Ask Dosh Dosh

This article should have been published yesterday but I was incredibly busy throughout the week and so didn’t have the time to write. Let’s jump right in to this week’s advice column.

Dosh Dosh reader Akemi Gaines wrote in last week and asked one simple question: “How do you measure the success of a blog?”

Here’s one way to define success: It is something that is achieved when you meet or exceed the goals you have set for your blog. Sometimes this definition of success is socially influenced. How much does your vision of success rely on comparative value and the views of others?

Last week I wrote about the benefits of an advice column and mentioned that I would be starting one every Friday on Dosh Dosh to answer questions sent in by readers on related topics.

Today is the first advice column and I’ll like to keep things kinda casual. I won’t be writing long and well researched articles. Instead I’ll try to answer everything from my personal experience because I think that’s what really matters when you’re offering advice.

The first question comes from Cenk: “What are some of the most important things that a new blogger should know before they start blogging?”