Do NOT stop blogging, You DO have something to say.

The two most common questions I get about blogging are:

Why don’t you blog more? And … How do you have time to blog that much?
Two totally opposite questions, but the same answer for both.

I blog when there is something to discuss. I do not have a set schedule. I have posted 7 entries in one week, several in one day, and 1 entry in 2 weeks.

The reason for this non-schedule: Sometimes there is just nothing to discuss … that has not been discussed already.

Many Bloggers in the Search Engine Marketing industry just regurgitate what’s already out there. They are not contributing anything to the community. I do not want to be one of those bloggers. If I do not have anything new to say, then I will not say it.

Now, I am not saying that I have not discussed the same stories that someone else has already reported. Sure, that happens, but it’s never my intention. I do not go searching to see if someone has already picked up the story. I just start writing. If the discussion has already started somewhere else, then so be it. I will not get many hits that day, I am fine with that.

I try hard to have something new to say. This is why I do not have a schedule. If I do not have a new take, then I do not waste your time or mine. I try to be original.

I try to contribute to the community. I hope I do it justice, but ultimately it’s not up to me to decide.

I do believe everyone has something new to say. They just have to find their voice and their topic. Unlike some bloggers, I do not think anyone needs to “step away from the keyboard”. We can all blog, we just have to find our voice and contribute.