May 13 2008
Blogging: Defining Moments
I’m a member of Blog Catalog and awhile ago I came up with a notion that I shared with other members.
The day I decided to delete a successful blog was a defining moment in blogging for me. Getting my first domain was one too. I think we have all had defining moments but if not then why not make one up and blog it. We all appreciate reading entertaining stories so if you don’t have a post to link to now you could write one. Then I could mesh them together into a post and spread the link love around.
Main Entry: defining moment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: very crucial moment
Synonyms: climax, critical moment, crunch, decisive moment, loaded moment, moment of truth, point of no return, turning point
Have you experienced a “defining moment” in your blogging or even more than one? If so have you blogged about it? (* Please provide a link to the post if you have blogged on this.)
Here are the results:
Sulz : “i’m not sure if i hit blogging nirvana or any real blogging achievement of sorts, but it was a pretty big deal to have gotten my free css upgrade from wp.com, since i love to dress my blog up. 
and i also feel very happy that i have regular readers and commenters who interact with me, because i like making friends despite my shyness. yeah, i think the little things count more to me - to have my readers like what i write and become friends in the process. (oh, the times i got links from big blogs like engtech’s internet duct tape were a nice blogging trip for me!)
Shirley: I have had more than one defining moment. When I wrote for riverstyxxx I knew there was no going back. I felt it was worth it if it would help someone else. I ran a contest for my new logo provided by bsilvia graphics-illustrations.com/ in exchange for a link to all 3 of my sites. and then, without asking, someone left a message on my blog that they would like to redo my page for free! This person isn’t a BC member I guess they just dropped into my site. I didn’t write about it but the new set up is at proofpositivity.blogspot.com and this is the site in which the designer came from roarkdesignstudio.blogspot.com/
Jenn : I think one of the more defining moments for me was realizing a platform I was using was just never going to work properly, and I had better make the serious effort and move all of my 90-some posts to a new locale.
It ended up being a wonderful decision because it’s a much better user-experience now, but it was a lot of work.
Of course, I realized that every bit of the effort I put into this is worth it. I wouldn’t trade the sense of community and the ability to communicate that blogging has allowed me to enjoy.
Kevin: Spread the love.
