29 Reasons No One Visits, Likes or Reads Your Blog Anymore

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September 13, 2011 By 27 Comments

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1.) You’ve no idea why you started the blog in the first place.

2) You only promote your posts on Twitter and post nothing else.

3) Your Twitter avatar sucks.

4) You switched all your efforts from your blog to Facebook.

5) You never come up with anything interesting for humans, only the bots.

6) You’re on Blogger.

7) You think being social means going out for a drink on Friday after work.

8.) You think social media is your smart phone.

9) You’re too afraid to make a video or audio.

10) You write way too much.

11) You wander off topic.

12) You have no topic.13) You forgot who your target audience is.

14) You’ve lost sight of why you started a blog

15) You’re convinced Google+ is the future.

16) You forgot to put the link in your email signature.

17) You think that no one reads blogs anymore.

18) You’re lazy.

19) You still haven’t hired a content creator.

20) You hide behind your company name, logo or avatar without mentioning who you really are.

21) You haven’t got anything relevant to say.

22) You’re boring.

23) You can’t write a shocking headline.

24) Your grammar sucks.

25) You have no sense of humour.

26) You have too much of a sense of humour.

27) You don’t bother to follow anyone, listen to anyone or engage with anyone online.

28) Your website got hacked and you still don’t know.

29) You forgot to pay your web-hosting bill.

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About Jon

Marketing and Communications Consultant. Head of Jontus Media. Podcaster. Life-long Liverpool FC supporter. Guarded by basset hounds.

  • http://soulati.com/blog Soulati

    Oh, wow. I’m the first to comment?  What’s up with that? Maybe I shouldn’t b/c I’d be admitting any of the 29. Say, how about I add

    #30 Because you don’t know how many subscribers your blog has!
    #31 Because you have no clue about SEO and analytics
    #32 Because you never use key words in your headlines
    #33 Because you’re given +K for Cougar and Heavy Metal

    Heh…I think all of the above are safe with me!!

  • Dan

    #34 Because you have spam in your comments
    #35 Because you are still using an image based CAPTCHA
    #36 Because you have disabled comments

  • http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/retina-post Dan

    #35 … and don’t now other alternative

  • Anonymous

    #36 you use white text on a dark background and think it looks cool
    #37 you use a template which means the text is in a really really narrow column and means you have to scroll down literally miles

  • http://www.flybluekite.com Laura Click

    #37 You only add a new blog post once in a blue moon
    #38 You moderate every comment and take days to approve it
    #39 You never engage with your audience in the comments (or elsewhere)
    #40 You don’t promote your content (i.e. tweet once and call it a day)

    I could go on and on! ;)

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    Love #33

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    Definitely #38 ! This is a major issue which slows down a blog

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    Brilliant Heather! I’m not a fan of white text.

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    yes, nuke the CAPTCHA. Blogger is awful for commenting. I usually give up.

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    Another interesting perspective Stan. I guess bottom line businesses are in blogging to stay in business. Sure, they want to help, support and nurture strong relationships but without sales the business won’t go around.
    Different bloggers, especially those in non-profit, are less likely to need the support of a tribe or army!

  • http://www.thejackb.com/ The JackB

    Not a bad list but there are still so many variables that make some of this harder to predict. Maybe I am lost in my own world, but my blog on blogger still receives a lot of traffic.

    I would also argue that if you do a good job of building a community there is no such thing as writing too much or too often. Provide value and people always come.

  • http://www.thejackb.com/ The JackB

    Not a bad list but there are still so many variables that make some of this harder to predict. Maybe I am lost in my own world, but my blog on blogger still receives a lot of traffic.

    I would also argue that if you do a good job of building a community there is no such thing as writing too much or too often. Provide value and people always come.

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    Interesting to hear that your Blogger blog is doing great. Good for you. Have you got a custom design or a tweaked template? I think my comment was based on how awful those traditional templates look.
    Thanks for stopping by!

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  • http://www.3hatscommunications.com/blog/ davinabrewer

    I’m not THAT much of a stickler for WP; even though it’s the platform I recommend, some damn fine blogs use Blogger, Typepad.. even Tumblr. That said Jon, WORD.

    #4 is my FAVORITE. I get that FB and G+ now drive traffic and hits but I refuse to put all my eggs in their baskets. I’ve done one video and really intend to do more, but have not found the right post or content to fit that – yet. Think #13 & 14 are favorites, 2.0 – audience, gotta know who you’re blogging for and why. To #26 I’ll add: you think to highly of your sense of humour – and writing, wisdom, everything else. #29 LOL. FWIW.

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  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    LOL ! Thanks for playing along :=)
    I was amazed how much response this (somewhat throwaway) post got !

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  • http://anshulmalik.net/ Anshulmalik

    That was really a nice one.. I especially liked #4

  • http://www.jontusmedia.com/ Jon Buscall

    Thanks !