What I Learned From Blogging In 2011

2011 is when I became a blogger.  I have been blogging since 2008, but it wasn’t until May, 2011, when I began the Deuceology blog that I actually became a blogger.  I’m still in the learning stage (I actually hope that I don’t ever get completely out of this), but I don’t know if I will ever learn as much from my own blogging as I did from May until now.

I learned about persistence.  From having hardly anyone read my blog to having grown to where a few read, I learned that you just don’t wake up and have a hit blog.

I learned about being positive.  Some of those early blog posts were negative.  I was going through a negative experience in my life and I let everyone know about it on my blog.  Bad move.  Bad move for my blog.  Bad move for me personally.

I learned that you don’t find your voice immediately.  It takes some time.   I think I’m getting closer.

I learned that you can’t blog alone.  You need to network.  You need a tribe.  You need to make friends.  You need people like Rob, Bill, Chad, Arny, Matt, Jon, Rhonda and many others in there helping you.

I’m sure that I learned more this year and I’ll learn even more going forward.  Thanks for going on the journey with me.

If you’re a blogger, what did you learn in 2011?  If you read blogs, what did  you learn?