My Biggest Blogging Mistake

This month is a special month for me. Why? For those who doesn't know, I entered the blogosphere last July 2008. Meaning, this month is my blogging anniversary! But I will not discuss about that anniversary matters because that topic deserves an article of its own. I'll post it later. This time, I will tell something about a mistake that I realize just recently. What is it?

Let's start with the famous quote "No blog is an island". Did you get it? Meaning, a blog, when it is alone, cannot successfully survive in the blogosphere. How can we say that a blog is alone?

A "lonely blog" doesn't pertain to the blog itself but to the owner of the blog. If a blogger is focused on article posting only and neglecting to socialize with other bloggers or blogs, we can consider him/her as a "lonely blog" while the blogger behind it is a "lonely blogger". Ouch! Actually, that is my biggest blogging mistake. :(

As I told you recently, I've been in the blogosphere for almost 1 year and unfortunately, I consider myself a ......... "lonely blogger". Yes, I am the lonely blogger behind a lonely blog. How come?

First, as stated above, I focused only on article writing and posting. After posting, it's now time to wait for blog visitors. Odd, isn't it? Well, that's what I do during my first year here in the blogosphere. Ouch! But someone encourage me to do something. Who is he?

He is the blogger behind Crisiboy.com, and his real name is Chris Astadan. (Thanks kuya Chris!) I already know about socializing, blog hoping and posting comments on other blogs before. I always stumble on that topic on every blogging e-book I read. But the problem is that I was too lazy to do that and I don't find time to do it. I thought that I can make it all alone, but I was wrong. I now understand how blog hoping and communicating to other bloggers will really help. What did I do?

Last time, I started a massive blog hopping, reading other articles, blog commenting and many more socialization methods I know! I have a goal of continuing it as long as my blog is alive. Now, what are the results?

I noticed the result at once. Other bloggers are now posting comments on my blog. It is a proof that somebody is reading my articles. Hehehe. Thanks to all of you! I know that there are still a lot of benefits to come, I'm just waiting for those.

Since I started this article with a quote, let us end this again with that. Actually, this is main point that I learned. "If you want to receive smiles, you need to show it first!" That's all!

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