Comments on: Blogger's refrain: What am I doing here, anyway? http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:59:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Mark W. http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-173145 Mark W. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:28:03 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/#comment-173145 "What am I doing here, anyway?" The obvious answer is you're trying to hook us and it seems as though you have done a good job. :) This observation is based on the number of readers cited at the time this post was written and now. Blogs are fascinating from the community aspect (as you say) as well as the ever changing content. It's also interesting to read from your perspective when your blog was fairly new. It seems to me you have taken your own advice and answered the three questions above for yourself. It's always good to stop and look back once in awhile to see where you've been and where you're headed. "What am I doing here, anyway?"

The obvious answer is you're trying to hook us and it seems as though you have done a good job. :) This observation is based on the number of readers cited at the time this post was written and now.

Blogs are fascinating from the community aspect (as you say) as well as the ever changing content. It's also interesting to read from your perspective when your blog was fairly new. It seems to me you have taken your own advice and answered the three questions above for yourself. It's always good to stop and look back once in awhile to see where you've been and where you're headed.

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]]> By: Chrissie http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-171830 Chrissie Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:22:45 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/#comment-171830 If you're not selling anything-what is the website all about? and how are you making a living? I'm interested in blogging (I've written 13 books {non fiction}) but not sure where it gets me... If you're not selling anything-what is the website all about? and how are you making a living? I'm interested in blogging (I've written 13 books {non fiction}) but not sure where it gets me…

]]> By: Cherry Oman http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-171718 Cherry Oman Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:53:28 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/#comment-171718 Thanks for your blog. my job depresses me. unfortunately half of it is my fault. i have just realised that i do not posess the kind of skills they require to produce the level of work my employer wants. i dont know what to do. everyday im given a technical task in financial modelling, and i do not know the answer, i feel sick to my stomach and i feel like a fraud and that everybody hates me , now that they have found out that my fancy degree is of no value to them. my supervisor compains about me behind my back. theyve asked me to up my game, but i dont know how. or if i even really am capable of doing so. help me. Thanks for your blog. my job depresses me. unfortunately half of it is my fault. i have just realised that i do not posess the kind of skills they require to produce the level of work my employer wants. i dont know what to do. everyday im given a technical task in financial modelling, and i do not know the answer, i feel sick to my stomach and i feel like a fraud and that everybody hates me , now that they have found out that my fancy degree is of no value to them. my supervisor compains about me behind my back. theyve asked me to up my game, but i dont know how. or if i even really am capable of doing so. help me.

]]> By: Free Chastain http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-135076 Free Chastain Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:41:23 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/#comment-135076 1. What is your next career step? Im afraid to move foward 2. What is your plan for using what you do today to get to your next step? I try to help people with what I do 3. How can you let people know where you’re headed so they can help? That is my biggest problem is asking for help I think theese are wonderful tips and it has made me think about how I eed to change my way of thinking 1. What is your next career step?
Im afraid to move foward
2. What is your plan for using what you do today
to get to your next step?
I try to help people with what I do
3. How can you let people know where you’re headed so they can help?
That is my biggest problem is asking for help

I think theese are wonderful tips and it has made me think about how I eed to change my way of thinking

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Penelope Trunk Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:07:19 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/#comment-873 Oh, thanks Pat. That's a good tip... In the offline world it would be so absurdly self-referential to do the conversational equivalent of linking to oneself. But online it is a tool for <a href="http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2003/06/marketing_lessons_from_esther.html" rel="nofollow">marketing geniuses</a>. Oh, thanks Pat. That's a good tip… In the offline world it would be so absurdly self-referential to do the conversational equivalent of linking to oneself. But online it is a tool for marketing geniuses.

]]> By: Pat Patterson http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/comment-page-1/#comment-872 Pat Patterson Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:23:45 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/08/03/bloggers-refrain-what-am-i-doing-here-anyway/#comment-872 Congratulations on your burgeoning traffic! I've had similar traffic storms (most amusingly, for <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/superpat?entry=priority_1_documentation_bug_in" rel="nofollow">this</a>). I heard a fellow blogger say that the way to capture traffic was to always try to link to a relevant earlier post if possible. Then you start to see people clicking across articles. Congratulations on your burgeoning traffic! I've had similar traffic storms (most amusingly, for this). I heard a fellow blogger say that the way to capture traffic was to always try to link to a relevant earlier post if possible. Then you start to see people clicking across articles.

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