Comments on: Facebook Fan Pages and Google Friend Connect http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2009/04/20/facebook-fan-pages-and-google-friend-connect/ Analysis of my attempts to figure out blogging and podcasting Thu, 20 May 2010 07:14:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gary http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2009/04/20/facebook-fan-pages-and-google-friend-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-19539 Gary Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:32:14 +0000 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/?p=515#comment-19539 At this point, I think I could make a living online if I wanted to stop traveling. I could probably make much more if I were to stay put in a place with tons of bandwidth. However, I enjoy what I'm doing too much and I think I can make a go at what I'm doing, it will just take longer than it would if I were to run affiliate sites or blog in another niche. You did hit the nail on the head. Most people never get very far because they haven't really made the commitment. There are tens of thousands of travelogues out there, but most never get anywhere because they are infrequently updated, never marketed, and abandoned at the end of the trip. At this point, I think I could make a living online if I wanted to stop traveling. I could probably make much more if I were to stay put in a place with tons of bandwidth. However, I enjoy what I’m doing too much and I think I can make a go at what I’m doing, it will just take longer than it would if I were to run affiliate sites or blog in another niche.

You did hit the nail on the head. Most people never get very far because they haven’t really made the commitment. There are tens of thousands of travelogues out there, but most never get anywhere because they are infrequently updated, never marketed, and abandoned at the end of the trip.

]]> By: Andy Geoghegan http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/2009/04/20/facebook-fan-pages-and-google-friend-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-19538 Andy Geoghegan Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:18:56 +0000 http://gary.arndt.com/wordpress/?p=515#comment-19538 Hi Gary, I've been following your travel blog for some time but only today have I come across this blog - it makes very intersting reading for geeky travel bloggers, like myself! I set up my blog as a pure means of documenting my travels for myself and letting family & friends see what I'm up to. Since setting it up the desire to improve the blog in terms of social integration is addictive and I have no motivation for doing this other than 'to see what can be achieved'. It's clear from reading this blog that the reasons for your success in achieving so many visitors/subscribers is that you know how the technology works, you have many months of blogging under your belt and you are intersting to follow. Most of all, however, you are thoroughly committed to it. Do the travels keep you blogging? or Does the blog keep you travelling? Take care & keep up the great work, Andy Hi Gary,

I’ve been following your travel blog for some time but only today have I come across this blog – it makes very intersting reading for geeky travel bloggers, like myself!

I set up my blog as a pure means of documenting my travels for myself and letting family & friends see what I’m up to. Since setting it up the desire to improve the blog in terms of social integration is addictive and I have no motivation for doing this other than ‘to see what can be achieved’.

It’s clear from reading this blog that the reasons for your success in achieving so many visitors/subscribers is that you know how the technology works, you have many months of blogging under your belt and you are intersting to follow.

Most of all, however, you are thoroughly committed to it.

Do the travels keep you blogging?
or
Does the blog keep you travelling?

Take care & keep up the great work,

Andy

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