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10:12 am
January 16, 2012
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Shannyn @FrugalBeautiful.com
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I started a second blog- I'm not going to even link to here because right now it's awful, thus why I'm posting.
For those of you who have branched out to start a second blog, was it weird? I feel like I'm torn between two and haven't adjusted well to juggling both. I also am surprised by the fact that I seem to have writer's block for what seemingly was a fabulous idea (even with a mind map/ideas sketched out) and am just not moving forward with it.
Did anyone else struggle to start up a second blog and get it off the ground? What obstacles did you encounter? I'm totally struggling to really get the second site in motion and would love your experiences, insight and advice!
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10:29 am
January 16, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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Narrow Bridge was my second blog. It took some adjusting at first, but I loved the topic and had to keep plugging away to find my voice. Writing about money is much different than Israeli politics, so it was a big change from what I was used to.
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10:38 am
January 16, 2012
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Its just hard to duplicate all the same initial efforts again…setting up social media, feeds, design, logo, ads etc….but once all that stuff was out of the way I was fine with the writing part.
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11:16 am
January 16, 2012
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Eric – PersonalProfitability.com
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MoneyIsTheRoot said:
Its just hard to duplicate all the same initial efforts again…setting up social media, feeds, design, logo, ads etc….but once all that stuff was out of the way I was fine with the writing part.
It was the opposite for me. I love the startup mentality. Keeping things going for the long haul is much harder for my personally.
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12:05 pm
January 16, 2012
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Dossey02
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I'm with Eric here, I love launching sites. I do a new site about every month, either for myself or for a client, so I'm quite used to it. I love seeing the site appear out of nowhere, first by installing WP, then adding content, setting up accounts, adding content, then into the SEO, which I really enjoy. Love it.
From a personal standpoint, what I've found useful is to create content for at least a month before launching. That's what I did with a review site and it really paid off. So, write 8-20 posts, depending on your schedule, build the site, schedule the posts over the next month, then spend your time promoting the articles and making connections with others. For me, having the content scheduled to drip in over time allows me to focus on creating the community around the blog.
Good luck,
Eric
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7:55 pm
January 25, 2012
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moneysmarts
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I love starting new sites and getting it going – it's like building something out of clay.. It slowly turns into something.. It's when you've had the blog live for a while that it gets tough to maintain momentum.
Smart On Money is my second personal finance blog after Bible Money Matters, and then I've got several other sites as well. If I didn't have staff writers now I think I would have burned out a while ago.. :)
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8:23 pm
January 25, 2012
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Van Beek
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For me it is easy to start, but the difficulty is maintaining and growing it long-term. It is just a matter of having time.
Maybe I have now time enough to start. But I always need to ask myself if I n 6 months I think I still will have the time available to write for and grow the new blog.
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2:06 am
January 26, 2012
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AmericanDebtProject
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I have a second blog that I have put on hold for now. I started in September and it only has three posts. I'm developing a lot of blogging skills with ADP, which aren't neccesarily just being an entertaining writer. I'm trying to provide more value and interesting content to my readers. The personal stuff is interesting, but I have to remind myself this is not Diaryland and I am not journaling. I am writing. And good writing takes time. So even though I think my second blog has big potential, I am not going to get to it until ADP becomes a little more established. But in your case, your blog is already awesome so you can afford to spend some time developing the new one.
What's this new blog about??
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2:47 am
January 26, 2012
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I personally feel like for us the key thing has been setting a different identity for each site which makes it much easier to write posts and all of the rest. We've actually found that having more sites has made it easier to streamline some other tasks so it's been all good so far:)
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8:57 am
January 26, 2012
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Andi B.
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I realized the reason I'd started a second blog is although I viewed my first one as my "baby" and saw VAST potential in it, I was no longer passionate about my topic, which can happen as we grow and change. I went from loving writing my first blog to feeling guilty that I wasn't spending much time on it, and when my health went bad it was a vacant seat at my priority table. In the end I sold my initial blog to someone that I believed could really make it better than I even imagined and is allowing me to focus on my second blog. Being free of the guilt has even allowed my mind to start tinkering on other projects again. I might end up with a third and fourth blog rolling out.
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