Comments on: Less is More Experiment Results

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:16:19 +0000

In the long run if the post are of higher quality then it may be beneficial. But like others have mentioned, the best posting schedule is the one you can stick to.

By: Nubloo

Nubloo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:29:21 +0000

It always depends on the nature and niche of your blog. For this blog, I would agree with you that a faster pace is more appropriate. It’s more of a daily nature. I certainly read it every day

By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith

Rebecca Laffar-Smith — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:10:27 +0000

I think the ‘random’ effect of your ‘less is more’ theory is where you’re really hurting here. Fewer posts can work but you still need to have a committed schedule of posts. Perhaps Monday, Wednesday, Friday would suit better. By not having a set schedule you’ll fall to blogging when you ‘feel’ like it and feeling like it less and less as days go by.

Of course, since you can commit and have enjoyed posting Monday through Friday you should stick to what you love. Your current readers are used to the schedule and I feel you produce posts of excellent quality and ideal quantity already. If it’s not broke, why fix it?

By: Kelly @ Small Business Guru

Kelly @ Small Business Guru — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:52:37 +0000

Ben,
Wonderful post. And congratulations on the Zen Habits guest host.
I love that blog — but I actually found you from comment you made off of John Chow. I stumbled on his site — wasn’t really digging it but loved your comment so that lead me to investigate a little more.

Either way — I’d say you’re doing very well this far in and should have no problem reaching your goal — ahhhh sweet independence.

Question – how’d you get your feedburner stats to read like that? Mine only goes back 30 days.

By: Ruchir Chawdhry

Ruchir Chawdhry — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 11:49:14 +0000

The less is more thing only works well for some people. But not for the majority. To actually use less is more, you have to have immense self-discipline…

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:28:46 +0000

It still seems like your guest posts brought in quite some viewers

-Mike

By: SOCOM Sales

SOCOM Sales — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:34:54 +0000

I’ve been working on the ‘less is more’ theory for a while.

By: Surveys Online

Surveys Online — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:30:50 +0000

The best posting schedule is one that you can stick to. I feel that consistency is more important than number of posts. If you can consistenly post on say Monday, Wednesday and Friday then I feel that this can be just as effective as an everyday posting schedule.

That being said, the subject matter of your blog lends itself to daily or even two a day posts. And I’ve found that shorter posts tend to be more conducive to higher subscriber numbers…you may want to experiment along those lines.

In the end though I think that whatever allows you to keep your readers happy without burning you out is going to best for the blog. I for one am happy that you are going back to the daily posts.

By: Silvano

Silvano — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:21:16 +0000

I thoroughly enjoy reading almost every post you come up with, and I found myself frequenting your site even more, wondering when you’d write a new post. I agree with Caroline, in that, do whatevers best for you, makes you feel good, but I would love to see more posts, and even more documentation along the way with your experiment.

By: Caroline Middlebrook

Caroline Middlebrook — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:39:42 +0000

Nowadays I dont have as much time to read blogs as I used to so I find myself skimming and scanning a lot more so the blogs that post daily often dont get all the posts fully read even though I do click on them which counts in Feedburner. I think the most important thing is how it feels to you though. I recently spoke about the importance of feeling good when you write as your state of mind comes through in your writing. Go with your gut instinct and I’m sure the subscriber numbers will follow. If you follow a schedule that is set by your stats you’re asking for trouble imo.