I was talking to Jason at HarsH ReaLiTy the other day, as I do, about re-blogging or “respinning” blog posts. Jason does it all the time these days and he swears by it as a practice which allows his new followers to enjoy his older posts. I follow HarsH ReaLiTy by email but I don’t receive notifications for his posts when they’re old ones–respun ones–which makes me happy because I’ve already read them. So it does have that going for it in regards to the possibility of an annoyance factor.
It still concerns me that I might get on people’s nerves if they see posts in their readers that they’ve already read. I don’t have as many new followers on a daily basis as Jason does. BUT, for the new followers I do have, it may give some insight on what I’m talking about half the time.
How do you feel about it? Would you consider re-spinning or re-blogging your posts? Have you done it and, if so, how did it work out for you?
Finally, just for fun, if you were to re-spin your favourite post from the past, which would it be? Feel free to attach a link to it in the comments and maybe you’ll get a whole new audience to read it. Assuming this works and lots of people link, I encourage everyone to check out the other commenters’ blogs. 🙂
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October 13, 2014 at 11:18 am
Hi Linda – I had actually asked Jason about this, since I don’t blog very frequently. He did mention re-posting, which I tried a couple of times. My challenge is that I write poetry, so it isn’t quite the same. However, I might try it again sometime next year, and re-post a few poems (informing that it is a re-post for the those who may have read it before), for the benefit of new followers.
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October 14, 2014 at 3:42 pm
I’m actually doing the same thing on my fiction blog – although I didn’t come out and say they are re-posts. No one saw them the first time around 😛
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October 14, 2014 at 6:29 pm
That’s funny! 🙂 I don’t think too many people saw mine first time around either. And I’m still only slowly building an audience.
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October 14, 2014 at 10:25 pm
It takes a while, doesn’t it? Especially when writing fiction and poetry.
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October 15, 2014 at 4:57 am
For sure! 🙂
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October 10, 2014 at 11:19 pm
I have a couple of posts I think worth re-posting, particularly on my mathematics blog where there’s one about working out the score you need to pass (or get any desired grade) in a given class, and another that puts the information in an easy-to-consult table. That seems like the sort of thing that’s useful the last weeks of every term.
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October 11, 2014 at 1:58 pm
That would definitely continue to be relevant, and a great example of a blog post that’s a good candidate for re-posting. 🙂 Excellent point. 😀
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October 9, 2014 at 5:42 pm
Hi Linda, First of all thanks for the follow to faithsighanddiy. I actually asked Word Press about this and they said it’s even a good idea. I always mention that it’s a repost and I also tag with “RE” for many benefit so I know it has been reposted. My favorite post is actually not that hold but I started writing it the day I began blogging and it took me almost three years before I finished. It concerns the birth of my now three-year old grandson. I wanted to be sure it contained the right blend of heartache, hope and love. The URL is: http://faithsighanddiy.com/2014/09/08/disabilities/
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October 9, 2014 at 6:44 pm
Thanks so much for the link, Rebecca, and for your comment. 😀 A lot of love must have gone into that post!
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October 9, 2014 at 4:40 pm
I’m not new to writing, but I am still pretty new to writing in this medium, and I guess the “rules” are a bit different. I’m not only old, I’m also old-school, so it would go against my grain to simply regurgitate the same material and pretend like it’s fresh. I don’t have any problem, however, with linking from a new post to an older one if they’re somehow related, or if I think it might benefit my readers understand the flow, chronologically speaking.
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October 9, 2014 at 6:41 pm
That also is an excellent way to direct newer followers to older material. I do it often myself. 🙂 I’m actually finding it much easier to do with my fiction… I think of it as publishing a new edition. Publishers do that all the time, right? 😉 Thanks so much for commenting. 🙂
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September 21, 2014 at 2:14 pm
I’ve not done any reposting. I consider it at times, because my blog is my story of supporting my daughter in her last year of life and my experience after her death, interwoven with my daughter’s story, and it’s chronological. So I imagine new readers might be confused without the history, but then worry it would bore those who are regular readers!
Here’s a post I love, one of my daughter’s poems: http://luminousblue5.com/2012/10/01/birds-nest-poem/
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September 21, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Thanks for sharing, Lucia. 🙂 It’s quite a dilemma, isn’t it?
