The Blogger Mom

Dark Room will help you
focus on your writing.

There are so many things you can do with a computer, all at the same time, that certain high priority tasks can be affected. I do believe that multitasking is great, when well-manged. The thing is, web workers can be distracted because of the many activities which can be done with a computer and the internet – instant messaging, social networking, bloghopping. These distractions can be very hard to resist.

If your work is centered in creating content, then you must always, always be focused. Writing web content, sales pitches, feature articles and blog posts is no joke. I know this because this is what I do for a living. Writing can be draining, that sometimes distractions are most welcome. But of course that is unproductive (and dangerous, because you can lose your job idling around :p).

Do you know that you can earn with Squidoo? No?

Well, I know of three ways to make money in Squidoo.

But of course, the proverbial questions: What is Squidoo? And what is a Lens?

Squidoo was founded in 2006 by bestselling author Seth Godin. It is a website where you can create a single page about any topic at all under the sun. This page is called a Lens.

Now, this is what a lens looks like.

Now that you know what a Squidoo lens is, here is what being a Lens Master can do for you…

No one is exempt from that horrible case called writer’s block. As a blogger, I have gone for several days, sometimes even weeks, without updating because I just couldn’t seem to find any topic, not even a source of inspiration from which to draw my articles.

If you maintain a personal blog sometimes you may experience a slow day, where nothing seems to be worth mentioning or sharing. My post from the other day, about the need to update a blog regularly and content building, may be able to help, but sometimes, you may need more than just a general subject.

Most people who do not know me well wonder what I do for a living. Even my neighbors are in awe that I never have to leave home, but then they see me go out once a week only to return home with bags full of groceries. I had a neighbor who approached me and ask who sustains my household, which is composed of myself, my son and our nanny. I told her, “I work at home.” She seemed really puzzled.

Even if there are a lot of people who work at home, there are even more people who are clueless that a thing such as a telecommute work is viable. I get asked a lot how and why I got into this sort of thing (blogging and working at home) and if it’s any different from actual office work.

Well, there are similarities and differences between the traditional office setup and working at home. But for this post, let me share with you the reasons why I love being a work at home mom, and why I think you’d like the same arrangement, too.

When you work at home…

As a blogger, it is your responsibility to create fresh, relevant and exciting content for your readers. If we leave your blog unupdated for long periods of time, your readers will think that your blog has died.

I should know. I was once a delinquent blogger.

A few years ago, when I was fresh out of high school, I maintained a personal blog that has gained some measure of success. I enjoyed the popularity, for a while. Somehow life got in the way and I did not update as often as I used to, as often as my readers would have expected from me. Then my readers began to visit less and less, until I fell off the blogosphere.

Somehow the death of my angsty teenage blog came as some sort of relief to me because it was so full of the childish whining and college drama that I would rather forget. LOL.

However, if your blog is something worth reading, something helpful and relevant then NEVER LET IT DIE A SLOW DEATH. Keep your blog updated with fresh content and remember to post entries that will serve your readers. Make your blog useful to people and they will surely come back for more.

How do you keep your blog from dying? How do you build your blog’s content?