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Jennifer James Over the years, have your readers changed? How?
about 1 year ago - Comment
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@AndreaUpdyke Definitely. My readers were once only my friends. Then I found people online who were also planning/blogging weddings/pregnancy etc. Still mostly women, but at many different stages of life.
about 1 year ago
xiaolinmama HI everyone! I think my readers have changed as I have changed, refined what I like to write about and found new interests. Is that bad?
about 1 year ago
Miss Magpie Aside from more of them :-), My readers have grown old with me. Their kids are no longer toddlers, they are in grade school. Or they are in Middle School...
about 1 year ago
traceyclark I feel like I've watched my readers grow and change with me. With many of them i feel like we've kind of grown up together. I love that!
about 1 year ago
FunniestMOM how do you get readers?
about 1 year ago
RobynsWorld I find I'm getting more non-bloggers reading lately.
about 1 year ago
rockandrollmama Like, beyond being just my mom? :) There's more diversity in that I think more moms are online who relate openly to rock and roll and their own ident=ity as aprt of motherhood, but my mom's still usually my first commenter o a post.:)
about 1 year ago
Mom101 I think my readers used to be "online friends" - we commented on each others blogs, and formed relationships through our writing.
I hate to admit this but since I've become busier, went back to work full time, added another rugrat, I can't comment as much. So my readers are still friends, but now more people who simply what I write, and aren't commenting out of any obligation to reciprocate.
I can't wait until I have a million free hours a day to just read and comment on blogs again. I miss it a ton. Wah.
about 1 year ago
Andrea Hatfield Since my blog is primarily a review blog with many giveaways a lot of my readers are sweepers but I have found that as I expand out from reviewing to more personal posts I am getting more and more "regular" readers. I like that!
about 1 year ago
ThisFullHouse @AndreaUpdyke: I found the opposite. My readers were other moms (and dads) who were online, as well. Now, as family and friends IRL are becoming more connected via Facebook, they are finding me online, as well. Which, of course, could be a bad thing ;)
about 1 year ago
DebMomOf3 When I first started blogging it was more like a mini community - a group of us all read and commented on each others' sites. Over the years we've gotten busier, don't read or comment as often. Or we're communicating in other ways like over FB or Twitter. It's different, but I can't really explain how.
about 1 year ago
traceyclark Liz, it's an honest answer and i think many can relate. It's hard to do it all. There is an ebb and flow about it.
about 1 year ago
modernmami Readers have definitely changed over past 4 years. From a small community of fellow new bloggers, to connecting with local bloggers, and more recently connecting with other Latinas. It definitely evolves.
about 1 year ago
Mom101 Thanks Tracey, it's true.
I think we check in with each other through other venues - FB, Twitter, email (there's the answer to Julie's microblogging question) - but not through the blogs as much as frequently.
about 1 year ago
Jo-Lynne I can relate to Liz. I used to have more of a reciprocal relationship with my readers, but I'm so busy now, and so many of us are in that boat, that there seems to be a growing disparity between producers and consumers. I do respond to many (most?) of my comments, so relationships develop that way, but I rarely to go other blogs and read and comment anymore.
about 1 year ago
parenthacks Liz, Tracey, Jo-Lynne! Yes, yes, yes. Our time availability has changed, the size of the community has exploded, and our needs for support as parents and writers is different now. All of this affects (for me at least) how much I comment and participate. Ironically, I care as much or more about the friends I've made online as ever. But am not as visible.
about 1 year ago