I’ve always been clear to folks when I describe my blogging that I do this for a few reasons:
- As a way to clarify my thoughts on a topic, usually before or after a difficult conversation on the topic
- To rant about something that is on my mind without causing folks at work to start scurrying to address my ideas as requests for immediate action (has happened more than I would like to admit)
- As a way to give back to the profession that has been so good to me
- As a way to push the conversation in a direction and help further the profession.
While it is often good for 1+2, I don’t get enough comments and feedback to know about 3+4.
Additionally, my writing is often linked to my mental health and happiness at work. Miserable? I disappear for months. Feeling good about things? I write a ton.
I set myself a goal this month to write a little every day. The funny thing is, it didn’t move the needle in metrics at all.
I don’t have any comparisons, so I have no idea if this number of views is good. But seriously, a blog post I wrote 3 years ago (that needs to be cleaned up) is my most viewed post month after month.
I’m considering what to do after my little month-long experiment wraps up soon. No matter what, I think the blog’s public-thinking nature will continue. But I am asking myself, “Do I want more out of the blog?”
Investigations of a Dog 
I’m not sure it makes a huge difference to views but I do enjoy sharing many of your posts back to my work Slack. It’s a good vantage point on quality.
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Thank you for the feedback and for sharing.
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I really enjoy your posts- you bring good details to topics that rarely are touched base on the internet quality type of discussions, and also humour (your oompa loompa post made me smile as I had some busy days in the same time 😆) . Your posts give me more knowledge on some topics or more insight and perspective on other topics. Whatever path you will take based on the poll options, I will keep enjoying reading or hearing you. Of note, I read your posts directly from my email body and maybe this is not counted as viewed 🤔. I appreciate your posts and hope to see more
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I really enjoy your posts- you bring good details to topics that rarely are touched base on the internet quality type of discussions, and also humour (your oompa loompa post made me smile as I had some busy days in the same time 😆) . Your posts give me more knowledge on some topics or more insight and perspective on other topics. Whatever path you will take based on the poll options, I will keep enjoying reading or hearing you. Of note, I read your posts directly from my email body and maybe this is not counted as viewed 🤔. I appreciate your posts and hope to see more
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I really enjoy your posts- you bring good details to topics that rarely are touched base on the internet quality type of discussions, and also humour (your oompa loompa post made me smile as I had some busy days in the same time 😆) . Your posts give me more knowledge on some topics or more insight and perspective on other topics. Whatever path you will take based on the poll options, I will keep enjoying reading or hearing you. Of note, I read your posts directly from my email body and maybe this is not counted as viewed 🤔. I appreciate your posts and hope to see more
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Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. And I love the email subscribers.
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I’m not sure whether or not it translates into page views, but as the articles are included in full as part of the subscribed emails – I typically read them within the email rather than clicking through to the page.
Much like strandit above, I will share through articles fairly regularly to my colleagues – there’s always something of interest.
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Thank you. I actually get interesting metrics on subscribers and how many emails get opened.
I appreciate you sharing!
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Please don’t go to podcast. I utilize your blogs in my writing at work, and being able to go back and reference the verbiage you use in your thoughts and stances has helped tremendously in my conveying of ideas. The reason I found you was because I convinced “planned deviations” was a dumb nomenclature for our “temporary change” forms. That’s what I googled and your post popped up and aligned with my thoughts on the matter. Keep pecking away at this.
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