One of the reasons I started here was to try and build relationships – apart from a few exceptions that hasn't happened. That would have been, to me, a reasonable measure of success. In that, Greg & I share a similar desire – to build relationships / community.

I don't see how that happens without responses.

And hey – I understand being busy. With three children and all the usual bits and pieces …. but, I do enjoy writing here just not always trying to come up with something new :)

All readers are different but I can tell you that I read far more than I ever comment on these days because I am just so busy.

If its any consolation I've found that my posts now only attract a couple of comments whereas a couple of years ago most got 30+ – its just the way things are now, partly because of Twitter I believe.

That doesn't mean my site isn't read or shared with others though – traffic is always increasing – so perhaps you need another metric to guage your level of 'success' with.

Lastly, and most importantly, I would ask whether you enjoy writing here?

If you don't then give up now.

If you do, please perservere.
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And it's not so much about not finding my niche – I know that, it's tech, but much more about wondering if what I'm saying is helping & having any effect and then a second aspect of have I set my niche too narrow? Because I'm a Church Techy why should I restrict my niche to just tech within church and why not church and / or tech.

That's my thinking – do I expand and include spiritual and other type posts and drop my audience as is or by adding them do I increase it and then do I want that?

Lots of questions and all mine to answer :)

I'm sorry you're having trouble finding your niche. I was blessed and fell into one that has "taken" fairly easily. I can say that, for me, "tech" isn't my thing. My brother is the tech person in the family. I've read several of your posts but have had difficulty commenting on them because I didn't have anything worthwhile to say about the topic. I guess I'm more of a relational person than a technical person, which is exactly why I'm writing this comment. :)

I'm glad you've decided not to quit completely. I want to know you're still on the WWW, doing what you do. I'm saying a prayer for you now that God will show you where to go from here.

~Jennifer

But you may be right – that it's a techy thing.

I haven't tried begging yet :)