Taking break from blogging?

Sometimes blogger needs to take a break from writing. It is good to recharge your batteries. Sometimes blogger has vacations and also wants to take a rest from blogging.

Tomorrow I will go for a short trip and I won’t blog till next week. This is pretty short break but it inspired me to think a while how to handle such situations.

Do nothing about that

The easiest possibility which takes no time and effort. If you are not publishing posts everyday it is not so terrible, but it can cause serious anxiety in some of your readers. However, if you used to provide quality and valuable content and you will continue to do so after a break, your loyal readers won’t leave you.

Write a post that you take a break

A simple, short note and your readers know that lack of new posts at your blog don’t mean you are killed in action. Readers will understand you need to take break and will patiently expect more awesome fresh content when you return to blogging. As a bonus you can always invite your readers to browse your archives or top posts.

Write posts in advance

Of course it needs a lot of disciple and/or additional time to write posts over your typical posting frequency. For some blogs it is not a good option, especially for those where time sensitive news are published.

Invite other bloggers for guestposting

Definitely a great option. You get a free content on your blog written in different style. Guest blogger get an exposure and usually a backlink to his blog. A win-win situation. Of course it is highly recommended that you at least check quality of few posts written by your friend before publishing anything.

Write a post about handling a break from blogging

This is my way to go. See you next week.

photo credit: Maria Ruch