Lesson Learned, Some Tribes Don’t Mix

I have started a second blog to return this one to its original theme and topic. When I started blogging in 2008 it was to provide an avenue to further develop my Personal Branding. While it has proven a challenging task (I’m not a writer, as you can probably tell), it has also been rewarding to receive a little feedback on what I do write. My professional interests revolve around being an architect and wanting to learn how to make my firm more successful. This is led me to increase our in-house learning while also finding more opportunities to represent InterDesign in the AEC industry and our community. I’m active in several professional groups, namely CSI, AIA, and DBIA. Through these groups, I get to hear the issues others in my industry are facing and try to contribute to solutions that benefit all of us. I’m now moving into the office of President for the Indianapolis Chapter, CSI and it will take most of my volunteer time for the next year. In keeping this blog’s theme on my brand, expect to see many more posts on my progress as President and lessons learned along the way.

Separate from my social life of meetings and programs about architecture, I also try to take an active role in my church, the Eastside Church of Christ. The two worlds are not entirely different, but the interest of those who followed this blog was… Through utilizing my blog for a resource to a high school class I began teaching this spring, I’ve driven away all of my followers. I had naively thought by using tags my readers would filter the posts to what interested them. What I didn’t take into account, many followers are like me and subscribe via RSS or using a blog aggregator. I had developed a small tribe, and when their leader began talking consistently about something they were not interested in, they all walked away. I don’t blame them. I follow many blogs because of the topic. When the topic changes, I drop the blog, who has time to read things you aren’t passionate about.

I’ve learned from this and will move forward. If you were someone interested in continuing to follow my study of the wisdom literature from the bible, or find the past blog posts related to the study, just visit my second blog at http://bible-blake.blogspot.com/.

If you’re still with me, I’m glad to have you reading. As always, let me know what you think. I don’t filter the comments posted to my blog (unless I have to remove advertisements or something obscene), so feel free to share your opinions with my readers as well.