tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645385.post3838104722231857372..comments2023-10-30T06:01:41.492-05:00Comments on Sam Davidson: Just BlogSam Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13049749319910657955noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645385.post-8862220444956616772008-04-14T11:34:00.000-05:002008-04-14T11:34:00.000-05:00@ Sam - I love it. I need to adopt this mentality ...@ Sam - I love it. I need to adopt this mentality more. Just blog. Write. Get it out there. It's easy to overthink and overanalyze every word, and there are times and places when that's important, like when you're guest blogging or writing your masterpiece post or you know you will be getting traffic from a really good link. <BR/><BR/>But I found my best, most fertile time in blogging was when I gave myself permission to write about whatever it was I was thinking most about - I just wrote more, and I wrote great stuff, because I didn't self-edit too much. Now I'm trying to find the happy medium of having one blog with a consistent, niched focus (Personal PR) and one that's still in a pretty firm career niche but is just a little more free. I think once I'm out of I'm getting married in a few weeks mode, it's going to work really well, but probably only if I keep this theme in mind. Do it! <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouraging thoughts. Hope you are doing well, by the way.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467402688102210832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645385.post-8839440013633448072008-04-14T09:05:00.000-05:002008-04-14T09:05:00.000-05:00@Cameron - Agreed on the randomness angle. Perhap...@Cameron - Agreed on the randomness angle. Perhaps I'll do a future post of things that have happened as a result of blogging, such as resources found, friends made and opportunities taken.<BR/><BR/>@Greg - Here's to being found! Glad we found each other via the blog world.Sam Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13049749319910657955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645385.post-33056946424862727892008-04-14T08:44:00.000-05:002008-04-14T08:44:00.000-05:00Sam,How correct you are. It's hard explaining why ...Sam,<BR/><BR/>How correct you are. It's hard explaining why I blog. It's not like I'm getting Scoble sized pageviews and making a living from sharing my thoughts on whatever topics I choose for the day. It's also not something that I brag to my friends about. However it is about getting found. Finding new opportunities, new people and sites that I never would have knew existed were it not for blogging and joining conversations. I think its about the community that surrounds blogging, more so than just a post that you slapped up. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with the funding too, let me know how that goes. We are about to take the same step and I think I can say that we are all pretty much amateurs in that field at this point! But hey maybe someone will "find" us blogging about our start-ups and funding and make things a little easier!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6645385.post-80351887533758166812008-04-14T08:43:00.000-05:002008-04-14T08:43:00.000-05:00To piggyback on your idea of blogging to be found,...To piggyback on your idea of blogging to be found, I find that one of the best aspects of blogging is that you are constantly exposing yourself to randomness. <BR/><BR/>Through my blog I have met people from incredibly diverse backgrounds and occupations, people I would have never met any other way.<BR/><BR/>Some relationships will never go past my blog, sure, but others have already become a valuable part of my life.<BR/><BR/>Exposing yourself to randomness is a key part of living life to the hilt and blogging places you in the middle of it all.<BR/><BR/>CameronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com