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I publish content consistently because I care.
For the prior two days I did 2-a-days. I published 2 blog posts daily to help you. One post helped you with blogging tips. One post helped you with travel tips. I did it because I care for my blog. I care for my blog because I care for you.
But caring is far more than publishing content consistently. Caring deeply for your blog involves scouring your presentation with a fine-toothed comb.
Look up. Look down. What do you see? I respect my blog. Organically, the respect manifests as seeing content and a few ads for my online course and eBooks. I also embedded a search bar.
Note zero presence of obnoxious ads, extraneous widgets and other symbols of carelessness. Carelessness manifests as:
“Well I could care less about the user experience or how my blog actually appears to be. I just want to make as much money as possible. Dynamic ads work as far as generating as much money as possible. I care deeply about making as much money as possible and not too much about my blog. I will embed those ads to maximize income because that is my prime goal here.”
I see nothing wrong with embodying the profit-model mindset. But how does your blog feel about it? OK; blogs are inanimate objects. But if your blog had a mind, how would it feel being littered, bogged down and anchored with heavy advertisements? How would your readers feel about seeing heavy ads turning your blog into a slow-loading cyber snail? Does any reader adore these slow-loaders? Some click to pad your pockets. Most view dynamic ads in the same vein as Chinese water torture. Drip…..drip……still loading……still loading.
Care About Your Blog
Look closely at your blog.
Care about your blog by removing elements of carelessness.
Do you claim to be a blogger? Why did you last post 3 months ago? Did you ever come across a human being professional who did their job once every 3 months? If you have stumbled upon such a lucky soul I do hope to meet them, study them and find the secret to their treasured illusion.
Get your ass in front of the laptop. Write and publish a new blog post. Care. Commit to blogging. No one needs to take blogging seriously because tension negates. But every current and future pro needs to commit fully to blogging by caring genuinely about this gig. If you care less about your blog then your current and potential readers care less about your blog, too.
Look closely at this mirror effect through all walks of life. External conditions mirror inner states. Your mind becomes pictured on the screen of space. What you experience first happens in the mind with your choices.
Yep; you are that powerful. But the world does not want you to know this. The world is designed to keep you mindless to remain in a perpetual state of feeling victimized. True story. Unpleasant story, but at least now you know the truth.
My Blog Is a Study in Non-Carelessness
Look exquisitely closely at my blog.
In a world of imperfection, one may nitpick to find errors but becoming a blogging leader involves developing the skill of throwing the small potatoes into the cyber trash.
Anyway, beyond non-essentials, my blog is a study in non-carelessness because no one sees elements foolishly plastered onto Blogging From Paradise Dot Com. Most of my online real estate is:
- long form blog posts
- practical content
- appealing images fully aligned with my blog and brand
A lesser portion of my virtual space is my:
- online course
- eBooks
No one sees anything else.
No off-topic ads.
No slow-loading ads.
No extraneous widgets.
No wasted space.
No wasted motion.
Content is the organic traffic and profit driver.
The online course and eBooks allow me to receive blogging income.
Nothing else rests on this blog.
Peruse the Content
Most content here is blogging tips.
Some content is travel tips based on reader feedback.
I do not carelessly traipse off of my niche path because I feel like it. I care about my blog. I care about you. If I publish something here it is to help you solve your specific problem. You ask. I answer.
Note the Blog Post Length
Short form content can hit the mark is specific circumstances.
Yet publishing micro content is usually consistent with blogging carelessness.
Make your blog worth it to readers.
Check out my long form offerings spanning 1200 plus words.
Heck. even my 1000 word posts indicate that I care to give ya something to sink your teeth into.
Conclusion
The toughest part about caring deeply is this: looking carefully at your blog and mind feels painful at first.
Rude awakenings feel unpleasant.
Reality checks throw ice-cold water onto your face.
Embarrassment, shame, anger and a plethora of fear-based emotions arise the moment you really look at your blog and mind if you have been careless.
In order to care, pinpointing carelessness is the first step.
Try not to judge yourself for being careless and feeling crappy about it.
Make the changes necessary to begin caring deeply about your blog.
Publish content with increasing frequency. Be a blogger. Treat your blog with respect. Help your community genuinely.
Trash all non-caring elements geared solely to earn income or to distract with vanity metrics or even worse; an utter lack of purpose. For example, an app listing the IP address for your readers makes no sense unless your blog is about the IP address of readers. Do you want a far better way to develop a sense of community? Open blog comments. Encourage readers to engage. Inspire readers to connect and bond through comments.
Do the inner work – however messy – to care about your blog.
Feeling better about your blog certainly amplifies your worldly success.
But the real benefit is enjoying the process of being truly helpful for your readers.
