My wife Disha and I are connoisseurs of Indian food (we are Indians from Mumbai) and have a special liking for modern Indian fastfood such as Bhel Puri, Sev Puri, Dahi Poori, Frankies (wraps), Wraps, Etc. We were at Dallas for 5 days and almost ate every single meal at an Indian restaurant. Some of the restaurants we visited were the Chaat Cafe, Mayuri, Indya Fusion, Taj Express (well, almost) and multiple times at most of these places.
Our favorite? Mayuri for South Indian food, Chaat Cafe for chaat and appetizers and Indya Fusion for the lunch buffet. It’s amazing that $25-30 can buy a fantastic vegetarian dinner for two at any of these restaurants. Of course, none of these are vegetarian-only restaurants but have a sizeable vegetarian selection.
We have a lot of stuff to say about these restaurants…stay tuned..
Off late, I haven’t had the time to write on this blog a lot….because…well, I’ve been writing on my other blogs too much…There is always a question about how to blog…should you blog on all your favorite topics all on one blog? Or should you create separate blogs for each content. The pros and cons are obvious. A single combined blog means that your topics may not have anything to do with each other. One day I’d write about immigration and the next day about vegetarian food. Chances are that the audience to these content is quite different as well, at least there is no reason to believe immigrants are vegetarians :). So, you get my point, your blog loses focus, not such a good thing. Afterall, everyone likes their blogs to have a dedicated readership.
If you create a new blog for each area of interest, you end up with too many blogs too soon. And before you know, you never have the time to blog on some of these issues on some of your blogs. For instance, I write on http://www.simplosys.com/blog and http://www.endlessswait.com already on top of this blog. I already have at least 2-3 other topics that I want to blog about. So, if I had 5 blogs, and on average, I wrote 3 posts/week (not a bad average for someone working a full time job and running a business on the side) and the writing is just a hobby. At that rate, each of my five blogs would get only 2.4 posts per month to them. That’s usually not enough to maintain a steady daily readership.
After reading several expert opinions from pro bloggers and hobby bloggers, as well as my own personal experiences, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is most rewarding to actually pick the topic that you want to blog about the MOST and focus just on that. Focus on that blog as your primary blog. Post to it daily or at least 3-4 times a week. Any less than that, and you lost a steady readership, you won’t have power-readers who visit you daily. You need to build a community around that site, send them newsletters, etc. With your other topics, you could either club them into your second blog and live with the loss of focus or write separate blogs for them that hardly get any traffic (or make money). Your choice, either way, it’s not going to be an ultra popular blog there unless you are posting something REALLY good that tons of people want to talk about…
Your thoughts and comments are welcome..