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I generated 8,148 views last week on Blogging From Paradise Dot Com.
For the love of all that is good and holy, pleasure do not perceive this as backdoor bragging.
I share the metric to prove a point.
Becoming a pro blogger comes part and parcel with one maddening aspect. Drives you nuts until you spot this self-defeating tendency.
I considered doing a case study of how I generated 8,148 views in a week. But I paused. I decided not to do the case study; for now at least.
I prefer to write this post. I will add an important caveat if I write that post eventually.
What Is the Maddening Aspect of Going Pro?
Imagine if I did a case study.
I lay out what I did today in step-by-step fashion to generate a little north of 8,000 views weekly.
But you forget what I did for the past 18 years to reach this post.Â
Oops!
I built my followings on:
- X/Twitter
over 18 years. Today, sharing a blog post to each platform yields 18 years of returns in the split second I share content to a few hours in the future. Views die down after that. Trickles follow.
This is maddening if you follow my specific strategy step-by-step today as a first year blogger and generate 5 page views per post for the next week. Wait a second? You did everything I told you to do! But you generate 35 views for the week not 8,148. What gives?!
Let me tell you what gives.
You have only blogged for under one year. I’ve no clue if your strategy is successful or failure-ridden. Your X, Facebook and LinkedIn followings are probably tiny and non-responsive. No worries; mine were too 18 years ago. Par for the course.
As a first year blogger, publishing a new post does not beam it out into the world of an 18 year blogging veteran. RSS feeds, crawlers, social media and Google do not perk up for a one year blogger who publishes a new post. Do it for 18 years and guess what? Everyone begins to notice quickly because most bloggers quit quickly.
Blogging is confusing because comparing one year results to 18 year results is an error.
The Movie Effect
I deem this the Movie Effect.
The Movie Effect plagues the online world.
People watch an inspirational movie spanning 2 hours. Nobody grasps the decades jammed into the two hours. No one fathoms how 35 minutes of a movie covers 25 years of blood, sweat and tears. Complete illusion here, folks. Full unreality.
Bloggers believe that doing what an 18 year veteran does now yields similar if not identical results. Blogging does not work that way.
Hooping It Up
I shared a recent video of myself shooting hoops.
I had not picked up a basketball in 3 years.
Yet after a few misfires I instantly drilled three long-range jump shots. I also dribbled the ball effortlessly behind my back.
How did I not miss a basketball beat?
I practiced shooting and dribbling for thousands of hours growing up. I began practicing basketball at five years old. I continued practicing diligently until I turned 19. After that, I quit my community college team but still practiced on and off until my late 20’s.
Sometimes I practiced shooting 1,000 jump shots daily. So when a 51 year old guy who has not touched a ball in three years begins drilling treys, my thousands of jump shots fired over decades kicks in. Nobody who watched the video knows about the practice but my father. Now you all know.
How Do You Deal with Delusion?
Look at delusion head on.
Lower expectations.
Busy yourself by following pro blogger guidance diligently now to organically increase your success slowly.
Blogging is a slow burn. Defeating delusions proves it. Blogging takes time. Blogging is a marathon not a sprint.
Do what pros guide you to do. Do not compare your results with their results right now. Different worlds.
However, you will experience pro blogger results well down the road if you follow proven strategies consistently.
Develop Patience
Develop the skill of being patient.
Become aware of impatient ideas in your mind.
The confusing aspect of this post originates in being impatient. Look at your mind. Does it seem realistic to expect professional blogger results as a beginner? Following the same strategy never yields the same results. Beginner bloggers need to be patient to understand this.
Check Metrics to Celebrate Cumulative Growth
Scan your blogging statistics.
Celebrate cumulative growth.
Everything adds up slowly. Appreciate your growth. Every pro blogger starts at zero. Pros simply do the best job building a strong bloggging foundation one page view at a time.
I remember generating 10 page views each week for my old blog.
Now I’m at 8,000 page views per week.
My metrics fluctuated over an 18-year blogging career.
Developing the skill of being patient got me through the highs and lows.
Seeing growth motivated me to keep blogging because I gained confidence in my strategy.
Never obsess over stats.
Never put your head in the blogging sand statistically speaking.
Stop comparing your results to pro blogger results.
Put in their type of work. Compare that.
How many bloggers are patient enough to compare their workload with pros, not their results?
I’m writing this post at 10:30 P.M. California time after another blogging day of work 18 years into my online career.
Compare your process to mine honestly.
Compare your work ethic to mine genuinely.
Successful bloggers worked as intelligently and persistently as I. Some appeared to lap me over the years.
I’m not special.
But I can give you an example of what it takes to build a strong foundation for your blog.
The moment you start really doing what professional bloggers do consistently your numbers instantly grow.
The growth may be slow but at least it’s dependable.
Seeing growth gives you confidence.
Feeling confident opens your eyes to the immense blogging potential everybody harbors.
Conclusion
Put blogging delusion in your rear view window.
Stop comparing yourself to professional bloggers in terms of results.
Compare and contrast your workflow with a seasoned pro blogger.
Organic traffic takes intelligent work and significant time to manifest.
Remember this to build something substantial for the long haul.
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