I Am Shutting My Blog Down
Ok… all kidding aside, it isn’t too likely that I will shutting down my blog, but I am going to take a break for a little bit. I am really not sure how long, I am thinking for about a week, could be less, could be more. I really don’t know.
I am not burned out or anything like that…. believe me I can sit here and spin off articles quicker than a race car can spin its tires. So don’t fire off comments suggestion that I chill or take it easy or don’t get burned out, etc.. I am still going to be blogging, but not here.
The real problem is how I focus my time, energy and my resources. I enjoy helping people, I really do. But, on the flip side, not many people “pay it back” which is fine, it’s the nature of people I guess. But that really isn’t the issue. The point being is this. While I enjoy helping others by writing on this blog, it takes away from my ability to help myself and even my family. That is the real problem at hand.
For every minute invested here on this blog, that is one minute less I spend on another blog that actually does make a “real” income for me.
I have said this many times, my personal blog is not an example of a blog that makes money. While I do have advertisers on the blog and I pitch a few products here and there, this blog makes the least amount of money compared many of my higher performing niche blogs and it sucks up the most server resources. This is a personal blog that provides articles and posts that recap my experience in making money online.
To put things bluntly, running this blog costs me money rather than makes me money. I don’t mind though, I enjoy the experience and I really do enjoy helping others. In a perfect world, it would be nice to get more feedback on my writing, but that really isn’t the issue.
The issue is I need to make money. I need to continue doing exactly what I have blogged about for two years and summed up in over 725 articles on this blog. So, no offense, but I am going to take some time off and while I do that, I am going to carefully consider what I will do with this blog in the future. And yes, there is the possibility that I will discontinue publishing on this blog.
Anyway, you are more than welcome to drop me a comment and provide feedback. I will promise to read what you say. I’ll try my best to respond.
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Oh and I forgot to say, I will still be active in the social networks so you are welcome to read my submissions. I am most active in Sphinn and StumbleUpon. Also, you can follow my day to day events on Twitter. All of those links are made available in my sidebar.
Thanks for the advice thus far Garry …. it was certainly appreciated.
Best of luck in whatever direcion you choose to go with or without this blog.
If appropriate …. I’d love to follow your expolits on your more productive blog if you’d like to share the link …. regardless … thenaks again and the garryconn archive has more than ample material to keep me ‘learning’ for a long time.
My best to your family also.
Paddy
Garry,
Man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do.
Thanks for everything you do and share with us here. Make some moolah quick and we’ll be seeing you back here when you feel like it.
All the best.
Rich
GDay Garry
I only found your blogs about 2 weeks ago and Your Leaving ? crikey !!
Cheers
Terry
Oh my, seems you’re a very good person.
Maybe you can just let your readers do the guestposting right?
Gary,
I totally know what you mean. I have had to focus more on things that are paying the bills lately and less on blogging as I am not making a living from blogging yet.
I certainly appreciate all your efforts put in to this blog. Out of all the “how to make money online” blogs on the net, I have gotten the most out of yours. Each time I need an idea or feel in a rut I visit here to see what else I can do……and for that I am grateful!
You ROCK man!
You have priorities, no one can criticize you for that!
Hey Garry,
Enjoyed your blog mate and will miss your informative and straight shooting posts. I look forward to using your services shortly and will stay in touch through chat.
Thank you, Garry, for such an honest and forthright update!
I appreciate your candor, and I empathize completely: several years ago I poured my heart and soul into a web site that provided very little remuneration — and eventually, I had to put all my work on this site on hiatus in order to maintain my other personal and professional commitments: http://awakening.net/Note.html
At this point, however, I am gradually beginning to resume my work online again, and I will soon be launching a new web site dedicated to helping people make a living making a difference. The focus will be on working online, so if you’re interested in learning more, I invite you to join my announcement mailing list: http://www.Good-Work-Guide.com
In any case, I have appreciated all the resources you’ve shared in the months gone by, Garry, and I will look forward to learning more about where life leads you next….
Totally understandable. Your family and your financial security should come first.
I started blogging earlier this year to help bring more income into my family. I’ve done ok with the pay per blog post thing but haven’t quite figured out the niche blogging yet, which I would like to start setting up. We support two families (my husband has two kids he pays support for) and it can’t just be my husband’s income doing that if we want to provide our own children things in life as well. We struggle too much financially to provide for our own household’s bills and our own children after support is paid. I am a stay at home mom to our four children, but I still want to make a decent income to help financially.
So, your concentrating on your blogs that make money for the time being, or permanently if you decide not to post on this blog, is understandable. Can you let me know what blogs you will be posting on though so I can subscribe? I subscribed to this one to learn from you and get a better idea what niche blogging is and how to do it.
Thanks!!
Oh goddammit.
Go make some money if you must. Your karma bank is overflowing from the work you’ve done here and I’m grateful you let me make a few deposits as well.
Your writing makes us feel like we’re sitting across the table from you having a nice cold beer. It’s entertaining, conversational and grammatically correct – you just don’t find that every day.
Don’t you dare forget to come back here and post baby news and pictures!
Your friend,
Annie
Hey Garry,
Thanks for all the advice and help that you have provided. I truly appreciate it.
Go make that money and support the family.
If you wouldn’t mind posting the links to a site that brings in the bacon I’d like to follow your progress/updates as well. Email me if you don’t want to post them here.
Thanks again Garry
Taking A Break is always good i will be taking a vacation from blogging too gotta enjoy life then come back to the blogging world lol have a good one Garry!
I know how frustrated you have been lately and can understand taking a step back to prioritize. And, of course, feeding your family always comes first so I don’t think anyone would discount you from needing to spend more time on your money makers.
I would be sad though if you didn’t come back as I just found you lol. Thanks to the contest I found your blog and really glad I did and already enjoying your content and perspective. So I do hope that even if you spend less time you still decide to post every once in a while. To be honest, I already thought you posted too much lol! Not a bad thing at all but I just couldn’t understand where you found the time to post so often which obvious thought out content.
Regardless, thanks much for the work you have already done! Hope after you get some work done you decide to “come back”
Lessons for everyone. When someone is giving away stuff for free, it really isn’t. (That is not a slam against Garry). Time is money. When they offer products they use, seriously consider purchasing it. If they are bringing in the $, they can keep the “free” stuff flowing.
I purchased a product through Garry and JohnCow during the competition. I also purchased Mark Mason’s recent WP themes. I’m not sure if I did that one right for Garry to get the credit though.
Garry, we hope you find time to come back. I also love family pics, so share the photos or if you already are somewhere let us know which network and we can go become your friends there, too. I hope.
You gotta do what you gotta do big guy…..you really put forth a lot of work, more than most know…..you’ve helped me out quite a bit on a personal level and I truly appreciate it…as I’ve told you many times
whatever you decide, I’ll still be around……
see ya
HEy Garry,
I think this is a bold move but probably a good time.
Although technology is moving on and Google changes something new everyday thing in the MMO niche are a little stale. MOney is being made by lots of people but I stumble across the same concepts re-worded day by day.
I guess what I am saying is it’s a good idea to take a break or post less often where MMO is concerned. When you come back everyone will very pleased to see you.
I have stepped back from blog reading slightly. I just don’t have the time to read all day long whilst I am developing my blogs and strategies to earn money online.
Garry you rest well and chill out for a bit (joke
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