You bring up a good point regarding putting yourself out there. This is something I continue to question. Many of my blog posts are snippets about events in life, where I’m the butt of my own jokes. My purpose is to amuse readers and, hopefully, make them smile. But, is it interesting? Is it “too much”? Is looking at statistics, like hits or comments, enough to judge by?

Regarding ROI as it relates to time, that’s something I always need to remind myself when it comes to just about anything on the Internet, including research. It is so easy for me to get lost in technology, to spend time trying out some new thing, because it’s exciting. I’m learning to prioritize and focus, so that I’m not trying to implement multiple projects at one time.

Very thought-provoking comments, Lorelle.

Great idea! I love delegation. I’m also eager to hear more about the “Finding Derek” campaign.

I find many people terrified of taking the risk to get “personal” and put themselves out there beyond the anonymity yet inclusiveness of social networking. We get so stuck in the same old same old, you are telling us to jump in with both feet and that it isn’t so scary.

I’ve held back from including multimedia on my sites for two reasons: Time and value. It’s the old ROI. By adding these things, how much time is going to be spent editing and preparing them for publishing? How high is the learning curve? I need to find out what others are doing so I can emulate and learn from them…it takes time. So how much time do I need to spend before I can see a return on that investment of time.

I’m finding out that it doesn’t take that much time. My fears added to the time. There is technology available that makes it easier, like the phone number for readers to call in with their say or having them add their images to YouTube so I don’t have to mess around with hosting or supporting the files…technology is beating down my fears of embracing these technologies, but it is still risky.

Thanks for the great insights into making this easier to do, and hopefully, I and others will jump off the cliff of our stagnation and get more inclusive with multimedia.