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September 19, 2014 at 10:45 pm
A lot of publications talk about repurposing our posts. Most say to take the pertinent parts out of the post and create a new one from it, that way it isn’t a repeat. Sounds good to me, if I ever get the time. And yes, there are people who create a book from their blogs. 🙂
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September 20, 2014 at 9:02 pm
That does sound like a great idea – completely reconstructing them out of a portion of the message! That way I could leave the old ones where they are – chances are no one will re-read them anyway. 🙂
Thanks for this, Debby!
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September 21, 2014 at 2:49 pm
You’re welcome Linda. This is something I plan on doing in the proverbial ‘someday’ lol. 🙂
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September 21, 2014 at 7:08 pm
Ah yes. The “someday.” Right up there with the mythical “they” who say stuff we’ve all heard before. 😉
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September 19, 2014 at 5:34 pm
I’ve been blogging for less than two years and have under fifty followers. I try to blog regularly and do okay with not getting too concerned about increasing stats. If I were to repost, it would be a real early post that I particularly enjoyed posting because friends were involved. It’d be this one: http://dontcursethenurse.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/the-top-ten-things-they-dont-tell-you-in-nursing-school/
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September 19, 2014 at 8:44 pm
Thanks very much for the link 🙂 It’s the blogging regularly that makes me sometimes want to repost something older – it’s hard to come up with new subject matter sometimes!
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September 20, 2014 at 3:13 pm
Totally agree. I often have to snuff out the urge to talk about hospital or patient stuff that crosses over that big fat HIPPA confidentiality line. That’s when my post comes a day or two late!
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September 20, 2014 at 9:22 pm
Oh, I’ve had some urges of my own for posts that were no-nos. Letting them sit for a couple of days is usually a good idea.
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September 19, 2014 at 4:44 pm
I thought about it for a little bit but then one day I was discussing with someone about writing. This person told me that I write pretty much every day on my blog although I discounted this as ‘real’ writing. They went on to say that writing a blog post is no different to writing a book and suggested using some of my blog posts for a book. So that is what I am doing. I’m taking a lot of my older posts, reworking and putting them into a book.
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September 19, 2014 at 8:47 pm
That’s what I call extreme re-spinning! What a wonderful idea! Best of luck with it, my dear. 😀
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September 18, 2014 at 4:42 pm
I have occasionally recycled an old post into a new one or re-blogged myself. I did it just recently when a poem I had previously posted was accepted for publication. I am hoping to re-issue posts that I wrote when we were in Hawai’i with photos included and/or linked to, but they will have added value to the (under 10) people who read them the first time around.
I would consider re-spinning if I were ever going into a major promotion drive for new readers/followers. I know from OM that it works, in conjunction with lots of searching out new blogs to follow and comment on. It’s just not my priority right now.
If I were going to re-spin a post it would probably be this one of these three: http://topofjcsmind.wordpress.com/2014/07/19/desk-excavation-socs/ which was actually one I did for your SoCS; http://topofjcsmind.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/julie-julia-and-blogging/ because it is about blogging which is a favorite topic of bloggers; or http://topofjcsmind.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/binghamton-poetry-project/ to show my poetry side. It’s hard to think of any one post as being representative of my blog because it is designed to be eclectic.
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September 18, 2014 at 10:00 pm
When actively trying to gain new followers would be a perfect time to re-spin posts. Good point, Joanne. 🙂 I do know what you mean about not having the energy – I don’t know how Jason does it!
Thanks for the links. 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 8:32 am
I’ve thought about it, but I feel like you do, that old readers would be annoyed. Maybe sharing old posts on FB or other social media is the way to go. I didn’t know you could re blog your own posts until I accidentally did this one once. It’s not my most popular, but I’m sharing it here because it’s not offensive as many of my posts are. Lol. http://donofalltrades.com/2014/01/25/grease/
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September 18, 2014 at 9:50 pm
Thanks for the link, Don! And thanks for sharing your experience. Yes, it is indeed possible to re-blog your own posts. I also found out by accident that it’s possible to re-blog from the wrong site (if you have access to more than one) and there’s no reversing it. THAT was a day from hell. 😛
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September 18, 2014 at 7:24 am
Hi Linda I have recently started respinng some of my older blogs .
