25 days and you are still here
Yep, it’s been 25 days since I last posted on my blog and I’m pleasantly surprised to see that you are still here. In fact there are more RSS readers now than before I took my break. For me to take that long of a break from writing and have more readers is a great sign because you actually care what I have to say. Otherwise you would have unsubscribed by now. In the past I shared my opinions on blog posting frequency and I now have a new perspective.
If readers like your blog they won’t unsubscribe.
I took a slight break on writing posts; however, I have stayed caught up on reading the various blogs I follow. One post has helped to change my outlook by Steve Pavlina’s post on creating value. Rather than focusing on increasing my posting my frequency instead I want to increase the value I provide to my readers in the posts that I write. With that said I still need to post more frequently than I have in December of course but I don’t want to feel compelled to post just because I have to. There are many top Internet marketing blogs that have a lot of traffic and only write occasional great posts so I think there is evidence to support this philosophy on posting frequency. From a readers perspective I don’t care if a blog posts once a day or once a week. If the blog is worth subscribing to I don’t mind waiting for new content.
What do you think? Am I crazy or onto something?
Side note: Be safe out there and have a Happy New Year! Blog Earnings, 2008 Wrap Up and 2009 Outlook to follow so make sure you subscribe to my blog 
Blogged from my iPhone while waiting at the doctor’s office
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People always say you should post frequently, but I too think that quality matters most. Why should I care if you only post once or twice a month if those posts are of great quality?
Happy new year!
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Happy New Year man!
I was in the same boat for December and actually gained subscribers. Hopefully peeps stuck around for that reason (they liked the posts). I feel the same – quality posts are definitely better, which is why I even avoided the classic “where have I been” post. lol
Hope you had a great holiday
Cheers!
Jay
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No doubt if you provide real value, people are not going to delete your feed, and new visitors will continue to subscribe. Looking forward to more good stuff from you in ’09!
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I’ll take quality over quantity any day of the week. Oh, and I just subscribed via email.
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Hey Jay, yah I thought about not even posting a “where I’ve been post” but then I thought it would be a good example to illustrate how I must be doing something right.
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I don’t know if I agree. To be honest, I only check my feed reader every few days, and I had noticed that yours was on the list of blogs that hadn’t been updating. Since I like to stay organized and free of clutter, I probably would have deleted you in the next week or so had you not posted an update. I think when you ask readers to subscribe to your blog you’re promising to give them content, whether that’s once a day or once a week, but dropping off of the face of the earth is just – well – disappointing.
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I would say that if you have a blog and are posting just to post, that is more of a sure fire way to get people to unsubscribe than if you only post content that is worth sharing.
Rarely have I unsubscribed from a site because they didn’t post enough, but I have unsubscribed from those that post 2-3 worthless things every day or so. (with only the occasional good post)
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I think that much more ‘dangerous’ is to write to often or off-topic. No posts means no RSS entries disturbing my work.
I do unsubscribe from dormant blogs only when I do my feed reader cleanup something like twice a year. Blogs in which signal vs noise level is to low gets deleted much more often
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Personally, i don’t unsubscribe if the blogger really does provide valuable information. It’s better to wait than reading a useless post.
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