I’ve been reading about VesatileMonkey.com’s story about launching a Blackberry application (did you know you could download Blackberry Applications?). One thing caught my eye – the learning experience that Marcus had when he found a PR posting that Ryan Block wrote. I’ve read it before, but not when I was having Ryan’s problem….
Over the last year or so, when I started focusing on ECM content (note: I haven’t focused so much on it, but I know I need to move back into SharePoint and Alfresco stories – some are already Q’d), I started getting spammed by various PR agencies. One specifically emailed every single last PR announcement about their product that they could – and they continue to do so to this day. Unfortunately for them, I’ve blacklisted them from my address so I no longer see their emails and I have never done a review of their product (and probably won’t).
While I’m just a small time blogger, I do get product announcements and such. I really just wish PR people did their research. Some products, I just don’t care about, while others I think a lot of people would care. The other thing is, I have been approached by websites wanting to syndicate my stories. While I accepted one, I took about a 6 month leave of absence the week I agreed to do it. Never heard back from them, and frankly, I don’t think want to. I like my small-time feel and I like being able to take breaks once in awhile. On top of that, I’ve learned that I really do need to limit my stories to one a day or less or I start to run out of ideas. I try to maintain that now, but it’s nice to miss a day once in awhile.
Sure, I won’t make it like the big boys and have millions of viewers, but that’s fine as well. I wouldn’t be happy (nor my wife) if I were attempting to meet deadlines every single day and trying my absolute hardest to build traffic. Blogging is something I like, but not something I think I could do full time.
