Blog Tipz

Powerful blog leaders today were once in the same situation that you are likely in today - wondering whether they should start a blog or keep putting it off, with the thought residing in their head the potential positives (or negatives) that could result from beginning their first blog.

The current form of blogging was started by the adventurous, pursuing, and motivated bloggers that now make a steady, full-time income today.  Characteristics such as these have allowed many people online to become successful, the same traits that people lack, which leaves a void in the ability to start a new campaign for finding success.

Before beginning to address the reasons why would-be bloggers never launch their first blog, I would like to add that each area has been placed under a wide-ranging heading, which can be broken down even further with subcategories.

What if we all were able to beat our fears and strengthen areas we are weak in - how would our blogs grow?

 

 

Fear of Failure

One of the biggest misconceptions about blogging is that the first blog you create will become successful.  Numerous other factors lead to the reason why blogs fail.  While there are dozens of reasons why blogs don’t succeed, they can all be classified under “It wasn’t what I expected”, or “I had events in my life that caused me not to be able to blog”.  So, this fear of failure is what causes many soon-to-be bloggers never begin.  They are unwilling to take risks which may affect their life, goals, and ambitions.

Stress is another factor that people consider before starting a blog.  Maintaining a blog involves time, leading to stress if the time doesn’t pay off, unless the blogger doesn’t define the blog’s goals - by taking a blog too seriously, you won’t be able to bring personality and connectivity to your readers.

Accuracy

Along with the fear of losing credibility, having a one hundred percent accurate blog simply won’t happen.  When you are gathering facts for stories you are writing, there will always be a line between what’s accurate and what is believed to have happened.  Bloggers stress out constantly for the fear of ruining a story that they published about first, or that their reader and traffic levels will decrease due to particular sides of issues they are covering more heavily/misinterpreted facts.

Readers quickly form a judgement of you and unless you express that you really know what you are talking about, they won’t return to see your blog grow.

Skills

Most people either think that they don’t have the skills to start a blog or can’t write the articles with the writing ability it takes for visitors to turn into readers.  Without skills, most people think that they won’t be able to have a successful blog.  The time you area spending mulling over whether or not to start a blog is time that you could be developing and refining the skills that you do have. 

When you take a look back at the archives of the successful bloggers, you’ll find that they were also entering the learning process when they started out.  They probably didn’t have perfect English, correct grammar, copywriting skills, or the ability to market their name/blog to others.

Ideas

Having the ability to come up with posts that invoke thoughts and comments from readers is what blogging is built upon.  As blogs grow, especially after several years, it becomes harder to create content that people still find interesting, especially in a niche that doesn’t have a lot of topics to blog about. 

Because you haven’t started blogging yet, maybe it is time that you take a couple days, find what you are interested in, how much information is available, then develop the purpose of your blog, what you will be covering, then your target audience.

A strong foundation typically yields the ability to grow as long as you continue to be motivated and persistent.

Financial

Another leading misconception about blogging is that it involves spending money to make money.  It’s quite similar to other jobs, where you need proper attire to appear presentable or transportation to arrive on time.  In the blogging aspect, you’ll also need a publishing platform (either free or involving a monthly fee for hosting), and a way to get there and start publishing (a computer, Internet), both of which most people have.

However, to become profitable, many blogs need to spend money for advertising, hosting, and other products in order to see any large blog growth.  Novice bloggers, or those that haven’t even started yet, don’t realize that spending time creating content is often the fastest way to begin a blog.

Loneliness/Popularity

Everyone wants to become popular online, with the title of your blog and name known jointly, as a brand.  However, once a blogger becomes too popular, they may feel overwhelmed with creating content for thousands of readers, leading them feeling lonely, alienated from those that place too much pressure on the creator.

On the other hands, blogs that don’t see a launch like the owner wants may see a disgruntled owner desiring more feedback from his or her visitors. 

Time

People fear that the time it takes to blog will distract them from their offline life, causing conflicts with loved ones, their career, and the physical/emotional health.  There is a balance that people must attain in order to start blogging, unless the reason want to begin blogging is to create a better situation for you and your family.

Any blogger can successfully manage his or her time by preparing posts ahead of time, multitasking, and using nontraditional ways to increase traffic growth while growing your own knowledge.

Uniqueness

Other bloggers feel as though they won’t be presenting new information in an overly saturated market.  The ability to bring new, engaging content, presented from a different perspective can help any blogger become known.  You will be more likely to succeed if you associate alternate attention grabbers to your content - such as images, post format, blog theme, and so on.

Competition

Entrepreneurs will always be faced with a struggle to win the “battle” against competitors, in this case, larger blogs.  Despite the fact that it’ll be a long time before you see a return for the time you put in, new bloggers should never consider their blog as competition with other blogs.  You should be working towards achieving your own personal goals, not trying to win a fight that you will never merit.

All blogs are connected in some way, so readers view each as a separate resource, all building upon each other.  If you are able to maintain a blog that stands apart from others, you’ll also be able to meet a few more of your goals.

Conclusion

As soon as you realize that blogging isn’t what you really think it is, start a blog, there is nothing that is stopping you from connecting with others and generating a small income along the way.