00So well put. I never think to go back and check th...So well put. I never think to go back and check the comment boxes... who's got the time? If there is something to say I'd much rather email one to one. And Twitter... well, I'm there but not that you'd notice!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05689402000429710324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-72107841229324583192011-08-10T11:11:38.268-07:002011-08-10T11:11:38.268-07:00I just read Eleanor's post earlier and now you...I just read Eleanor's post earlier and now yours.<br />As you well know I don't have a blog yet read them (aprox 20) every day and I LOVE the fact that when I enter one of them, especially a few, I feel as if I were walking into a friend's home, sitting on their sofa and chatting.<br />I know zero about stats, ads, twitter or Facebook ... they don't appeal to me. Pinterest does but it's quite dangerous, once you go in you don't know when you'll be out.<br />Anyway, what I'm trying to tell you is please don't change.<br />Grazie.Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106203770822701470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-41873438005779893642011-08-10T06:31:11.796-07:002011-08-10T06:31:11.796-07:00My blog is a hobby and as such I find as much time...My blog is a hobby and as such I find as much time for it as fits in around the rest of my life - I guess I'm lucky that it is a hobby, if it was more I'd probably feel the need to do more about it and I quite like that I can dip in and out of it<br /><br />That said I am having an internet detox - deleting a lot of things that I don't really need to do and clearing out - its quite refreshingMuddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-88306185022358187722011-08-10T05:00:19.681-07:002011-08-10T05:00:19.681-07:00Mmmm.
Can't do twitter, do not understand it. ...Mmmm.<br />Can't do twitter, do not understand it. Don't get it. No thanks.<br />Haven't looked at Pinterest as I'm worried I'll get sucked in and even more time will be spent wasted while I am supposed to be emptying the dishwasher and engaging with Smalls.<br />Facebook is a nono- if I wanted to still be in touch with people, I would be.<br />Blogger- yes. Like it. It records some of the crazy stuff we (the Smalls) do and even though I am fairly sure very few people actually read it, many of the people who do read and comment are good friends and I wouldn't want it any other way.<br />Thanks for this. AxMagic Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659823964712899460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-87772550945593249832011-08-10T03:47:50.790-07:002011-08-10T03:47:50.790-07:00I decided very early on when I started writing my ...I decided very early on when I started writing my blog to amuse myself and if anyone else liked what I wrote then they were welcome to read and even comment which like you prefer to reply in an email.<br />Fortunately I have always done my own thing and don’t have anything to promote or sell which makes blogging even easier.<br />Twitter dare I say seems the perfect vehicle for shallowness. I get very cross when I hear reference to it on the news.<br />I wax and wane on Pinterest….I think it’s a great place to deposit lovely images but very tiring to write about each image so now I just make the minimum mark, usually a . and again only pin for my own pleasure, mainly old pots and anything painted in Farrow and Ball….Gigibirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171021812450232039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-91382390170364345002011-08-09T23:50:54.414-07:002011-08-09T23:50:54.414-07:00oh dear I am new to blogging but am I really suppo...oh dear I am new to blogging but am I really supposed to have a manifesto about my blog and "what it stands for"?! It's the inane ramblings of my head, a reminder for me to stop and enjoy the simple pleasures. Life is stressful enough without adding yet another popularity contest into the mix. As for Twitter.....couldn't understand half of it, I felt I was reading computer code half the time LOLBitsy Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12689372694529020377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-27212138124089440202011-08-09T22:15:30.891-07:002011-08-09T22:15:30.891-07:00I stopped tweeting when I realised absolutely no-o...I stopped tweeting when I realised absolutely no-one was listening. There is only so much battering one ego can withstand. Also, the less popular my blog has become, the more I am enjoying writing it. These things are correlative (that's a word, right?) not causal.Meganhttp://thescentofwater.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-79994645051252366332011-08-09T08:49:32.701-07:002011-08-09T08:49:32.701-07:00Twitter? What's that then?Twitter? What's that then?Lyndahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452847223685776419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-64330506969939893662011-08-09T02:13:38.865-07:002011-08-09T02:13:38.865-07:00Smilie you are right about Pinterest - it doesn...Smilie you are right about Pinterest - it doesn't build community as well as it could. I really only engage with people I know well from - guess what? - blogging!The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-20860821087970069972011-08-08T22:40:48.490-07:002011-08-08T22:40:48.490-07:00We mute the ads on television or watch the ABC whi...We mute the ads on television or watch the ABC which is government funded and therefore ad-free. So there is no way I could ever justify having ads on my blog. (Besides which, mine is a family chronicle, a personal outlet and has a tiny readership!) I gave up on twitter because it felt too noisy for me, thoughts pinging out at me nonstop. Facebook is fun and is probably sucking rather more of my blog-energy than I'd ideally like. And I come back and check comments if I feel I've left a good one! But not if I've left a comment which is more along the lines of I was here reading your blog and enjoyed it while I was.Stomper Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038937073264645029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-32974040946903244732011-08-08T17:43:37.653-07:002011-08-08T17:43:37.653-07:00A very interesting read.