I do find it is good because I only respin a post if it feels relevant. It also gives you a chance to update and polish the blog up, in fact it often means I end up with to versions. I think it’s a good way for your newer readers to see some of your older work. 🙂 xxx
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September 18, 2014 at 9:45 pm
I have to agree – if it’s updated then not only are the newer followers seeing the older stuff, but you’ve got a better blog for it too! Thanks for giving your opinion, Willow 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 7:12 am
not sure about respinning but I was thinking of maybe updating an article and doing it that way…but only the ones that did quite well
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September 18, 2014 at 9:43 pm
Going by the comments here it seems most would update before re-spinning. I’d be afraid to do it with the articles that did well though – that would mean most of my followers have already read it. I suppose if I updated it enough though… Something to think about! Thanks, Alysia. 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 5:53 am
I have reposted older posts before, generally ones that maybe didn’t have any interaction, and I will probably do so again, even with ones that did have interaction on them before.
People don’t really tend to read back that far so I don’t think there is any issue with reposting, most current followers do not tend to interact even on recent posts so I don’t think followers really care one way or the other.
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September 18, 2014 at 9:40 pm
That’s what I was considering – reposting ones that barely saw any action. I’d probably polish them first though, if there is anything relevant to post. 😛 Thanks for your comment. 🙂
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September 19, 2014 at 4:33 am
It is something I am actually going to do gradually, so I can add to them, add tags, spell check etc.
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September 19, 2014 at 8:49 pm
Great idea! Going along gradually it won’t seem so much work. 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 4:16 am
I believe you error in the use of the term “re-spinning” an article/story/blog, etc. “Spinning” or “Re-Spinning” an article does not mean you have rewritten a previous article to represent it to your audience.
“Spinning” or “Re-Spinning” is done by use of a software program that takes your original article and rewrites it many times changing certain words or phrases so as to make the rewritten article to appear as though new original content. This is done to put your story everywhere you can send it without it appearing to the search engines as though duplicate content. Please correct me if I am wrong about this. I wrote an article on these types of programs years ago. These programs are used by many of the spammers from non-English speaking countries to post their spam to web sites world wide. When Google sought to destroy Directory and Article Repository sites crying about duplicate content “Article Spinning” became the method for fake SEO promoters to get links back to their clients sites. I lost numerous web sites during this period and Matt Cutts was and is still an offensive name at my table over this. Matt Cutts caused the loss of incomes for many hard working web sites while not doing a damn thing about article spinning. Google does not wear the white hat they claim . . .
Rewriting an article to present your information differently or by updating information is the proper way to redistribute an article and does not use any type of “spinning” software. All it requires is the skills of a real author to rewrite the information.
Like I said, please correct me if I am wrong. I’ll take a raise and a key to the Executive Washroom if I am correct, okay? Man! I never get away with nothing . . .
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September 18, 2014 at 3:33 pm
Very interesting. I can’t claim with any authority whether you’re right or wrong, but I trust you’ve researched the term far more extensively than I have (I haven’t researched it at all) and I imagine you’re correct. It certainly makes sense. I was actually waiting for someone to call me out on the redundancy of the word “re-spin,” which I realized after I published this post is probably right up there with the word “irregardless.” 😛
Thanks very much for setting me straight, Rich. The key is yours. 😉
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September 18, 2014 at 6:08 pm
Respinning is simply a term that is applied to the subject at hand. In the case of “respinning” posts that have already “gone by” that is what it is being referred to in this case Rich. I look at my posts, the thousands I have written, as going down a river. When I turn that river into a water wheel, I push a image of “spinning” them and that is why I use the term. 😉
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September 18, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Then quit using the term, lol. Programs like “Article Spinner” provide a negative influence to the term. Spinning an article by use of these programs actually rewrites articles hundreds of times, polluting the Internet with garbage under guise of being a useful SEO tool. A few years back I had a number of Article Repository type sites. In a matter of 6 months I had over 20k in spam submissions of poorly written content that made no sense but fooled the Search Engines. The cost of trying to stop their spam was too high to continue running the sites. Google targeted repository and directory sites to run us out of business and between the spam and Google it was easier to roll them up than it was to try to fight either of them. Of course you are free to use whatever term you like to describe what you are doing. My mind goes right to negativity when I hear the term due to the garbage created by “spinner” programs. I really have no idea of the proper/improper use of the term. But, you know I had to put my “two cents” in anyway.
