A Compact Disc of Blogs
Way too many bloggers blog only on their blogs. Adopting this focus guarantees none blog outward. Do you blog outward? Blogging outward means blogging wide. Blogging wide means guest posting on blogs from your niche. Consider a Christmas tree. Picture your blog being the main tree, sitting at the center. Everything runs through the trunk, …
Blogging is a team sport. Blogging in a cyber cave is the solo act familiar to many suffering blogging souls, the old me included. Scanning 51,000 backlinks pointing to Blogging From Paradise reveals some co-creation courtesy of team-mates on a level, in most cases. Perhaps a handful of links flowed organically from sources completely unaware …
One of the worst aspects of imagining blogging competition is choosing to go against pro bloggers versus working with these individuals. Do you work with or against professional bloggers? Working with pros makes life easier because 2 people get more done combined versus 1 person trying to do things solo. Team work makes the blogging …
Blogging solely for yourself seems to have its benefits. Perhaps boosting blogging income feels good to you. We all love to earn extra cash. Maybe being adored feels delightful. Who does not like receiving love from loyal, loving readers? But blogging for yourself becomes boring after a bit because addressing your needs makes the journey…..bland. …
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The belief in scarcity influences bloggers to give for the sake of getting. But giving for the sake of giving is the way to become a successful blogger. Why? Giving from abundance allows you to keep giving for the sake of giving when you do not get money, traffic or social shares. Every professional blogger …
I scanned an online forum I had not visited in years a few moments ago. Periodically, I check my backlinks to see where I tend to pop up. But scanning this site revealed a forum post from 11 years ago. 11 years in the online world is like 50 years in the offline world. Changes …
Blogging is not a short, intense, but relatively easy sprint. Blogging is a long, relaxing, sometimes uncomfortable-feeling marathon. Do you keep this blogging analogy in mind before blogging today? Have you considered this blogging analogy? Do you see this analogy taught by most bloggers? Read the average blog post. Bloggers tend to promise how to …
Being criticized scares most bloggers shell-shocked from earlier forms of criticism. I felt terrified to be criticized for a hefty chunk of my blogging career. Why? Being criticized unearthed bad feelings in my mind including: anger embarrassment shame anxiety worry For example, if some published a critical 1 star review concerning one of my eBooks …
I clicked through to a travel blog a few moments ago. On scanning the content I noted the last post was dated 2019. Two years have passed since the blogger published new content. I did not bother reading the content because it was not evergreen. Of course I did not publish a content on a …
I recall over a decade ago when I bought my domain and hosting. I believed blogging would be me writing and publishing blog posts to receive money. Bloggers in 2007-2008 seemed to largely offer this view of blogging; at least in circles that I chose, at the time. But a rude awakening quickly floored me. …