Comments on: Going Weekly

By: matt

matt — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

You have basically described exactly the way I have been doing my photoblog for the past few months: One, maybe two posts per week, five photos per post. I really like doing it this way, but don't be fooled by thinking it will be easier. Sometimes I wish I was puting up a photo per day...I think it would take less time overall. In any case, good luck with it.

By: east3rd

east3rd — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

These days, a lot of the blogging tools out there allow you to schedule your posts. So, if you had 7 photos that you wanted to post for a week, you could do all of the posting at once, but schedule it so that you'd have a post per day for the entire week. That way, you're logging on to post just once a week, but you're reaping the benefits of daily entries. Just a thought...

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I have been feeling the exact same way about my photoblog lately, for some similar and some additional reasons. I am also busy, but the problem is not finding time to post, but finding time to take quality photographs. The quality often suffers when I dig up an image from the archives, or take a picture of my son's Hot Wheels, just to feed the blog.

I would rather coalesce my spare hours into a significant photo shoot (e.g. a day at a large park, or in the city), rather than spend the time in small increments. I have a few home projects that are way behind, in part due to my photography.

I have even considered putting my photoblog on ice for a while.

Anyway, if you have an RSS/XML feed then your visitors can see you postings whenever they occur. If I go to a much less frequent posting schedule I plan to make a point to my visitors to monitor my RSS feed.

By: Reza [Solid Moments]

Reza [Solid Moments] — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Two months ago, I switched from one photograph a day to posting a photograph every few days, when I have a good feeling about the quality of the photo. It has not yet impacted the number of visitors to my site significantly.

However, you must keep in mind that expectations would be lower when you post at fixed schedule like one every day. If you switch to post every now and then, you must be more careful about the quality of your work. You decrease quantity, but have to improve the quality... I think this way is better for learning, and if your site is still alive, it will still be considered a photoblog.

By: david

david — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I've gone to a post every other day and it has worked well for me. It's had a dual effect...one, I don't have to post so often so I'm not constantly trying to find a photo to post, and two, it allows me to only post those that I feel are the best.

I think any form of non-daily posting will work, as long as you let your viewers know what that schedule is and then stick to it. You'll only lose viewers once they think the site is no longer active.

By: luke

luke — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

a photo a day, every day is so hard, photobloggers are hardcore. I tend not to post if I don't feel like it one day and make it up the next day with 2 in 1 day (like today)

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

One bit of technology may help you, but not completely: an RSS feed. And call it out to your regular visitors, so they know to add it to their bloglines subscriptions or whatever. Seriously, it's a nice thing to do and will save them a little effort.

By: hool

hool — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

concentrate on a system that works with your shooting style to show good photos. good photography makes for regular viewers, not regular posting.

i have always posted blocks of photos, intermittently. sometimes i post blocks every day, sometimes with two week gaps in between. my visitors have remained constant.

By: stephen

stephen — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

My list of favorites includes some that are updated daily, some every few days, and some closer to monthly (but those generally post a series). Quality photos will keep visitors coming back no matter how frequently you post. I haven't been photographing or photoblogging for very long, so I try to post fairly regularly in order to start building a base of visitors. However, being pretty inexperienced, my success rate isn't very high and posting regularly means I'm posting a lot of things I'm not real pleased with, so I've thought about moving to more infrequent posting as well.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Just remember not to compare number of unique hits to number of unique visitors. If the number of regular visitors stays the same and they realize that they only need to check the blog every few days, then your hits will go down, but you won't necessarily be losing viewers. Does that make any sense?

Some people are nuts when it come to checking in and others only stop by on occasion anyway. I might stop by a place like Chromasia once every couple weeks and just keep hitting previous until I get to the last picture I saw and he posts every day. Some people check his site every day, but I like to think that I'm just as important of a visitor as they are.