Poll: Should WDW Hire Bloggers? 197
Since Web Designer Wall launched last year, the feedbacks been encouraging. Recently though, a lot of complaints have come in that I don’t write frequently enough. Well, writing quality content takes time; plus I have to manage my freelance business and Best Web Gallery. Some people have suggested hiring guest bloggers to step-up posting frequency, which sounds interesting. So, please tell me what you think in the poll below:
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I disagree. I think this will make the blog lose it’s identity.
no. better to have a few quality posts (like the ones you are producing, thanks), than to just write for the sake of numbers.
To me less is more.
You could possibly have the odd blog from someone else, but you dont want to compromise what you have created, or add the the increasing clutter on blogs these days.
I think consistency it more effective than sheer numbers. Thanks for your efforts
Definitely yes. I’d like to see other people write, maybe once a month, but your own blogs to be the focal point. It’d be nice to have more blogs to do with web design itself.
It’s a ‘no’ for me as I really enjoy the exeptional high quality of your posts. I rather have less posts of better quality. I imagine it to be quite tricky to find guest bloggers which can maintain the same standard.
It was a hard vote, but I think it’s a good idea, but only if they can stand out as much as you.
Given that you don’t have much time on your hands, get guest bloggers and review their posts before publishing them. That way you can have the “you” approval and stick with your style.
See how much they know. If you can get them to split the RSS feed so people can subscribe to just your posts, just their posts, or to everyone’s, that would be great.
Cluttering would be another prime concern. I’d like to see more posts, but not an overwhelming amount.
Maybe a guest writer every once in a while… But definitely be absolutely sure they spend just as much time preparing articles as you do.
i go for no.its okey even if you post once or twice a week.
I think it’s a good idea. Like it’s been said: Don’t overwhelm the subscribers to your posts with posts that just won’t be you. You could always try it out though… Give him/her a probationary period. See what the feedback is like for a few posts. Then decide if you want to hire this individual. That would be a great idea, I think. And I’m not fit for the job :)
I say no. I like how this website is run, with quality posts and in time frames that don’t overwhelm its readers.
It’s good if you don’t have enough time to write articles. I’ll still follow this site and read the articles you approve :)
I think it is all about moderation, but I do agree that you are quiet infrequent in posting, so prehaps guest writters are a good idea. People are saying that than there won’t be quality posts, well thats hardly the case. All it requires is for you to screen what gets posted. If you don’t consider it a solid enough post than don’t allow it to be posted simple.
Agree – its the quality not quantity. Your doing brilliantly without anyone else, keep up the good work.
I would love to see more frequent updates, but not at the cost of quality. Smashing just started posting a bunch of guest articles and they aren’t up to the standards I’ve come to expect, and seeing them on Smashing’s front page makes for a jarring experience.
I don’t think you should hire bloggers… it is your blog, keep it that way!
Why you asking us? What do you want to do?
Personally, I know when you do post it is usually something of 1) quality and 2) that I am interested in. If you do get bloggers, quality and relevance would be the issue and if that can be guarenteed then I will need to ask myself – “Do I have the time to read all these extra posts?”
No. Quality will be a victim.
I would prefere to see good quality blogs that have been prepared, rather than other people writing. I think the quality would suffer a lot. I like it how there is one every now and again, gives me time to read it proparly and put the tips into practice.
You are a trusted source of information, so if someone else steps in, you might begin to loose that.
No, I think you are doing well enough, It is always a pleasure reading your tutorials and articles, in the future though it might be a overwhelming task. But if you could find someone similar with 100% sense of quality like yourself I won’t argue.
As much as I love your articles it would be interesting to form a collective of writings.
No! Your articles are excellent – well researched and written. Hiring others to increase the frequency of the posts may reduce the quality.