Closed for Holidays!
As it turns out Rhett and I both ended up scheduling holidays for the same week here in July. If you read most of the tops bloggers on blogging they will tell you that you should keep a consistent post schedule and if you go on holidays you should arrange for guest posts or have several posts written and ready to publish while you are gone. It is sound advice, and very easy to do with most blogging software. That being said Epiblogger is going to break those “rules” not because they are not good rules to follow, but because there is something to be said for taking a vacation.
It can be difficult to constantly be creating new and creative posts for your blog. To be creative and a better writer you need to take a break occasionally. Your mind will relax, your body will relax and most importantly you will return in a better state of mind to continue pouring your heart and soul into your blog.
I think we have some great posts coming up in the next little while when Rhett and I return from our holidays. Rhett, I believe, is going to continue his series on “Being Sold (Out)“. I have also started a series of posts specifically for new bloggers. Posts that will help people get started blogging. It will be great to come back full of energy and ideas.
What do you think should bloggers take vacations from blogging?
Comments
David North
Everyone needs a holiday (or vacation outside of the UK)! Although I like the idea of a guest blogger I'm not sure this works for all blogs. Some blogs are readable because of the personality of the blogger and a guest blogger might change the vibe a bit? Maybe this just means a guest blogger should be very carefully choosen? I think this applies more to blogs with a single writer and in a lot of respects these might be seen as more of a personal blog. As for a rule to keep blog posts popping up while you are away it again depends on what the blog is used for. If it's a popular blog with a good readership I doubt you are going to see readers disappear just because of a lack of posts for a couple of weeks (especially if you let them know what's going on). But yes traffic will decline over your absence purely because there is nothing new to see. I personally don't think a break of, say, a couple of weeks makes any long term difference even when talking from a search engine perspective. Going back to the idea of writing posts and dating them to appear while you are away - how exhausting! I'd need a longer holiday after writing 2 weeks of posts before leaving! Also difficult if your blog is of a reactive type. So enjoy your time off!
Rhett Soveran
Thanks David. The vacation/holiday was fantastic. I think people say that if you are a writer, you want to write. Well, during my vacation I kept having ideas to blog about and I wanted to blog, so that must mean I am a blogger.
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