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September 18, 2014 at 10:57 pm
LoL 😉
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September 19, 2014 at 11:54 am
Sorry to hear of your business woes because of spinning, Rich. It’s no wonder the word has negative connotations for you. Re-posting it is from now on. 🙂
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September 19, 2014 at 1:31 pm
I knew I was going to like you . . .
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September 19, 2014 at 1:33 pm
😀
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September 18, 2014 at 2:23 am
I did it for the first time yesterday and I’ll probably be doing it again. I’ve been a little reluctant about it because I had an attachment to my “Lest We Forget” page, which was essentially a chronological index organized by year. I didn’t see the point of *not* doing it anymore though. One of the biggest reasons being, I have a ton of subscribers that just weren’t there early on. I do think that, especially since I don’t have a ton of posts on “Heart of a Lunatic” just yet, they need to be spaced out by new posts, and I wouldn’t want to ‘re-spin’ them constantly either. A year old and it’s definitely on the table, but I’d have to wait *at least* a few months before re-spinning a post.
It’s definitely a viable practice, imo, for all of the reasons above and because sometimes… I’ve already said something, and I’m not above re-using past words as long as they’re still true to what I was going to say (again) anyways.
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September 18, 2014 at 3:25 pm
Exactly. Sometimes things just become relevant again – and why re-write when it’s already there? Thanks for sharing your opinion, Jack. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 11:45 pm
I haven’t been on WordPress long enough to respin any posts yet but yes, I would do it.
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September 18, 2014 at 3:21 pm
Thanks for sharing your opinion. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 11:44 pm
Great post Linda 🙂 I’ve actually never thought about respinning a post but I have edited and re posted something I had previously taken down at one point. If I were to choose I would probably repost my article about Sayulita, Mexico because it’s one of my favorite places to travel http://thetinywriter.wordpress.com/2014/04/19/yo-falto-mi-familia-de-mexico-3/
Thanks for sharing!
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September 18, 2014 at 3:18 pm
Thank you for linking your post! 🙂 I don’t think I could re-spin an article unless I edited it. Then again, it’s rare that I’m totally pleased with a post when I publish – too much of a perfectionist!
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September 18, 2014 at 3:31 pm
Haha I am the same way! I keep editing constantly and I think sometimes I should maybe just repost at a later date if that article wasn’t good enough for my liking… or didn’t get too many views 🙂 I’m also fairly new to blogging so not too many likes at this point… have to keep things fresh and new to gather that following! And over time the posts are improving I think. Thanks again for the awesome post!
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September 18, 2014 at 10:03 pm
I try to be encouraged by the adage that “it will never be perfect” – it’s just a matter of stopping editing already! Tough to do. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 11:14 pm
Till now, I have done only two respinning/reposting of my posts. To be honest, I am just lazy and that is the only reason.
OM’s respinning of posts actually led me to some posts which I had missed. For those which I have already read, I either skip them or if it was an interesting topic (like women, men, relationships, random lists 😉 etc) I go through the latest comments, because they sometimes are too interesting to miss.
If I have to repost I would chose this : http://wp.me/s2VJsy-wonder
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September 18, 2014 at 3:06 pm
Excellent point about the comments, KG. Sometimes they’re the best part of a post. 🙂 Thanks for weighing in with your opinion and for the link! 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 8:36 pm
I don’t mind seeing re-hashed posts. Sometimes I like to re-blog a post from one of my other blogs. If I were gonna re-spin one today, it might be this one about how a one page letter changed my entire day… maybe my life! http://bit.ly/1nupArl
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September 18, 2014 at 3:04 pm
I’ve done that – re-blogged between my two sites. My fiction blog doesn’t have half the audience this one does though.
Thanks very much for the link! 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Thanks! I’m still working on gaining followers. How’d you build your audience?
