Cheltenham UK
Is blogging complex?
Hell no.
Do most bloggers make blogging complex?
Hell yeah.
Most falsely believe blogging to be a series of complex activities. String each together over days or weeks and you may get the blog traffic and blogging income we all dream of.
Is this true?
No.
Never look past the blogging truth.
Do simple things for an exceptional stretch of time to go pro.
My Blogging Career
Consider my blogging career.
I simply create long form content onsite and blogging tips off-site.
I followed this basic approach since 2014.
Here I am today in 2025 doing the same thing. I never made things complex. I kept things simple but for 11 years on Blogging From Paradise Dot Com. I usually kept things simple for my 17 year blogging career.
My career is what it is because I did not look past a simple solution to thriving.
I published practical blogging tips consistently.
That’s it.
I understood that it was nothing more than that. But I also knew it was nothing less than that.
Doing simple things consistently challenges all bloggers at times. I still guard against making things complex for some imagined quick return.
AI Blogging Is a Complex Can of Worms
Analyze the AI blogging crowd.
Go ahead. Look closely.
Business 101: Succeed by creating a USP backed by a genuine brand.
AI blogging: copy millions of bloggers to sound identical to them.
Standing out in a positive way promotes your blogging business success.
Getting lost in the noise makes your blogging business undetectable.
Yet since AI bloggers seek the complex solution you best believe most will get shaken out by the next algorithm change via:
- YouTube
- social media
The world punishes AI bloggers because copying other bloggers is a recipe for failure. Yet seeking blogging shortcuts – the complex way – guarantees self-punishment.
Why would bloggers hurt themselves in this fashion?
Most human beings unconsciously do what hurts them.
Most human beings look beyond the simple, consistent success solution to punish themselves with the complex, failing solution.
Never Look Past the Simple Answer
Going pro involves doing simple things for a long stretch of time.
Top bloggers publish practical content for years.
I recall a top earner who published 2-3 long form blog posts daily for one year. He netted a few hundred dollars to that point. Deep down, he knew this was the simple, consistent, successful blogging path. He followed this basic strategy for years. Eventually he became a 7 figure blogger by following this content strategy combined with a genuine blogger outreach campaign.
Do practical things but for an extraordinary length of time. Resist the urge to take shortcuts. Stop seeking a quick, complex strategy to get something for nothing. Never make blogging complex. Complex blogging hacks lead to headaches.
Appreciate Organic Blogging Growth
I publish a steady flow of blogging tips to my social media groups on Facebook and LinkedIn.
One, two or 10 members – or more – join every single one of my 10 blogging tips themed groups daily between Facebook and LinkedIn. The numbers never dwindle. I cannot recall the last day the collective number dropped for any of these groups.
That’s how organic growth works. Perhaps the growth appears to be slow but the people are highly dependable. Organic readers want your content. People who desire your content stick around to consume it.
How did I attract group members in the first place?
I publish practical blogging tips at a steady clip every single day. I do not miss a day. I keep blogging tips simple. Bloggers seamlessly digest and use these tips for their benefit.
I wish I could make it sound complex; doing so would make me sound intelligent. But I cannot mislead you. Blogging is simple. Blogging solutions are simple. Never look past these most basic of strategies because organic traffic and blogging income originates from simplicity.
What’s the Catch?
Being consistent is the catch.
Create targeted content consistently to thrive.
Admittedly, I came up woefully short in the consistency department for a minute. I struggled to maintain blogging momentum. I became psychologically attached to metrics.
But conquering intimately personal fears goaded me to become consistent.
You may be in the same blogging boat. Ideas evade you. Dwindling metrics deflate you. Isn’t there some complex strategy to work like a mad blogger for quick results?
No.
The money is in publishing targeted content consistently for the next one, then five, then ten years. Worry not; you should go pro well before the 10 year mark. Yet publishing one post weekly even for a year seems like a Herculean task for most bloggers.
How do you become a consistent blogger?
Practical TipsÂ
- get clear on why you chose to blog; tie the reasons to fun, freedom and the love of helping people
- surround yourself with pro bloggers to become consistent through osmosis
- follow a basic blogging strategy of creating content for your perfect reader and connecting with these individuals
- tune out noise from blogging fads and all of the bright, shiny blogging objects guaranteed to be your doom
- appreciate slow but dependable organic blogging growth
- cheer lead yourself through challenging blogging moments
- listen to readers for blog post ideas to avoid spinning your wheels with off-topic, not-in-demand blog posts
- set ambitious blogging goals to leave your comfort zone consistently but take easy (usually) baby-steps forward
Look closely at the last bullet point.
I cultivated the habit of being a consistent blogger by aiming high but walking up the blogging ladder one centimeter at a time.
I cannot write and publish 20 long form posts today. But I will write this one, 1100 word, long form post today to take one baby step. I baby stepped consistently since 2014 with Blogging From Paradise Dot Com. 84,000 plus backlinks point to my blog because I took a one centimeter step up the blogging ladder with each:
- blog post
- off-site piece of content
- reader connection
Peep that 84,000 backlink metric. Most bloggers deem this to be a highly ambitious goal. Yet I did not get there in 1 day, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year. I took teeny tiny baby steps over 11 years to reach this goal.
How?
I blogged consistently for this 11 year stretch. I published off-site content consistently for this 11 year stretch.
Most of all, I did super simple things during these 11 years.
Conclusion
Stop swinging for the blogging fences by trying to make posts go viral.
You will whiff.
Stop trying to hit a social media grand slam with every update.
Publish simple, practical content every time out without any attachment to metrics.
Keep it simple.
Keep it consistent.
Succeed.
