Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.
Some blog readers have complained (in a nice way) about the lack of blog posts from the Hosk.
One person said, why don’t you write a blog about not writing blog posts, which would help fix the lack of blog posts.
My first reaction was to say
- I have been busy
- I haven’t had time
- I was ill
Often my instinctive reaction to a question is often defensive and a justification to myself.
Defensive answers are not useful because they don’t tackle the true cause deflect the question from being answered.
The truth is, I haven’t prioritised writing my Hosk CRM blog. If you reallywanttodosomething you maketimetodo it.
Quality not Quantity
When writing the blog post Tips on how to become a CRM MVP from CRM MVP’S, which summarises CRM MVP Q&A
I have been trying to increase the quality of posts, by spending more time constructing blog posts (this one excluded) by
- Make notes on the subject
- Design the subheadings
- Write
- Edit (abouttimemany readers willbe saying)
The goal of writing better quality posts is to create posts with more Hosk thoughts and insights (I do have a page of quotes!). Do create posts with deeper insights you need to spend more time thinking about a subject.
The Hosk blog grows
I have been blogging for 5 years and have written over 1000 posts on CRM. The early posts were quiet basic often involving linking to other good blog posts. In the early blog days what I lacked in skill and original thought I made up for in number of posts.
The early blog posts I viewed the blog as a tool to help share great content on CRM 2011.
As my knowledge and expertease in Microsoft Dynamics CRM grew so has the length, detail and insight in my blog posts.
The Hosk CRM blog has grown in numbers over and this year has already had 50000 more views than last year and for the first time I have clocked up over 500000 views in a year.
CRM MVP – Failed
An initial goal of the blog was to help me achieve CRM MVP status, I learnt like many others, it’s extremely difficult to become a CRM MVP.
A general rule of thumb with regards to becoming a CRM MVP (which I have been told many times)
Thosewhoreallywantto become a CRM MVP, seldom do.
After 10 nominations (2 and half years) I believe you can’t become a CRM MVP by just writing a blog. If you think who are the thought leaders in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM community, the currentlynominated CRM MVP’s offer great advice, insights and best practices for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
My motivation has changed to focus on creating quality blog posts. A goal which I stated in New Year Hosk CRM Resolutions
Everyone should write a CRM blog
I believe everyone should write a CRM blog, for these reasons
- To help others in the CRM community
- To learn more about CRM
- Social media content is your professional brand
- A place to store your CRM knowledge
Writing the Hosk Dynamics CRM blog has been great and I have referred to it as my online CRM Brain in this blog post CRM 2015 – How to diagnose plugin errors. If I have a CRM error, I usually search the Hosk CRM blog for answers (or google which usually takes me to the Hosk CRM blog).
Writing the blog has created a Hosk CRM brand and most CRM developers I meet have read my blog, which is cool. It’s useful when going for interviews and in one situation someone went was asking me questions featured on my blog
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