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September 18, 2014 at 3:12 pm
Mostly by searching in the reader for the same sorts of things I write about myself, and commenting on other sites… kind of like you did here. 🙂 People who comment also read, and are more likely to want to become part of the community that WordPress is. So follow commenters back to their own sites. It’s a great way to find a kindred spirit. 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 8:40 pm
Actually, not to jump in yalls conversation and all (though in my defense it does say to “jump right in” lol), but come to think of it, I have done that kind of a re-spin as well, re-blogging between blogs. Seems safer lol 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 10:06 pm
Don’t ever worry about jumping in to a conversation here – that’s why I have the “reply” buttons going so deep into the comments. 😉
If I was going to re-spin they would definitely be spaced out too. As you say, seems safer. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 8:06 pm
I think if there’s enough time between the post and the repost it could work, like you said maybe a year, and then it should be a repost of your best one lol, like a real hot one. I do have a question though: how do you re-spin a post for new followers that doesn’t go to your older followers to? I would love the insight! In closing, I’ll only be concerned if the respin is too close to its original publishing date. If I was to repost, I’ll most definitely spin this one: http://thepbsblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/the-relationship-my-love-affair-with-poetry/
🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 3:00 pm
That’s the thing – there is no way to put something out to your new followers without putting it before your older followers as well. If they follow you by email, however, it seems the email won’t pick up posts that were published previously. They’ll all show up in the reader however. I hope that answers your question. 🙂
Thanks for the link!
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September 18, 2014 at 8:33 pm
Yep, gotcha. And no problem, thanks for the opportunity.
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September 17, 2014 at 7:25 pm
I spin posts sometimes, usually the ones that didn’t get a lot of views. I like it and I like it when other people do it too. Even when I try to read some blogs frequently, I still miss things.
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September 18, 2014 at 2:57 pm
That’s definitely one of the advantages to re-spinning – not everyone reads absolutely everything we write. Thanks for your input, IB 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Its a matter of perception isn’t it. What’s the point of my blog? For me it would be tedious re-blogging as tend to think I want to move on all the time. I have re-written the odd one from time to time but I tend to think like Linda that is would be a pain for people to see stuff I put up some time ago. But if it works for you then go for your life.
Good discussion point Linda.
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September 18, 2014 at 2:55 pm
Thanks, Michael. The act of moving on is part of my problem as well – the blog is called “Life in Progress.” And like life, my blog has progressed with me.
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September 17, 2014 at 6:15 pm
I think it’s fine to update your new followers with content you’ve written in the past. Honestly, casual audience members rarely dive into archives to read everything from day one.
I do this sparingly on another site where I post my art. If it’s a personal favorite or the style still represents my current work I’ll re-blog/re-spin it. I’ve just gotten into blogging here at wordpress but I would follow the same practice with any actual writing I put out.
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September 18, 2014 at 2:53 pm
Thanks very much for your input. 🙂 And it’s true – some of my old posts haven’t been looked at in a long, long time.
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September 17, 2014 at 6:11 pm
Hmm, I can see both sides to this. I don’t do it myself for the same reasons you don’t, but maybe down the line I’d consider it — I do see the merits. If I did do it, I’d probably start with this post, on my childhood tree friend. 🙂 http://somekernelsoftruth.com/2014/08/21/ive-talked-to-a-tree/
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September 18, 2014 at 2:50 pm
Thanks for the link! 🙂 Yeah, down the line… like when a subject becomes relevant again or something needs readdressing.
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September 17, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Gee first a debate on trolls and now spinning. Why do I feel like I am inadvertently the starter of these conversations? 😉
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September 17, 2014 at 5:57 pm
You’re my inspiration! 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm
lol, yea right. =P
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September 17, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Seriously, you are … sometimes. 🙂 You certainly inspire me to write a good hook and posts that encourage comments. And to help other bloggers too!
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September 17, 2014 at 6:06 pm
I am sure you would help people anyways Linda. That is the type of person you are. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Yeah, okay maybe. But you showed me how to do it in the first place. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 6:19 pm
lol, I won’t argue with you Linda. But pffff I don’t think so. 😉
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September 17, 2014 at 6:25 pm
You’re entitled to your opinion. 😉
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September 17, 2014 at 6:31 pm
LOL!!!! 😉
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September 17, 2014 at 5:51 pm
Reblogged this on HarsH ReaLiTy and commented:
Do you re-spin posts? I do. Join the debate! -OM
Note: Comments disabled here, please comment on their post.
