Wednesday, July 25, 2012

5 Reasons You May Have Lost Followers & Why You Shouldn't Be (Too) Upset


Why, hello everyone! I'm back from a week in lovely green Moscow, Idaho (pictured above) attending the Christ Church summer music camp (not pictured above). I have some pictures I'd like to show you and anecdotes I'd like to share, but not today. You see, there's this thing I forgot to tell you.

I wrote a guest post for Arlee Bird's blog Tossing It Out last Wednesday. Yes, I know, I'm only getting to it now. Not a very good guest poster am I.

But I couldn't really schedule one in advance, and I didn't bring my computer to Idaho, and... and.... Pick your excuse. In any case, here's the link: Another Take On the Topic of Blog Followers (or 5 Reasons You May Have Lost Followers and Why You Shouldn't Be (Too) Upset).

I was a little nervous about posting it because - well, I was afraid people would think "ah, she's had lots of experience with people unfollowing her - she must be a loser!"

Which would actually fall into numero dos of my points in the actual post.... hmmm. Anyway, happy reading, and I apologize to Lee for getting the word out so late.

Next time I post I'll tell y'all about Idaho. And I promise not to follow this format:

  • Here's a picture.
  • This is what I did when I took the picture.
  • Here's a picture taken within five minutes of the previous picture.
  • This is what I thought when I took the picture.
  • Here's a blurry picture of a famous monument.

You get the drift. I'll try to be a little more entertaining than that. :)

Until then, my readers.

Been travelling this summer? Wrote a post about it (leave me a link!)? Ever been unfollowed? Go leave lots of late comments on my post, and on Arlee Bird's other guest posts as well!

6 comments:

  1. I'm terrible at knowing the numbers for my followers, so I don't tend to notice when I lose people - which I'm sure I have. :) You made some great points over at Lee's!

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  2. Welcome back, Lauren! Your absence has been noted, girl. :-)

    Yep, I've been un-followed and I've been the unfollow-e (yes, I realize that is NOT a word *grin*). From my perspective, usually when I've stopped following other's blogs, it isn't anything personal, it has been because I don't feel like the blogger cares about my participation or they aren't very active in Blogger. As a result, when I stop following blogs, it is because I need to "weed out" my dashboard and I don't want to eliminate any of the bloggers who I have gotten to know and consider "friends." Either way, you shouldn't take it personally if you have stopped following blogs too.

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  3. Enjoyed your post over at Lee's place. Great info and food for thought! No travels yet this summer, hoping to soon though.

    Have a great weekend!

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  4. Popping over to Lee's blog. Gorgeous picture. More please.

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  5. Welcome back!
    When I saw Moscow I went, "SHE WAS IN RUSSIA?!" If you had been you probably would have found me in your suitcase. I want to go see that forest in Russia that was knocked flat by a comment, but which Tesla thought he did. I hope he never found out he didn't do it, that would be a bit disappointing for him...

    Anyways, welcome back again 8-D

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  6. I don't take many pictures as I'm not the best photographer. I do enjoy looking at other people's though :-) As for followers, my numbers bounce up and down. If I lost them en masse, I'd be worried in case there was some major issue which I was unaware of, but one or two - well, life's too short to be hung up on that sort of thing. And if my blog doesn't interest someone, then they should move on, and I don't take it to heart.

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