This explains it well.

And with my blog, my best friend told me on the phone yesterday, “Ive been meaning to tell you the post about your mom was one of the best things you’ve ever written.” I think she just doesn’t think to comment, doesn’t know how??

I too like making new friends in the blogosphere – like you Ms. Havi Bo Bani, who is now my friend in the flesh world too and my guest star at the writer’s retreat!!!

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But for a blog like this one that is directly related to a business, it also seems like it might not even be relevant to your friends and family. Are they part of “your right people” in business terms? If not, what difference does it make?

I don’t have a blog associated with my business (yet) but I have a personal blog and some of my friends do read it. Mostly friends that don’t live locally and who share one of the interests that dominates it. I’ve also made new friends, some of whom I’ve met IRL.

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I absolutely agree with your take on friends not reading someone’s blog. But then sometimes, it’s more simple than that.

For me, my friends and family don’t read my blog — because they don’t have to! They know me. They know the “me” behind the “online me.” I took it personally for a while. (Especially the ones who did read it and then stopped.) Some of them just aren’t ‘online’ kind of people and don’t get the blogging thing. But mostly? They already know what’s going on with me and what I’m up to and all that stuff. So they just don’t need to read it.

(And actually, there are some people I’ve asked not to let me know whether they read it or not — because it would change the way I write.)
;-)

All the best!
deb

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Thank you for your insights and suggestions. I really appreciate it.

“Neither of these really matters” – thank you for this phrase and thought in particular. As soon as I read it I thought and felt a sigh. ‘Cause you are right.

I like the pointer to online friends. Makes sense to hang out with the like-minded people ;)

Cheers,
Juliet

I’m okay with that. My friends aren’t my target audience.

Now, many of the people who do read my blog have become Internet-friends and we’d probably get along if we lived in the same city, but they’re a different breed of friends and I’m good with that too.

Cheers,
Alex

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What I’ve noticed a lot is that my friends who do read my blog will tell me in person, “Hey, I really like your blog” but never venture into the comments area. I get that, though — before I was blogging, I felt silly commenting on other people’s blogs. I felt like I’d be an impostor. But once I started blogging, I realized how much you *want* people to get in touch.

Thanks for touching on something many of us are thinking about…as always!

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@Karl – Love the insight. It’s great that you’ve gotten to a place of not needing them to get it. You’re so right. They’ll get it when they’re ready. And in the meantime you’ll find the support you need in other places.

I think people have really *different* relationships with online stuff. Like, if the internet is a huge city, we hang out in completely different neighborhoods. Someone who’s had an uncomfortable experience in a certain part of town doesn’t want to go hang out with you where you are.

Something like that. Will have to think on it some more.

I haven’t stopped talking to them about my blog, but now I don’t try to push it on them. I’ve stopped begging for comments and asking them if they read my latest post. When they are ready to read my blog they will make that decision.

Blogging is still a weird concept to a lot of people and it’s best to connect with people that understand the medium. I think this is actually healthier because we aren’t pushing our blog on to our friends we are making new friends to add to our lives. There isn’t a much better feeling than making a new friend.

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