Many bloggers start out not really realizing that their blogs are publicly available to millions. Others wonder why the millions aren’t coming to their blog!
What actually tends to happen on a well-made blog is that people interested in what you’re doing, in what you’re talking about, those are the ones that eventually find you.
I often read blogs where people sound like they’re just talking to the six friends that they mentioned the blog to. Those people are in for a surprise when strangers start arriving on the Google train, or the Yahoo! train, or from a church website, or, hey, even from here!
So how do you deal with this new found fame?
Barb (who is starting into her fourth year of blogging) had to think about this question again when someone showed up at a church service who actually knew her from her blog! Her post, Celebrity Status!? is a must read. Here’s an excerpt:
I suppose when complete strangers recognize your face from some public forum, that could constitute celebrity status. It’s actually been pretty cool to have met several people, both online and in person, who know of me through my blog. It’s a bit disarming, too… I always stop to think “what have I written and is it all stuff that I really want to share with complete strangers?”
Read the answer she comes up with here!
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I don’t care for visitors. I blog solely to vent. If no one ever happened by, I’d write no more or less, no differently at all. I’m building a repository of my personal life experiences for my great-grand children, not for any global strangers. Why do you blog, really?