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September 17, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Thank you. 😀
Me=Canadian=can’t help it. 😉
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September 17, 2014 at 5:39 pm
I actually have thought about reblogging old posts during NaNo. I think I’d like to just be free from all but Wednesdays during November.
I did set up a “Best of” tab, and people do click them. But there are plenty from when I first started, when I didn’t really understand how to participate, and when I had very few readers.
This one is my fave:
http://jolenemottern.com/2013/02/05/the-irony-of-the-sad-giraffe/
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September 18, 2014 at 2:42 pm
NaNo is the worst time to have to blog as well. Very tempting just to repost when we’re busy or just having a period of dumb. (I do that often.) Thanks for the link, Joey. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 5:33 pm
To me re-spinning is only effective if you are making a point which you can’t create a new way of doing so.
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September 18, 2014 at 2:39 pm
True, John. I’ve considered this in the past too. Again, if I’m going to repeat myself I either need to put a completely new spin on it or don’t bother… or repost an old article. 😛
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September 17, 2014 at 5:33 pm
Don’t mind recycled work. I have all kinds of “good intentions” to read my favourite bloggers from beginning to end, but you know what they say about good intentions…
I have done so, only when it was exactly the perfect response for a daily prompt for instance, and it hadn’t many views up to that point.
I toyed with the idea of posting this piece today on your One Line Wednesday – because it happened again, today – the cat licked the furniture http://mcwilson1956.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/stop-licking-the-furniture/
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September 18, 2014 at 2:37 pm
I’ve been tempted to recycle posts for prompts – I might have actually done it and am selectively forgetting about it (haha) – but I feel like it’s kinda cheating. Kinda. I’m glad you attached this link Maggie. Thanks for the laugh. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 5:14 pm
I’m not a fan of “respinning” or recycling old posts. I have, upon occasion, taken an older post, updated it a little, and reposted it. I did that a few times when I was on my cross-country journey this past summer. But I’ve made it very clear at the top of those posts that what followed was not a new post, but “a blast from the past.” I know OM does a lot of recycling, and he has actually recycled a few of my guest posts on his site recently, which I suppose got me a some views — and perhaps even some followers — that I might not otherwise have gotten.
But I find it a little annoying when I see a half a dozen — or more — recycled posts of his in my reader (sorry, OM, I’m being forthright). I don’t always remember having read them the first time, but I do look at the dates of the comments and if any of them precede the posting date of the “current” post, I know they’ve been recycled and I stop reading them. I just don’t have the time or the inclination to read something I’ve already read.
But this is just me. Whose ever blog it is should be the one who decides whether to recycle older posts or not.
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September 17, 2014 at 5:36 pm
I agree. I truly despise them being recycled en masse, as I feel it clogs up my reader. Best to put some people on bookmarks and go at my own leisure.
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September 18, 2014 at 2:31 pm
It’s one of the reasons I rarely go into my reader.
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September 17, 2014 at 6:13 pm
I like that approach, updating an old post.
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September 17, 2014 at 6:48 pm
I was about to say… only half a dozen? lol
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September 17, 2014 at 6:50 pm
Hey, I did say “or more.”
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September 17, 2014 at 6:51 pm
I know. My small eyes cause me to read slowly. My bad!
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September 17, 2014 at 6:52 pm
Read slowly but post incredibly fast and often…and over and over again! 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 6:54 pm
hahahah sound cultural advice there! lmao!!!! I truly just laughed a little.
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September 18, 2014 at 2:34 pm
I actually haven’t reposted any of my posts from a year or more ago partially because I don’t feel they’re up to the standard I’ve since set for myself. They would definitely need to be updated. Good point you have there.
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September 17, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Hmmm I have not as of yet respun any of my posts but have wondered if it would be worth it to do so… If I was to respin a post It would be one of the following… I think, (but there are so many that are dear to my heart)
http://myspokenheart.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/soulmates-reality-or-unrealistic-fairytale/
http://myspokenheart.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/sometimes-we-just-need-to-let-go/
http://myspokenheart.wordpress.com/2013/05/22/unconditional-love-vs-acting-like-a-big-gorilla/
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September 17, 2014 at 5:59 pm
It’s hard to choose, isn’t it? 🙂 Thanks for the links. 😀
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September 17, 2014 at 6:12 pm
Thanks for the idea. It’ something I am seriously contemplating now, perhaps not in the original form but adding/fixing them up or maybe writing posts that can link back?
