Comments on: The Continuity Of My Blog - Putting It All Together http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/ A blog about thinking and growing as an Entrepreneur and winning online. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:28:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: John Hoff http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1381 John Hoff Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:18:18 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1381 Hey Vered! Nice to see you. Thanks for stopping by. You know, when I first started this blog I wrote more articles on the Entrepreneurial side than web development. I felt though I was holding back because I didn't want to get too technical in web design. But I think these days an entrepreneur should at least have some basic understanding of the web. I just write what I know and yes, I don't feel as limited anymore. Now, if anyone hasn't checked out your last blog article with the <a href="http://momgrind.com/2008/08/17/top-10-fashion-mistakes/" rel="nofollow">funny pictures</a>, they need to click over and have a good laugh. Hey Vered! Nice to see you. Thanks for stopping by.

You know, when I first started this blog I wrote more articles on the Entrepreneurial side than web development. I felt though I was holding back because I didn’t want to get too technical in web design.

But I think these days an entrepreneur should at least have some basic understanding of the web. I just write what I know and yes, I don’t feel as limited anymore.

Now, if anyone hasn’t checked out your last blog article with the funny pictures, they need to click over and have a good laugh.

]]> By: Vered http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Vered Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:07:26 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1380 Hi! Our blogs are VERY different, but I completely agree that limiting yourself to a niche is not always the best route to take. Especially if it's a very narrow niche. It's just too limiting and I totally gey how it would take the fun out of blogging. <em>Vered's last blog post..<a href='http://momgrind.com/2008/08/17/top-10-fashion-mistakes/' rel="nofollow">Top 10 Fashion Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs</a></em> Hi!

Our blogs are VERY different, but I completely agree that limiting yourself to a niche is not always the best route to take. Especially if it’s a very narrow niche. It’s just too limiting and I totally gey how it would take the fun out of blogging.

Vered’s last blog post..Top 10 Fashion Mistakes To Avoid At All Costs

]]> By: John Hoff http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1365 John Hoff Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:08:23 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1365 Hello Cath. The problem I think is sometimes people don't fully understand what all they really need to know as an entrepreneur. Marketing, web design, creativity, all that - they're all part of molding a successful entrepreneur that makes great decisions. If I get too technical for some people, what they should take with them is the knowledge of what this is and why it's important. I've been enjoying the expansion of your blog's focus. It's a deeper level of discovering the entrepreneurial journey which many people don't always think about. Also, congrats on having Donald Trump linking to one of your posts. Which one was it? Hello Cath. The problem I think is sometimes people don’t fully understand what all they really need to know as an entrepreneur.

Marketing, web design, creativity, all that - they’re all part of molding a successful entrepreneur that makes great decisions. If I get too technical for some people, what they should take with them is the knowledge of what this is and why it’s important.

I’ve been enjoying the expansion of your blog’s focus. It’s a deeper level of discovering the entrepreneurial journey which many people don’t always think about.

Also, congrats on having Donald Trump linking to one of your posts. Which one was it?

]]> By: Cath Lawson http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1364 Cath Lawson Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:56:14 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1364 Hi John - I totally agree - it's not great to have too narrow a focus. After I'd been blogging for a year or so, I realised that many of my beliefs are changed (I thought actually living beyond business didn't matter) and the focus of my blog expanded too. Expanding is a good thing - as you say business owners shouldn't be focusing on reading one topic - eg. web design, or marketing. <em>Cath Lawson's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SuccessPasscode/~3/364985516/' rel="nofollow">Don’t Be Like The Women On The Titanic</a></em> Hi John - I totally agree - it’s not great to have too narrow a focus. After I’d been blogging for a year or so, I realised that many of my beliefs are changed (I thought actually living beyond business didn’t matter) and the focus of my blog expanded too.

Expanding is a good thing - as you say business owners shouldn’t be focusing on reading one topic - eg. web design, or marketing.

Cath Lawson’s last blog post..Don’t Be Like The Women On The Titanic

]]> By: John Hoff http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 John Hoff Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:46:09 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1363 @ Barbara - I'm trying my best to stay away from 2 blogs. The only real estate articles I write is about the entrepreneurial side of investing. I see what you're saying though and technically I could probably focus in more on just real estate if I went that route. Hey if I buy that hosting account through you, do I get a commission? Oh wait, it doesn't work like that, huh? ;) @ Linda - <em>I like the way you think!</em> @ Al - I was looking back in my archives and noticed I wrote more about being creative and the entrepreneurial side of things more than I did web development. Plus one of my "creative" articles went viral and as a result I gained a lot of subscribers. I think a lot of those people were people looking for a blog about creativity. I most certainly cover that, but I also cover ways I develop a winning website. @ T - Agreed. A successful (web) entrepreneur needs to know about a variety of topics and not just copywriting, for example. I was thinking about Copyblogger the other day. I love Brian's blog and it's about copywriting and is quite successful. But I bet as an entrepreneur he has more skills that we could learn from other than copywriting. By the way T, I checked out your blog. Good stuff. I subscribed, but will have to come back to it in a couple of days. The next couple of days is going to be all about my kids. @ Barbara - I’m trying my best to stay away from 2 blogs. The only real estate articles I write is about the entrepreneurial side of investing. I see what you’re saying though and technically I could probably focus in more on just real estate if I went that route.

