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.-= Andrew Lightheart @alightheart´s last post … Never how you planned it =-.

Jocelyns last blog post..Back to work F-O

I came up with a method to unstuck myself when it comes to starting new posts…very very nice.

Check it out:

http://www.shift-your-consciousness.com/wealth-consciousness-during-recession.html

Until dear ol’ Mr. North told me that I’d only be heard if I knew who was speaking, echoing all our mothers’ platitude to “just be yourself, dear.” Havi makes it clear as well: blog for yourself and the readers (who are your Right readers) will follow — but it’s also true that you must be heard to be found. Three great points that apply to life way beyond blogging.

@Johnny Truant, you’re pretty damn funny yourself. Put your impatience to work by scopeing out what times/days your favorite bloggers publish and make it a game with yourself to read them ASAP and when appropriate, comment in the top few slots so your name becomes familiar. And explore lesser-known quality blogs that might engage readers you’d like to meet and get involved there.

And when you see those huge follower numbers or subscriber counters or whatever other scorecards are out there, just remember what we all said AFTER leaving high school: it’s not the size, but the motion…

No?

Okay fine… It takes time…

Fortunately I have a lot of that. ;)

Great post and great reminder that it takes patience and effort build up a reputation.

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndromes last blog post..Dedicate Yourself to Life, Not Work

That’s interesting about BHJ. I’ve been commenting on blogs, but I feel that they get lost. When a popular, funny blogger gets 200 comments per post, I can’t imagine they all get read. I’ll try and be more direct. But Jenny? Jenny is the funniest damn thing I’ve found online. But good luck being heard through the roar in her comments!

You know what my problem is? I’m impatient. I suppose I’m doing pretty well considering the amount of time I’ve really been at this, but I want more. Because I want to stop doing this other stuff.

I think I need some destuckification. After I get clear of the current rush I might just have to book some.

P.S: CommentLuv is still going to show “Unfortunately, Pants” as my last post. The plot thickens.

Johnny Truants last blog post..Unfortunately, pants

Behind my yearning? Acceptance, friendship, trust. Behind that: self-esteem & self-respect.

Yucky one-liners this triggers (in wishy-washy self-help voice):

“Love yourself before others can love you”
“Don’t get your self-esteem from others”

You see, my priority is not popularity, but rather those who I do connect with not stomping all over me once I let them in. Loyalty vs Betrayal.

Ok, I’m done – that’s one more layer off the onion!

@Pam – if you are struggling to identify the tribe, then refocus on just talking to people, and talking to them more if you get on with them. You may find yourself (like I did) in an interconnected tribe without even realising!

@Chas – That’s such a great point. I remember sending out my first noozletter to (I think it was) four people. FOUR! And it had taken me hours to write it. And feeling like this was all such a huge waste of time.

You never know when things are going to start taking off, and so it’s so great to remember to go back to the internal process and the nourishing and the sustaining stuff. And then to let everything else come from there.

@Communicatrix – Mwah! Glad to have connected you with Mr. Hockey Jesus. It really is the best name on the internet by a lot.

@Chris – FANSOCKS! You are the best.

@David, Dawn, Joely – Yay. Thank you. That’s so so great.

@Pam – I think it’s great that you don’t care who your audience is or if you have it. That’s freedom right there. And I truly believe that when we write with our “real” voice, the people who get it or identify with it start finding us.

So you don’t have to have a tribe in mind. The people who need to be there will start showing up on their own. And since you’re not in a hurry to meet them, I think you can wait and see how it develops organically. Will think more about that!