All Quiet on the Blog Front

There have been a number of posts lately on posting frequency and blog reading over the holiday period, and I thought I’d throw my two cents in. The truth is, even bloggers need to take vacations, no matter how much they enjoy blogging. A wise blogger, however, will choose to take that vacation during a period when general readership is down anyway. Breaks over Christmas and New Year’s are certainly likely to be forgiven by readers who are probably on vacation themselves.

Not all holidays are created equal, however. Sometimes holidays simply mean that your readers have more time to read your blog! I wonder if anyone has done a study of holidays during which Internet use actually increases? My candidate would be New Year’s Day, which I think is a pretty useless holiday if you don’t have a hangover to recover from.

At any rate, here are a few guidelines for taking a break gracefully:

  • Put up a post explaining that you won’t be posting over your holiday, and when you expect to start again.
  • If you get a great idea during your time off, pop in and post anyway. Or at least keep track of those ideas for when you’re back in the saddle!
  • Try to time your breaks with periods when the public may also be slacking a bit.
  • Hire a guest blogger to take on the job while you’re sitting on the beach, or recovering from the flu.
  • If you blog software supports it, write several posts ahead of time and set them to publish automatically while you’re gone.
  • Come back refreshed and ready to blog.
Posted by Susannah Gardner on 12/30 at 12:56 PM • Blogging Tips

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