Cross-posted from is-there.net, because this post might actually be of use to blogHelper readers:

Just yesterday, I wrote on the difficulties I faced blogging on multiple blogs and advised newbies like me to stick to a primary blog, at least until you get your blogging skills up a few notches.

Well, luck is on our side as today, Chris Garett writes on maximising your income with common sense. And guess what are the three common sense points he talks about. Point 1: The more you post, the better at posting you become. Point 2 excerpt:

Common sense point two: You need four things

1. A converting, usable design
2. Lots of great, focussed content
3. Lots of targeted, motivated traffic
4. A pool of high-paying advertising or other top revenue source

And most importantly, Point 3: The more blogs the better. Well, I agree wholeheartedly with this point, but he is speaking on the side of more experienced bloggers. With practice, indeed it is possible to generate good posts on a frequent and regular basis.

Now, as I said in my previous post, I’m not there yet. Not there as in not at the necessary skill and experience level to handle multiple blogs gracefully, so to speak. So, I suggested some other common sense: Keep with what you do best; stick with your main blog until you’re ready. Of course, I understand practice with multi-blogging makes perfect. I know that if I keep up with this, I’ll possibly be able to handle multi-blogging easily in the future.

But how happy will I be and will my main blog deteriorate in the process? These are important considerations as well. Therefore, I stick with my point that it might be a better idea to keep with your primary blog until you feel ready to take the next step into multi-blogging. So, how do you determine the right time to take that step? I say it is the time when you start writing multiple posts in your main blog, but still feel that you can write more. It is the time when you start feeling unsatisfied with your the quantity of your output. It is the time when you just can express what you want within the scope of your main blog.

Another related piece of common sense is to make sure you don’t delay or procrastinate too much. That way, the progression is natural and steady. We all know this, but tend to still ignore it (and we know this too).

So, great post by Garett. It indeed explains the necessary common sense that successful bloggers will have to have. But I think more attention must be placed on the progression from a single blog to multiple blogs. Therefore, for now, I think I’ll be happy with my common sense: Stick with your one blog till you’re ready; many successful bloggers started this way and it feels better. Just make sure you don’t “forget” (You won’t forget. I’d say it’s more likely you’d be lazy and procrastinate, eh.) to use Garett’s common sense when the time comes.

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