The last post I published was a look at the ‘1 month after relaunch‘ milestone which I just hit. Before I decided to publish such an post I had to decide if I wanted to get a milestone post online or not. I have spotted some pros and cons of writing such milestone posts on a personal blog:
Pros
The milestone post shows readers that there is something happening – not just some post hitting the rss reader – and it shows what is happening. A short review of what happened and a short look into the unknown future. I, as a reader, appreciate such posts cause than I can better see what is happening with the person behind the blog and the blog it self. I think especially at a personal blog that’s very important.
A second pro is your own ego. I like to see the good going on – who don’t? – and that includes hitting milestones like the ’1 month after relaunch’. I take the publishing of future plans as a incitation to get the goal hit by the deadline I wrote in the post, which is a great reason to publish such a post – at least in my eyes.
Cons
If you publish a milestone post at your blog you may turn some readers off cause they just like to get information and don’t want to get a note in their rss reader that you changed the design. The second reason is that maybe the feature plans don’t fit the expectations of the reader. This is for a personal blog both not that important I think, cause people who read your blog are interested in you and your opinion which means they are interested in what you think and what you write.
Conclusion
In the end I decided to write such an post. I decided that way because I want the readers to know what they have to expect and what happened since the relaunch. That shows that something is happening and I’m looking forward to get out more great content and improve my writing skills.
This thoughts are for my personal blog. If I would run a business blog which could make me money, I think I would write the milestone post in a completely other way.
What do you think about publishing milestone posts? Please leave a comment or just send me a email.