Hey if I buy that hosting account through you, do I get a commission? Oh wait, it doesn’t work like that, huh? ;)

@ Linda - I like the way you think!

@ Al - I was looking back in my archives and noticed I wrote more about being creative and the entrepreneurial side of things more than I did web development. Plus one of my “creative” articles went viral and as a result I gained a lot of subscribers. I think a lot of those people were people looking for a blog about creativity. I most certainly cover that, but I also cover ways I develop a winning website.

@ T - Agreed. A successful (web) entrepreneur needs to know about a variety of topics and not just copywriting, for example. I was thinking about Copyblogger the other day. I love Brian’s blog and it’s about copywriting and is quite successful. But I bet as an entrepreneur he has more skills that we could learn from other than copywriting.

By the way T, I checked out your blog. Good stuff. I subscribed, but will have to come back to it in a couple of days. The next couple of days is going to be all about my kids.

]]> By: T Edwards http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 T Edwards Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:42:09 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1362 Hi John I say let your blog develop the way you naturally take it. I am very new to blogging and I don't believe that your blog should be one dimensional any more than the writer is one dimensional. Although you lost one subscriber, I'm sure that your blog grabbed someone else and made sense to them. I am definitely interested in following your progress! Keep it up! T Hi John
I say let your blog develop the way you naturally take it. I am very new to blogging and I don’t believe that your blog should be one dimensional any more than the writer is one dimensional. Although you lost one subscriber, I’m sure that your blog grabbed someone else and made sense to them. I am definitely interested in following your progress!

Keep it up!

T

]]> By: Al at 7P http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 Al at 7P Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:05:14 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1361 Hi John - I see where you're coming from and agree with your point. The person who unsubscribed has their own reasons why they think it's no longer relevant. As long you stay true to blogging about what you see as valuable, there will be many more to replace that person! <em>Al at 7P's last blog post..<a href='http://7pproductions.com/blog/2008/08/08/the-hero-with-a-thousand-jobs/' rel="nofollow">The Hero with a Thousand Jobs</a></em> Hi John - I see where you’re coming from and agree with your point. The person who unsubscribed has their own reasons why they think it’s no longer relevant. As long you stay true to blogging about what you see as valuable, there will be many more to replace that person!

Al at 7P’s last blog post..The Hero with a Thousand Jobs

]]> By: Linda Abbit http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Linda Abbit Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:02:27 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1360 John, Your thinking above and your blog's focus make total sense to me! "Screw" the unsubscriber and stay the course! You are really on track -- no cause for doubts. <em>Linda Abbit's last blog post..<a href='http://tenderlovingeldercare.com/lets-pay-it-forward-and-help-another-blogger' rel="nofollow">Let’s Pay it Forward and Help Another Blogger!</a></em> John,

Your thinking above and your blog’s focus make total sense to me! “Screw” the unsubscriber and stay the course! You are really on track — no cause for doubts.

Linda Abbit’s last blog post..Let’s Pay it Forward and Help Another Blogger!

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://eventurebiz.com/blog/the-continuity-of-my-blog-putting-it-all-together/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Barbara Swafford Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:01:01 +0000 http://eventurebiz.com/blog/?p=134#comment-1359 Hi John, As far as niche blogging goes, if everything fits under one umbrella, it's a niche - may be a big niche, but is still one. I'm guessing the only way you could split the real estate part is to have a second blog for real estate related topics only. If you wrote a post on the entrepreneurial blog that also affects real estate transaction, you could link them. If you're looking for a web host, I know where you can find one. :) BTW: I checked out your sitemap. I like how it looks. I'm going to have to try that. Thanks for supplying the link. Haha! You'll get a kick out of my post for tomorrow - we're on the same page. <em>Barbara Swafford's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingwithoutablog/DWWZ/~3/363603085/' rel="nofollow">Blog Visitors - Like Kids In A Candy Store</a></em> Hi John,

As far as niche blogging goes, if everything fits under one umbrella, it’s a niche - may be a big niche, but is still one.

I’m guessing the only way you could split the real estate part is to have a second blog for real estate related topics only. If you wrote a post on the entrepreneurial blog that also affects real estate transaction, you could link them.

If you’re looking for a web host, I know where you can find one. :)

BTW: I checked out your sitemap. I like how it looks. I’m going to have to try that. Thanks for supplying the link.

Haha! You’ll get a kick out of my post for tomorrow - we’re on the same page.

Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..Blog Visitors - Like Kids In A Candy Store

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