Getting Personal?
A big teen blogger in the blogosphere has made a massive change to the way his online life operates. Glenn Wolsey has decided to alienate his name from his original blog, GlennWolsey.com and move to a new, impersonal blog DesktopVibes.com. I think it’s a pretty interesting, yet risky move to make - though if pulled off well could have major benefits for both him and his readers.
Why did he do this? In his own words:
…the ability to bring in guest writers into the fold, an easier and more structured path to building a brand, and the ability to write abut things I wouldn’t have normally done with the site attached to the GlennWolsey.com domain name.
It’s true, and these are all valid points, but this may come at a price. A “possible” loss of readers. Lets face it, a lot of Glenn’s readers are going to be more casual. Even lazy and will probably never switch to the new feed. The thing is though, starting a blog for a second time is obviously a lot easier. you do have a following - even if you do have a few losses. And of course, you’ve learnt a lot, less mistakes will be made, I sure know this; there are many changes that I would have otherwise done. You’ve got to way up the pros and cons and see if you feel it will be for the better.
And what will happen to GlennWolsey.com?
Moving to Desktop Vibes for technological content and leaving this weblog for personal based entries
I just hope GlennWolsey.com doesn’t become stagnant, even if it does not remain necessarily technology related it would be nice to see an insight into what Glenn is up to. Would I do this myself? Maybe. If I felt that my blog was getting to the point where to add a new angle I would have to separate my personal branding.
What do you think of Glenn’s choice, and would you do it yourself?
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My only fear is that DesktopVibes becomes impersonal and like so many other blogs on the Internet that have content just for the sake of content. My favourite blogs are usually the ones with personality, and I try to reflect that in my writing.
Good luck Glenn. I really hope you pull it off, cause it’s a good idea.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:07 amI think this is a good idea, since when I was re-designing my blog, I wanted to use Glenn’s awesome theme, and then customize it.
Would I do this to my theme? Probably in the future, but not at this moment.
Great post, and best of luck to Glenn with DesktopVibes.com.
~Daniel Brusilovsky
April 30th, 2008 at 3:51 am