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Q&A Do people still read blogs?

My blog is still being read, and at about the same level it always was. But as blogs have become a popular form of content marketing, it is inevitable that fewer and fewer of them are being read....

posted 8y ago by Mark Baker‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2020-01-03T20:41:50Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:22:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/23524
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:22:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
My blog is still being read, and at about the same level it always was.

But as blogs have become a popular form of content marketing, it is inevitable that fewer and fewer of them are being read. Ineffective marketers pump out boat loads of drivel which people do not read. Since producing something that is not drivel is hard work, they are always chasing the next media fad in hopes that it will get people reading their drivel. They see stats that show fewer blogs are being read and immediately jump to producing videos. Perhaps briefly people who have started to avoid blogs because of the drivel may turn to videos, but as all the drivel producer flock to video, people will see through that as well.

Text and video are both valuable means of expression, each with their own areas of particular strength. But drivel is still drivel and people will not watch drivel just because it a video rather than text. People will consume quality content in whatever media they find it in.

Create quality. Make sure you have something real to say and that you understand who you are saying it to. Choose the media that best suits the message. People will come.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-06-23T11:22:29Z (over 8 years ago)
Original score: 13