The Reader Appreciation Project

This is the fourth and final post in a series called Blogger Anxiety. Please read the previous post on When Life Gets in the Way.

There are many anxieties surrounding bloggers and posting. Some of the anxieties discussed today are content theft, credibility, target audience, posting times, and a few others.

Content Theft

A typical blog post for me takes at least an hour. Now some punk goes and takes my content and puts it on his site as well. This content-scraper can now interlace the content I created with ads and make money off of my work.

What’s a blogger to do when they find out someone has been stealing their content? One option is to contact the person directly, but this may not work out in all cases.

My biggest problem is that people will take an excerpt of my content and place it on their site without any commentary. I don’t have a problem with people quoting my work, but at least provide some unique spin. Read more…

This is the third post in a series called Blogger Anxiety. Please read the previous post on Hosting and Themes.

Most bloggers do not blog professionally. In other words, the blogger isn’t blogging as a day job or as a means of earning primary income. Most bloggers have other things going on in their lives besides blogging (day jobs, night jobs, school, children, etc.). These next forms of blogger anxiety discuss the anxieties surrounding blogging and life. Read more…

This is the second post in a series called Blogger Anxiety. Please read the previous post on Blogging and Comments.

These next forms of blogger anxieties deal with blog hosting and blog themes. The topics that will be covered are hosting problems, theme manipulation, and stats packages. Read more…

This is the first post in a series called Blogger Anxiety. The series will talk about the causes and possible solutions to various forms of blogger anxiety.

Bloggers have a lot of pressure put on them to keep up with post counts, comments, and a wealth of other factors. This post will go into several causes of blogger anxiety. Not all causes have solutions, but I personally found it helpful to know that I am not the only blogger going through these trials and tribulations. Having an awareness of the anxieties and that you are not alone will hopefully serve to boost your morale as a blogger and enable you to further appreciate your readers. Read more…