Comments on: Personal Blogs Preserve and Shake Our World

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:44:22 +0000

I’m the author of the diabetes blog you quoted and wanted to take a minute to thank you for letting others know about the wacky nature of the disease and its management. I saw the linkback here and was pleased to see someone else gets it. And I, too, thank you for not ‘hating’ personal blogs. I’ve learned a lot about diabetes from others who have it, some good, some bad. How cool to see it quoted here.

By: myraine

myraine — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:17:31 +0000

I think personal blogs may serve as reference for future internet users.

By: monstacha

monstacha — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:34:10 +0000

Awe-inspiring entry!

I personally think that personal blogs are a good record of our past, present and for future read. When we read back our past entries, we learned from the mistakes and become better persons.

It’s not only a way to tell the world ‘Hey I’m still alive’..It’s much more than that.

By: Tibi Puiu

Tibi Puiu — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:58:55 +0000

Lorelle, again, this is some fabulous writing. As always, very inspiring. Thank you!

By: Karen Braswell

Karen Braswell — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:17:09 +0000

@ Lorelle: Certainly, I want more! And I’ll definitely stay tuned. Honestly, I’m rather new to blogging, and I don’t know a whole lot about business or personal blogs, but I know I felt a connection with the writers yesterday, when I was reading the examples you provided. Their posts reminded me of why I started writing in the first place, and it had nothing to do with SEO and traffic count.

You say you didn’t have room to share all the brilliance you’ve found over the years, but I think the choices you made were excellent, especially the first post. I loved the way it began, “I don’t like the world, right at this particular minute.” Who hasn’t felt that way, at one time or another? I felt like I was curled up with a good book, instead of sitting at my desk on the computer.

You’ve definitely displayed personal blogs in a new light for me. I’m looking forward to hearing (actually, reading) what else you have to say!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:42:44 +0000

Lorelle, thanks so much for this post. I've been trying to improve my blog in many ways, and most of the ideas have come from posts on professional blog sites. But I was getting the vibes that I should be aiming at quitting my day job to make a living by doing my blog. Not only was that simply not going to happen, it was not anything I was even aspiring to. I blog to share good clean humor with those who want it and to share some things about our lives for those who are interested. Thank you for helping bloggers like me not feel like the dregs of the blogosphere! :-)

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:09:20 +0000

@ Karen Braswell:

Thank you.

Personal blogs are important to me, as that is what I started – well, sort of. When I started “blogging” before blogging had a name, our site featured a combination of personal stories about preparing to take our life on the road combined with technical articles on travel and photography and life on the road. It continues that way today – sharing our expertise with our life on the road stories.

In fact, I will soon be sharing the “draft” of our book of our life on the road via that blog – bringing up the level of storytelling.

I love personal blogs and have learned so much – I didn’t have room to share all the brilliance I’ve found over the years. I have NEVER dissed personal blogs. Sure, I’ve whined at the time wasters that flood the web, but that’s true of business blogs just as much as personal blogs. :D

Stay tuned for more on the subject of personal blogs as I believe there is a huge audience of people who want to know how to share their passions with the world around them without all the hype over income, SEO – turning their blogs into businesses. And I’ll also cover how to turn your personal blog into a business, but step-by-step over time as not to change how you blog or why, but how to bring in a little money in addition to keep it “personal” on your blog.

Interested?

Want more?

By: Karen Braswell

Karen Braswell — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:01:06 +0000

This is a beautiful, thought-evoking, post. I’m speechless.

By: Barney

Barney — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:04:54 +0000

Spot on, Lorelle. I love diaries and personal notebooks – they are often more revealing of life in past or more recent times than the ‘official’ histories. They give insights into the lives of ‘ordinary’ people. I love personal blogs – non-monetized, written for the hell of it or to express pain, joy, love and life.

By: waz

waz — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:41:58 +0000

;)

thanks…it’s nice to see that not all of them so-called ‘pro-bloggers’ hate personal bloggers!