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How many people are reading is not much different from how many people are watching. As a blogger I often find myself to be an insatiable traffic-aholic. I visit my Google Analytics hoping each time there will be a spike up, a validation that my words have been read or maybe even enjoyed. I know this is ridiculous but I want to make sure my words are read, doesn’t everyone? But who really can drive fans to her/his own blog? In the past there have been a handful of posts where new people came by and actually became readers. I am thankful to have regular readers of my Postcards blog as well as this one. But why do I need it so much? I look at people who don’t concern themselves with traffic sometimes and wonder if they are better off just blogging.
All I ever wanted to do with my blogging was to write and be read. It would be ideal if the system tools were all in place to where I continued in that habit as traffic and income flowed freely in response. I believe it’s possible but elusive. In the house of a blogger would it have to mean leather home theater seating or a straight-backed chair no cable? I know there should be middle ground. That’s what I would like to represent with my blog. I think we as bloggers know though that it is impossible to just stop marketing and expect the audience to remain. What do you think about monitoring blog traffic?