You’ve given me lots to think about 🙂
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September 18, 2014 at 2:30 pm
Always happy to help 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 5:07 pm
I don’t have enough posts yet to do this but if I did, I would re-spin my post about living with your significant other (http://whitegirlsbelike.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/for-the-love-of-god-man-where-are-the-clean-towels/). I’d cut some stuff and add some more relevant stuff, just because it’s probably my favorite post and it is the best example of what my blog is like.
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September 17, 2014 at 5:58 pm
Thanks for the link, Alanna. 😀
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September 17, 2014 at 6:56 pm
Anytime girl, thanks for the publicity! Hahaha, seriously this is fantastic!
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September 17, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Hi Linda, I have thought about ‘re-spinning older posts, but haven’t yet. However, I can see that it might be a good idea if the posts were more than a year old.
They may be interesting to new followers 🙂
My most popular post can be found at:http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/2014/08/02/authors-dont-be-twits-when-tweeting/
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September 17, 2014 at 5:05 pm
Thanks, Chris. 😀 I agree, it’s probably best to re-spin from a year or more before.
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September 17, 2014 at 5:12 pm
And it gives you a chance to cherry pick the best and most popular posts from the past (and give the brain a break from trying to come up with a new post lol)
But ‘re-spin sparingly, with large time spaces between them 😀
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September 18, 2014 at 2:28 pm
The brain needs a break often. 😉
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September 18, 2014 at 2:31 pm
YEP! 😀
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September 17, 2014 at 4:53 pm
I’ve done it. I don’t do it as often as Jason does, because I also wonder if I’ll annoy people by spinning posts they’ve already read! But I also have posts that I would really like my new readers to see… so I do think it can be useful. For me, it’s a matter of finding that fine line.
This is one of my favorite posts… Why Do You Write What You Write?
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September 17, 2014 at 4:57 pm
I think you’re right about the fine line. Did you have a lot of success with your re-spun posts? I’m afraid they’ll fall completely flat.
Thanks for the link! 😀
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September 17, 2014 at 5:06 pm
I don’t know if I could use the term “a lot,” but I definitely noticed that I picked up a few people who probably missed it the first time. A few extra likes and comments. I have only been blogging here a few months, so my experimentation has been more to see if different days and times bring in different viewers. So far, I would say the answer is “yes.” 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Only a few months? I’m surprised! I thought you’d been around longer – not sure why. 😛
Good to know you had a good response. Thanks for your reply. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 5:12 pm
I’m good at acting like I know what I’m doing. Also I’ve been told I’m an old soul… so it seems like I’ve “been around” for a long time…? IDK. LOL. Thanks for the opportunity to hook up with other bloggers. 😀
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September 17, 2014 at 4:50 pm
I’m respinning a few posts in honor of my 500th tomorrow. I’ll let you know how it goes.
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September 17, 2014 at 4:54 pm
You don’t look that old!
…ohh, you mean your 500th post.
hehe
Thanks, John. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 4:49 pm
I used to do a series here on Dean’z Doodlez on a Monday called “Classic Art Monday” where I took some artwork that hadn’t seen the light of day in about a year or so and basically gave it a brand new post all to itself!
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September 17, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Did you get a lot of new traffic from it? Feel free to leave a link to one of your posts here. 🙂
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September 17, 2014 at 4:58 pm
I’m pretty sure they brought some traffic to the blog. They were primarily for when I was in my old job, I worked Monday’s so I wanted something to post to the blog while I was in work, so I dusted off these old drawings to share on the blog. I only did four of these posts:
http://deanzdoodlez.com/2013/12/30/classic-art-monday-ichigo-from-bleach/
http://deanzdoodlez.com/2013/08/05/classic-art-monday-kurse/
http://deanzdoodlez.com/2013/07/29/classic-art-monday-dracula/
http://deanzdoodlez.com/2013/10/21/classic-art-zombie-lady/
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September 17, 2014 at 5:02 pm
Thanks, Dean! 😀
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