Do You Blog with Conviction? |

Ryan Biddulph January 12, 2026 blogging tips 🕑 5 minutes read

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Readers want certainty.

Blogging with conviction emits confidence.

I always try to make my point clearly before exiting stage left.

But I did not always blog this way.

I suffered through stretches when I feared what readers thought about my work. I also feared that my content never ranked consistently on Google (Newsflash; my posts still do not pop up on page 1 frequently).

Blogging from the heart for my tribe matters most.

Opinion pieces typically do not dominate page 1 of Google. Readers appreciate a bold blogger mostly but some find confident individuals abrasive.

I morphed into a blogger whose “take it or leave it” approach certainly did not find Google readers consistently or iffy individuals stuck on the blogging fence.

The last thing this world needs is a blogging parrot. Being wishy-washy doesn’t help anyone.

Trying to rank with bland posts never works these days. AI blogging made generic-sounding bloggers irrelevant.

Do you blog with conviction?

Do you let it all hang out?

Do your readers know exactly where you’re coming from?

Or does reading your blog feel like watching paint dry?

Blogging Is Not Robotic

I think a lot of us bloggers start off with good intentions.

You and I follow blueprints to succeed.

Do this. Follow that step. Do that. Follow this step.

This sounds all well and good until your blog sounds identical to millions of other blogs.

Where does that leave you?

Nowhere.

Or, a blogging nobody who nobody follows because you sound just like millions of other blogs.

Forget about mimicking human beings for a second.

AI blogging made plain-jane bloggers fully extinct a few years ago. AI easily churns out a sick volume of content that sounds just as generic as human blogging copy cats. Maybe you can ship one generic post weekly. AI bloggers spawn 20 of those average-sounding posts daily.

As for Google, it is true that page 1 posts predominantly follow specific guidelines.

Yet pay close attention to that “it” factor to see a common thread here.

Blogging Tips Page 1 Post

I queried “blogging tips” via a Google Incognito browser.

My post popped up on page 1.

I did not attempt to rank the post on page 1 because I rarely SEO-optimize content. But following a simple formula for publishing truly helpful content combined with the *it* factor appeased the Google gods.

What is that differentiating factor?

I blogged with conviction.

Or….I blogged with balls.

In a nice but direct way. I listed eight helpful steps for writing a blog post. I told readers what to do to write a blog post successfully.

Readers appreciate “to the point” bloggers. Google may dig bloggers who blog with conviction too because not beating around the bush respects your time and my time. You get the job done then exit stage left to let readers follow your lead.

Call it being efficient or effective.

Hell; I did not even intend to rank this post on page 1. Most other page 1 fodder followed a clear formula. Yet my direct style mixed with carefully cultivated topical authority got the job done.

I blogged with conviction. Google – and readers – responded favorably.

Conquer the Fear of Criticism

Most bloggers fear criticism.

I certainly do.

Conquering this painful fear goads you to blog with greater conviction.

I feel like most bloggers seem non-committal for the fear of annoying, irritating, offending or even challenging readers.

Most blogs miss the mark for being infected with the fear of criticism.

Substandard content follows.

Iffy content follows.

Lukewarm content follows.

Content consistent with being a melancholy milque toast follows.

Blog with clarity. Say something bold. Back it up with truly helpful content.

Blog in the active versus passive voice. Tell readers what to do in a polite but firm way. Lead off sentences with power verbs. Speak directly to readers. Guide followers on what to do and how to do it. Be even a little bit bossy if required. Never be arrogant or manipulative but resist the urge to be nice just so readers suck up to you.

I am kind SO I challenged my readers consistently. If I did not care about you I too would buy into a collective victim mentally plaguing most bloggers at one time or another, if not for their entire online business careers.

I do my best to display compassion. I know damn well how it feels to struggle. Yet I understand the way out of blogging struggles; challenging limiting beliefs by taking full responsibility for your blogging results.

I did it with myself. I do it with readers mentally prepared to challenge their limiting beliefs by taking complete responsibility for their blogging results.

It ain’t easy but it is necessary in order to become a successful blogger, whatever that looks like for you.

Don’t Be a Jerk

Blogging with conviction does not give you a license to be a jerk.

Being rude is weakness made manifest. Bullying readers only proves your fear of loss. Mocking readers reveals your self-doubts.

Being direct means being polite yet at times, directness to the point of being blunt.

Basically, even though blogging is never “one size fits all”, telling readers to do one thing to succeed and to wing it at their peril is usually the leadership one needs to hop on your blogging board.

Readers feed off of your confidence.

Readers shy away based on your lack of confidence.