I agree that blogging st...A very interesting read. <br />I agree that blogging styles have changed. I haven't really evolved with it, but I have changed in other ways in terms of frequency and content. I have made a small group of friends out of it and have actually met some of them and gone on to develop great friendships. I am the richer for that.<br />I love all the gloss of pinterest but for something that was designed to develop community (or so it says), it doesn't really engage people with others.Smilie girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770837525855113732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-11493941533948704082011-08-08T14:20:40.026-07:002011-08-08T14:20:40.026-07:00I have written my blog for a long time and still, ...I have written my blog for a long time and still, truly, have no idea about stats etc. Eleanor's post had already struck a chord and now yours does too.<br /><br />I love the conversations we have in the blogging world and also on FB - Twitter is waaaaay too fast for me - and I do love pinterest.<br /><br />A friend just addressed the crowd at Blogher and was filmed for an Australian news show. I know her well and know she was speaking truthfully when she said she had no desire to pimp out her blog with advertising. Having said that she has been sponsored for various things and is completely transparent about it.<br /><br />My world would be an emptier place without blogging and my blogging friends.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-76929102606088959252011-08-08T13:01:52.276-07:002011-08-08T13:01:52.276-07:00This made me chuckle! I seem to have unwittingly d...This made me chuckle! I seem to have unwittingly dropped out of blogland this summer - not planned, but am enjoying a break from my blog. I couldn't care less about statistics and ratings, and twitter and facebook for that matter, it's all to unreal. I do enjoy getting comments - and Ive made some lovely real-time and virtual friends from my blog. I try to reply via email to comments, but sometimes run out of steam...and time...or am just slack! Never go back and re-visit a comment box, so just don't get that whole thing of a dialogue in the comment box. But maybe that's just me. And reviewing stuff and pr things...no thanks, leave me out. I'll shut up now! It's so interesting reading what other people think!! Thanks for a provocative post!walter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-31603894081529882492011-08-08T11:06:13.700-07:002011-08-08T11:06:13.700-07:00I'm Crayon - yes! Who needs another job!? The ...I'm Crayon - yes! Who needs another job!? The friendships are, for me, one of the truly lovely things.The Coffee Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06686044352290845905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-45161906376425934962011-08-08T08:43:05.923-07:002011-08-08T08:43:05.923-07:00I had a bit of a moment today when I was going to ...I had a bit of a moment today when I was going to blog and I thought "what's the point". It just feels so indulgent, as if anyone gives a rat's arse (which is just how it should be). I feel quite sad about that because it has been an interesting hobby.<br /><br />As for Twitter, well that's a massive time suck. I would just like to use my time differently. Plus, despite having 1'700 followers I usually only ever chat to about three people on there.<br /><br />Blogging, particularly parental blogs, does seem increasingly like it's all about what you can wangle for free. And most of it's tat. Was amused recently by someone pouting about not being invited to a kids's festival. Jeez - what did people do before blogs? Pay for stuff themselves? Perish the thought.<br /><br />*waits patiently for lovely email in inbox*<br /><br />PS. Am not really as grumpy as I sound today!Debhttp://www.carrotsandkids.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-48557352705464833842011-08-08T08:31:03.496-07:002011-08-08T08:31:03.496-07:00I thought it would be fun to have a blog as a plac...I thought it would be fun to have a blog as a place for all the random things I tend to write in my head anyway, but my goodness! Apparently to do it correctly it must become like a J.O.B. and I already have one of those! Admittedly I have issues with sitting still so between the writing, reading and commenting, to then add tweeting, Pinterest, Facebook, etc. I'd go mad. The fun surprise, though, has been how regular readers become delightful new "friends"!Crayonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041824592658254015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-25810926437388083192011-08-08T08:28:10.964-07:002011-08-08T08:28:10.964-07:00blogging - the more I think about it, the less cle...blogging - the more I think about it, the less clear it becomes.....driftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416170414524297337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535294078685621239.post-27490007712416932862011-08-08T08:27:35.726-07:002011-08-08T08:27:35.726-07:00This was very interesting, thank you. I was reliev...This was very interesting, thank you. I was relieved to hear that it's generally quiet over the summer- we hardly have a huge following at the best of times, but it was feeling very empty! As a relative newbie to blogging, I find these discussions very educational. I'm on both pinterest and twitter, but I'm there pretty sporadically, partly because there just isn't enough time in the day, and partly because I have an old-school mobile and am not that frequently near my laptop! Laura xnimble fingers and steady eyebrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11677272558535053485noreply@blogger.com