I find that promoting my businesses and my blog become overwhelming. That’s one of the many reasons my blog has suffered.

One of the top recommendations by the business experts is ‘to be authentic’.

Being authentic takes a lot of work. Responding to people so they know I care even when they don’t spend a dime at my businesses is frustrating.

That is time I could be spending with my kids. Who are the reason I stay home. The reason I so desperately try to run home-based web businesses and freelance.

Also, the examples given of being authentic are usually a crock of crap. I can tell the person is working at being authentic. That’s not authentic.

What’s authentic is I am a busy mom trying to help support my family. I want you to buy my products and use my services because it helps me provide for my children. I DO care about people and my customers.

However, spending 15 hours a day promoting my business and engaging with possible customers doesn’t seem to be authentically getting me towards that goal of being with my kids.

So other bloggers in the blogosphere, I need advice, what do you do that get you readers and real blogger relationships?