Why you should blog, or not
2007 was big. 2008 is shaping up to be even bigger. I have decided to significantly scale back my posting on Web Publishing Blog. This already happened in 2007, to a degree, but now I just want to make it official. Do not expect any regular posts here on out.
Between business and personal time, things are very tight. I am not alone, other top tier bloggers have done the same, or closed up shop completely.
Here are the facts. Launching the blog was the best business move I have ever made. I can not put a value on the personal contacts I gained as a result. The networking effect continues to compound on itself every single day.
Time goes on, and the law of diminishing returns begins to catch up. Right now I need to walk away for a while, and place my focus on my businesses as we scale them up and out.
Here is a New Years resolution for you. If you have not blogged, then try it out. Forget the organic search traffic, use the platform to aggressively network with others. Likewise, if you blog a lot (or post on forums) then scale it back.
I hate mixed messages, but some times it is what needs to be said.

Thanks for the update Andrew! Would love to see you post more
Comment by Adrian Singer — January 9, 2008 @ 8:37 am
Laughed when you called me a top tier blogger, but I dont miss blogging at all. I am more productive not having to worry about it.
The other thing I did was kill all but maybe 15 of my feeds. That 30-45 minutes per day is much more productively used now. Oddly 2 that I kept - You and Frank have now stepped away. Strange how the world works sometimes.
Comment by Diorex — January 9, 2008 @ 10:07 am
The fact is you consistently made solid business posts, which very few bloggers do. As far as I am concerned its post quality, not quantity that separates the top bloggers from the rest. Can we call John Chow a top tier blogger, with a straight face? I can’t!
Comment by Andrew — January 10, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Would you call James Brausch a top-tier blogger?
Comment by Wolf Halton — January 14, 2008 @ 10:18 pm