Pondicherry India
One of the biggest blogging lies circulating out there is this: if you just follow a few practical tips you can go pro.
Nope.
Sorry.
Everyone reading this has easy access to ample practical tips for succeeding. The site is called “Google”, folks. Or perhaps you come across a seasoned pro, read a few helpful posts, buy an online course and eBook and……sit there on your blogging hands, doing nothing with your blog, struggling and failing.
I have been there. I was in your shoes nearly two decades ago.
But I have since helped 1000’s of bloggers succeed.
How?
I followed the practical steps below. Now it’s your turn.
Almost everyone errs in believing that blogging is mindlessly doing certain things. In reality, blogging is mindfully doing a few fundamental things for a very long period of time with confidence, clarity and a strong psychological detachment from outcomes. You need to care about helping people not the traffic and money results. That ain’t easy.
However, putting these practical mindset tips into action makes blogging increasingly easier.
Avoid common blogging errors.
Follow these successful blogging strategies.
1: Never Imitate
Humans are weird.
We try to imitate others and flop versus being ourselves and succeeding.
The fear of criticism is strong in this world. I know; I’m a digital nomad who runs an online business. Stepping away from the collective herd on both fronts hasn’t always been easy but at least I am pretty much free on the level of form. I travel where I want to when I want to and never ask for permission from anyone to do it. Who could I copy? I was one of the first established digital nomads as the world would judge it.
I remember first visiting Chiang Mai as a green digital nomad; no co-working hubs existed there. I told people about my lifestyle. Few had heard of it. A small percentage of people did it of course but almost no one maintained an online presence like myself.
Anyway, the point is this: be original to be free. Succeed by sharing your story with the world.
2: Be Honest
Being honest is a skill to develop in a dishonest world.
I get emails from dishonest bloggers daily who want access to my platform but want nothing to do with me. Of course these lost individuals claim to want to help me with a valuable link or detailed guest post. This is what the dishonest ego does; it only looks out for itself but lies in saying that it looks out for you, too.
Never lie through your content. Never tell readers that uncomfortable, challenging processes are easy. Never promise quick riches through blogging. Never claim that you achieved something and teach people how to do it if you never achieved that goal.
Be transparent.
As a practical example, I achieved specific goals up to 10 or even 15 years ago as a blogger. Readers asked me how I did it so they could do it too.
What did I do?
I either wrote and published blog posts or:
- created an online course for sale
- self-published an eBook for sale
to document the process.
No joke; every one of my online courses and eBooks is a transparent look into how I reached specific blogging goals because you told me to do it.
That’s the name of the credibility-building game, folks.
3: Find Your Voice through Practice
Write consistently to find your genuine blogging voice.
AI wiped out millions of bloggers brimming with potential but plagued with the bone-headed, self-sabotage, self-punishing gene.
How do you become a successful blogger?
Find your one-of-a-kind voice no one can imitate. Stand out. Be seen. Be heard. Gain trust. Succeed.
Using AI makes your blog easy to copy. No one stands out, gets seen and heard, earns trust and thrives sounding just like millions of other bloggers. Everyone drowns each other out with generic, drone, lifeless, cookie-cutter style AI generated content.
Write and publish at least one long form blog post weekly. Write 500-1000 words daily offline (or online as blog comments, social media comments, etc….) to gain clarity.
Find your writing voice by writing consistently. Do the blogging leg work to stand out. Level the playing field between yourself and every other blogger; yeah, even the highly successful ones.
4: Cultivate Patience
Every blogging struggle I suffer comes from my impatience.
Being patient is not easy. Fear is strong. Every blogger fears not driving sufficient traffic and income within certain time frames until developing patience.
“I blogged for so and so years and STILL have not earned a penny online!”
The above thought plays out consistently in the collective blogging mind. Why? Impatient bloggers keep making the same mistakes. Making mistakes for days, months or years repels blogging income. For example, publishing 500 word blog posts for years is a mistake. Sure you put in a high volume of work. But the shelf life of short form content is consistent with an ice cream cone in the tropics. After an initial random traffic surge, no one sees these posts again.
Being highly impatient motivates bloggers to publish thin content. Bloggers want to get money by doing as little work as possible for each post.
Pump the blogging brakes, Impatient One. Relax. Patiently publish detailed, long-form blog posts to:
- drive organic traffic
- establish topical authority
- lower your bounce rate
- earn blogging income
Set aside a few hours to:
- research
- write
- edit
- publish
- market
a blog post.
Be patient to build a blogging asset that works for you around the clock.
5: Choose One Niche
Choose one blogging niche.
Be a trusted specialist not a confusing generalist.
My best decision at Blogging From Paradise Dot Com? I chose one niche. I did one thing to do it well.
Developing topical authority became seamless. I did not confuse readers by going off topic. Nor did I flummox Google.
Selecting one niche offers me a rich collection of post ideas to cover the blogging tips subject from various angles. I see stuff few bloggers see only because I drill deep into a single topic. I am not special but I do specialize; big difference.
Do one thing. Do it well. Pick one niche. Be a trusted specialist.
Cover the niche inside-out, upside-down, backwards and forwards.
Look offline for practical examples. Do you have a hankering for a hamburger? Do you visit the post office or a burger shop to satiate your craving? You visit the burger shop because it specializes in offering customers delicious hamburgers.
People desire reaching some specific end then seek solutions from trusted specialists. Be the specialist for your blogging niche to thrive.
6: Address Self-Sabotage from Pros
Yikes; there, I said it.
Top pro bloggers self-sabotage then project limiting beliefs onto readers. True story. I do it. You do it. We all do it. Struggling bloggers do it. Pros do it. Everyone who is not enlightened projects fears onto readers.
What is your job in this regard?
Spot their shadow then get the hell out of the way. Look past their mental handcuffs. Make blogging easier not harder on yourself.
For example, I came across a few high level pros who claim that nobody at all cares about:
- you
- your blog
- your online business
for many reasons.
Believing deeply in this self-defeating tendency makes blogging difficult. Imagine fighting an invisible foe. Instead of aligning with fans you beat yourself up, blog for a chorus of crickets and may find a few fellow non-deserving types who agree that no one gives a crap about your blog.
People care about truly helpful bloggers. Publish detailed, practical content consistently. Draw loyal fans, customers and clients to you.
Wrapping It Up
Before I wrap things up I need to stress something.
Following a structured plan with the proper mindset drives organic traffic.
Think like a successful blogger by using the above tips but follow a structured plan of:
- publishing long form posts
- engaging in genuine blogger outreach
- creating practical content offsite
- monetizing through multiple income streams
to experience tangible success.
Blogging is no “pie in the sky deal”.
Stick to a practical strategy to build real traffic and dependable income consistently.
But get your mind right first to fuel yourself for a long blogging journey.
