What I've learned from Blogging....

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Web 2.0 holds quite a learning curve. So I've been doing this Blog a little over 2 months... Here are 5 things I have learned.



1. It's easy to quit without realizing your quitting.
        What I mean is... I feel like I have always just written a blog, but actually it might have been 5 days since I have written a blog. It's kinda misleading.  So this being the case I can see how people just take more and more time in between posts until they finally.... just.... stop.  The InterWeb is filled with Blogs just like that.

So I try to always feel like I need to right a new Blog.


2. Motives are HUGE.
      Why am I writing this blog? This has a lot to do with the success of a blog. If your number 1 motive of writing is that you want a large audience to think you are cool... How are you going to survive the early days where you write and have very few comments. Also your motive always shines through, and if that motive is all about you... then why should anyone read on?

My motive is to share my passion of Ministry through music. I'd love to think that I am somehow helping others in their service to God. I hope this motive shines through.


3. Do more thinking than writing.
      It's really painful to sit in front of your laptop and say... "ok... what should I write."

I found it works better if you take something you have been thinking about already, something you have been researching and trying to make sense of. Perhaps the conversation you had the other day where you shared why you are making a change in your ministry... now that's a blog post! And you are passionate enough about it to be talking about it outside of the blogosphere!


4. Other blogs are brethren not competition. 
     It's real easy to look at everyone around you blogging and compare yourself to them (The bible tells us not to do that by the way.)  It's even easier to view them as competition... (Kinda like churches viewing each other as competition...!!!...!!!)

Don't try to be like someone else's blog.  Be you.  And instead of competing with others in the blogosphere... Join in the conversation. Go read them and leave comments. Befriend your blog brethren.  Not only is that the right thing to do... it's a great way for their readers to find you.

5. Have fun!
    Don't take yourself to seriously. Have fun. You are talking about a subject that you love to talk about... so you better enjoy doing it!

If you aren't enjoying it... stop already!  Life has enough stress.