Comments on: Showing Up and Deliberate Inconsistency

By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:29:15 +0000

dream,

I didn’t take it as a criticism, but an accurate observation from an astute reader. Thanks for following!

-Scott

By: dream

dream — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:42:52 +0000

Great job Scott. I didn’t mean to sound critical. I was just curious as to WHY you had changed your posting rates since I’ve only been following you a couple of months. This post does show you are extremely responsive to reader and we appreciate that. Keep up the good work!!

By: Scott Young

Scott Young — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:52:12 +0000

When I was doing more posts, I wrote everything on Friday and timestamped it.

Now, I write on the same day of the post, typically, I just make sure I publish 2x per week.

-Scott

By: Craig Harper

Craig Harper — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:13:33 +0000

Hey Scott.

I don’t have a writing schedule as such. I write whenever I have an idea that I think readers might like. Some of my articles are 200 words and some are 1500.

Like you, I think it’s important to be consistent in delivering 2-3 new articles every week.

Keep up the great work!

Craig.

By: Stefan | StudySuccessful.com

Stefan | StudySuccessful.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:25:18 +0000

I’m having vacation now, so I’m able to show up a lot. But when I’m joining University next year, I hope I can be as consistent as you!

I think I need some sort of system, like writing articles on friday and monday, publish them during the week, to get so consistent.

How do you do that? Do you write most of your articles in a row, or do you write them whenever you feel like writing?

By: ZHereford

ZHereford — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:08:26 +0000

First of all – have fun in Europe Scott!

Secondly, I find your posting frequency quite appropriate. There are many bloggers who sacrifice quality for quantity. They post just to post and, at times, their articles suffer for it. As you somewhat indicated, your readers probably found they couldn’t keep up with more frequent posting on your part.

Ultimately, you do indeed show up! Great job.

By: Celes | CelestineChua.com

Celes | CelestineChua.com — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:50:48 +0000

Hey Scott, as a side note, it’s interesting you noted that reducing posting frequency allowed you to write your ebooks, because that’s what I’m finding in my situation now too. The times when I want to write more posts, I get less time on my ebook, and vice versa. It seems I need to strike a good balance for both of them. Thanks for reminding us that it’s more on the consistency of the activities, vs. the daily repetition of it. In the meantime, I look forward to your articles every Mon/Wed.