Blog modus operandi...quantity or quality?

[karomesis]

I was wondering what your thoughs where on the preffered modus operandi for a blogger, go for quantity like I mentioned in another thread, or go for quality with fewer. It seems as though more of you are opting for the latter, but I could be mistaken.

I can imagine that there is a limit on how many blogs one can operate successfully without letting them go to shit. Unless you can hire a team of monkeys to blog for you

[Boogie]

I once said a very long time ago that this debate could be a simple equation of talent. I think in a way it still is.

If you were making a resturant you could either invest everything into making one nice big 5 star resturant, or you could buy a shitload of half assed hotdog carts.

either way will make money, probably. What do you want to do tho? sell steaks or hotdogs?

and the talent comes down to whether or not your small set of quality sites can hold and acquire the attention of your dozen of other smaller sites.



now with that said, it also applies to blogs too

[karomesis]

Boogie, have you found it advantageous to offer less in the way of pics, and more text links? I think you have about 1 billion of them.|shocking| Your blog is VERY large.

And yes, the american flag never looked so good. Her smile was very endearing, quite unlike many models I see, they lack the apperance of intimacy with the veiwer.

[walrus]

I may be butting in here but my thoughts on the matter is "give'em shit to click". I post a picture or four to set the tone of the post, link it to a hosted gallery from the sponsor, write some shit that fits with my personality, sprinkle in a few text links here and there. Although, I don't think I follow any type of "formula" and hopefully my posts are as bi-polar as my personality but I try to always follow the credo "give'em shit to click"

[Boogie]

Originally Posted by karomesis

Boogie, have you found it advantageous to offer less in the way of pics, and more text links? I think you have about 1 billion of them.|shocking| Your blog is VERY large.

And yes, the american flag never looked so good. Her smile was very endearing, quite unlike many models I see, they lack the apperance of intimacy with the veiwer.

I find that linking to anything and everything helps. I offer a mix of pics and text. I think a mix is good, because people who only want pics will scan for them, the people who want to read will do so.

My blog has about 500 entries now, is taking in a fair amount of search engine traffic a day and has some rediculous amount of inbound links. its no fleshbot, of course, but it aint bad

something I did there is right

[Boogie]

Originally Posted by walrus

I may be butting in here but my thoughts on the matter is "give'em shit to click". I post a picture or four to set the tone of the post, link it to a hosted gallery from the sponsor, write some shit that fits with my personality, sprinkle in a few text links here and there. Although, I don't think I follow any type of "formula" and hopefully my posts are as bi-polar as my personality but I try to always follow the credo "give'em shit to click"

and yeah walrus is awesome

I think his idea is great, give em shit to click, or do, or interact with.

[karomesis]

So mixing some mainstream in would work great for a blog as long as it offered an interactive aspect? My dream has been a blog called societyoflibertines.com, I already have the domain, I want to integrate humor, insightful commentary on finely clefted assess and vaginas, exquisite things like how extraordinary a redlining carrera gt sounds, and the sheer enjoyment of everything possible that defines the Libertines/hedonistic lifestyle.

do you guys think it's nuts? or a great idea if implemented properly?

[Useless]

Originally Posted by karomesis

So mixing some mainstream in would work great for a blog as long as it offered an interactive aspect? My dream has been a blog called societyoflibertines.com, I already have the domain, I want to integrate humor, insightful commentary on finely clefted assess and vaginas, exquisite things like how extraordinary a redlining carrera gt sounds, and the sheer enjoyment of everything possible that defines the Libertines/hedonistic lifestyle.

do you guys think it's nuts? or a great idea if implemented properly?

The Marquis de Sade would be proud. It's an excellent idea as there are so many different audiences to appeal to. The educated or slightly more refined surveyor of porn goodness is oft forgotten as we constantly market to those searching for 'cumslut fuck pics'. As I like to say, "find a hole and fill it."

[karomesis]

UselessWarrior, thanks for the encouragement. I would like to think that DeSade would approve of my proclivities.

You are, I assume, a fellow libertine?

[walrus]

Originally Posted by karomesis

So mixing some mainstream in would work great for a blog as long as it offered an interactive aspect? My dream has been a blog called societyoflibertines.com, I already have the domain, I want to integrate humor, insightful commentary on finely clefted assess and vaginas, exquisite things like how extraordinary a redlining carrera gt sounds, and the sheer enjoyment of everything possible that defines the Libertines/hedonistic lifestyle.

do you guys think it's nuts? or a great idea if implemented properly?

My opinion of your current mental state really isn't important. In my rarely humble opinion, a blog is the ideal medium to promote your idea from.

[bunky2u]

Yeah...

your idea is a good one and sometimes it helps to be a bit nuts. Being nuts prevents you from thinking like everyone else.

Good luck!

[Simon]

As the wise man said, call me crazy again and I'll eat your other eye.

I like your Libertine blog idea. Years ago I was involved with one project called the Libertine Art Society and another called La Societe Libertaine (later rolled into the POWErotics/UrbanKink site). I can tell you that there definitely is a segment of the online market who'll be responsive to the "hedonistic lifestyle" approaches.


Simon

[Boogie]

every project, every idea you ever have, is probably worth trying. if it flies, good. if it fails, back to the drawing board.

will never know until you try.

god help us if alexander graham bell thought he was crazy for wanting to talk across electrical wires.

[karomesis]

WOW. I keep thinking I will be on candid camera or something.This is definitely the best forum on the web.

I really appreciate everyones feedback, and am going forward with it.

Boogie, I say dream big, or don't dream at all. This is my ultimate long term goal
That is where it begins in the next 5 years......

http://www.cytoritx.com/about/

http://www.advancedcell.com/






This is where it will be in 30 years


http://www.foresight.org/


http://www.singinst.org/


Welcome to the future ladies and gentlemen.

[walrus]

pssst - keromesis....over here. shhh, I don't want the others to know that I'm letting the cat out of the bag...so to speak. See, we see an enthusiastic guy like yourself and it reminds us of our not so distant past and being the sadistic types...we want to encourage you as much as possible so that we can then watch your hopes and dreams crash against the hard rocks of reality. So take my advice...run, run away as fast as you can or in the not too distant future, you will become one of us!






for those who don't know, that was meant tongue in cheek
Good Luck Dude!

[karomesis]

So take my advice...run, run away as fast as you can or in the not too distant future, you will become one of us!

Too late, I'm already a degenerate pornographer.

Thanks Walrus. How's the wordpress going?

[walrus]

As far as moving my current sites over to WP, I've sort of shelved that for the time being. Since what I wanted to do is so advanced there isn't a plugin that will do exactly what I want (although I will be testing one this weekend that has promise) but since I already had WP installed...I decided to start a new project.

I'll probably take it public next week sometime.