Is it OK to Take a Break From Blogging?

I can’t believe how long it’s been since my last post!  Like everyone else, I got sucked into a series of priorities that left Strategy Stew totally on the back burner.

So that makes me ask the question “Is it ok to take a break from blogging?”

The overall pat answer is “No.”  I could say that depends – but I’m going to stand with “No.  It’s not ok.”

Starting a blog is a commitment.  It’s a long term investment in communicating with your community and simply dropping out isn’t really nice.  It’s like going to an event chatting it up and then just abruptly leaving.

I’m sure that I’ve paid the penalty for dropping out – people stop reading regularly, you drop off the Feed reader and they forget.

Google forgets about you.  The less you post, the less frequently you get indexed and that means you don’t get found.

How to keep blogging when you don’t have time?

• Invite guest bloggers to submit articles
• Write a few articles in advance and post them at least once a week.
• At least throw in some link love.

But whatever you do don’t stop posting!