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The biggest mistake I've made as a blogger was....

Whether we like it or not, there is a learning curve to mom blogging. No one's perfect and that means sometimes we make mistakes. What is the biggest mistake you've ever made as a blogger?

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Permalink Reply by Jayne Blake on June 16, 2010 at 11:33am

Facepalm.....definitely over sharing. To the point of feeling a little nauseous after I posted, then feeling so embarrassed that I've taken the post down. I think I was trying to be real and honest and just...share.

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Permalink Reply by Kristen on June 17, 2010 at 1:41pm

Starting on Blogger. I definitely learned a great deal and Blogger is an awesome publishing tool. So much more can be done with Wordpress though...and my blog (and posts) are more easily found now.

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Permalink Reply by Stephanie Rosenhahn on June 18, 2010 at 10:02am

The biggest mistake I ever made was pretty bad, I think. I have a daily post called the Low Entry Lowdown where I list low entry giveaways so my readers can help out fellow bloggers (and themselves!), and I found this awesome site where a lady was listing different giveaways. I misunderstood and thought she was only doing it for extra entries in giveaways, but it was actually a post similar to mine, so it was just like stealing someone else's content. I felt terrible and embarrassed! I'm really glad she was so understanding about it. Needless to say, I haven't been back to her site yet....I don't ever want her to think I'd do that on purpose! I am super careful about where I get my info from now! Lesson learned!

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Permalink Reply by Crissy on June 18, 2010 at 11:24am

My biggest mistake so far has been jumping on board with a brand partnership (out of sheer excitement that they wanted ME) without demanding more details about compensation up front. What I learned, is that just because you've been asked to work with a recognized brand, doesn't mean that they are prepared to roll out an organized campaign with fair compensation. Disappointing, but, next time I will know which questions to ask!

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on June 21, 2010 at 10:30am

I guess I'd have to say uh...

calling out some people on their blogging tactics and layout choices. LOL I think it pretty much killed my blog.

It's ok tho, I don't write about much anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Melissa Choate on June 21, 2010 at 3:01pm

If I had it to do over again I would never have started on Blogger. I also would have created a separate email address, just for my blogging identity. Then I could exist on Facebook without having my blog page linked to my personal page. The same goes for Twitter. It's not a matter of remaining anonymous, it's about avoiding confusion. I wish I could pass this along to every would-be blogger.

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Permalink Reply by jewel33 on June 27, 2010 at 3:53pm

So far ... thinking that just because my blog was new, I could request more books than I had time to read, because I figured I'd only get a few of the ones I requested! LOL!

Julie @ Knitting and Sundries

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on July 1, 2010 at 12:29pm

to think that the number of followers (at least on my personal blog) mattered!! I would much rather have READERS than "public followers"

Michelle
http://tattletalegiveaways.blogspot.com/
http://sweettattletales.blogspot.com/

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Permalink Reply by NiNi Polite on July 1, 2010 at 11:20pm

Apologizing for not blogging everyday. Most of my readers are fellow mom/soon-to-be mom bloggers and they understand that there's just not always time to blog. No matter what life goes on and my readers still love me, I hope lol.

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Permalink Reply by More Milestones on July 10, 2010 at 8:44pm

Telling my cousin was a HUGE mistake. I was going through a lot of stuff at the time and I hoped this new hobby would take my mind off things. Then I told her of my exciting new blog she was less than supportive.... which really added to all the crap that was going on. I'm glad I stuck with it dispite her support.

~Mona
http://moremilestones.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/mom2_boys

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Permalink Reply by Beth Grund on July 13, 2010 at 7:45pm

NOt getting a domain name straight off. Switching domains to .com made my new name go n/a. It took a few months to get to a 4/10 now I have to grow back to it.

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Permalink Reply by Beth Grund on July 13, 2010 at 7:47pm

My family knew but never visited my blog, HA. It took a TV interview for them to find it..so weird, right?! Your blog is your business period!

Jamie said:

I am totally blogging in the closet right now. The only person who knows about my blog are my husband, mother and best friend. If my sister-in-law found out, I would never hear the end of it. I'm so scared I'll be discovered. I'm thinking about just coming out already.

More Milestones said:
Telling my cousin was a HUGE mistake. I was going through a lot of stuff at the time and I hoped this new hobby would take my mind off things. Then I told her of my exciting new blog she was less than supportive.... which really added to all the crap that was going on. I'm glad I stuck with it dispite her support.
~Mona http://moremilestones.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/mom2_boys