Kathmandu, Nepal
Confident bloggers tend to become highly successful.
Doubtful bloggers fail.
I have observed skilled, highly-talented, brilliant bloggers fail and quit in obscurity only because their crippling self-doubts blocked any appreciable level of exposure.
Bloggers with little to no genuine confidence self-sabotage to prevent:
- massive exposure
- quality traffic
- blogging income
Before going pro you will need to develop blogging confidence.
Before developing blogging confidence you may need to spot these red flags.
1: Pitching Strangers
I appear to see scared bloggers daily in my various inboxes.
Each lacks so much confidence in:
- themselves
- their blog
- their content
that the best strategy seems to be convincing strangers of their credibility and hiring worth.
Do you believe *that* little in your blog content?
Confident bloggers believe that their blogs generate business for them based on the quality, depth and targeted nature of the posts.
Develop posture. Publish detailed content. Drive organic business growth through your blogging asset.
2: Waiting for Answers
Bloggers often ask me questions on social media and wait for days to get answers.
I am an entrepreneur who:
- runs a blog which answers all important blogging questions according to my teaching style
- sells an online course which answers questions
- sells eBooks which answer questions
I am not a customer service representative who replies to your questions within 5 minutes.
Besides; I already answered your questions via my blog, course and eBooks. Seeking those answers is up to you. Finding those answers is on you.
Beware this blogging red flag; you wait in front of a library for 3 days for the librarian to waltz out to the front steps to answer a question versus walking inside of the library in 3 seconds to take out a book which answers your question.
Blogging From Paradise the blog, the online course and the eBooks are the library, and books. I am the librarian. You doubt yourself severely by waiting for me, the librarian, to leave the library and answer your questions on the front steps.
Develop the confidence to enter the library, take out resources, read the resources and get your answers, on your own.Â
Be confident. Stop doubting yourself by asking for permission or waiting or delaying or hemming and hawing.
Stop waiting around for answers. Use your noodle, a dose of confidence and a dash of common sense to get your answers now through blog posts and premium resources.
3: Claiming Perfectionism
In an imperfect world, being a perfectionist is like claiming to be a devout vegan between mouthfuls of rib-eye steak.
Everything you do on planet earth is imperfection no matter how hard you try to be perfect.
Perfectionism is the terror of:
- failure
- criticism
- rejection
- poverty
- death
masked in a ridiculous bow with the garish wrapping of the ego.
Being a perfectionist usually means suffering severely from self-doubt. Bloggers deeply fear their inadequacy and try to publish perfect blog posts to possibly be good enough to accept themselves; perhaps other humans will see them as being good enough too as an added bonus.
Ship.
Publish.
Gain blogging confidence by going public to become comfortable with your blog.
Get clear on what you do by putting yourself out there.
Become confident through tiny acts of faith each time you publish another post or social media update.
4: Fearing Google
Most bloggers lack confidence to the point of fearing an inanimate search engine named “Google”.
Doubting yourself leads to worship of externals because you put your confidence in things instead of yourself.
Imagine having little to no confidence in yourself and your blog and handing over the confidence to Google to believe deeply in the Big G as the source of your faith and belief.
Why do bloggers panic during algorithm updates?
Bloggers who believe in Google and not in themselves and their blogs fall apart if an algorithm update appears to eradicate their traffic and income.
Confident, posturing bloggers believe deeply in themselves and their blogs; no externals shake their confidence, posture or belief.
I certainly have my blogging doubts but Google does not rattle my confidence. I believe in myself and my blog not in an inanimate search engine. I feel largely confident about my skills, commitment and helpfulness on Blogging From Paradise. I would not sell out this predominant feeling for an external algorithm highly fickle in nature.
Build your blog confidently to avoid melting like a snowflake in the Sahara during the next Google algorithm update. Who cares what Google does when your posture guides you to publish such quality content that it passively draws organic traffic through a wide range of offline channels?
5: Fearing Financial and Time Commitment
Bloggers typically have so little confidence that making a $10 to $20 monthly investment in their hosting is too risky, expensive and foolish.
Imagine clinging to so much self-doubt that a $20 investment for the next month will be a waste of money because you convinced yourself that you will fail at blogging.
That is a serious red flag.
Imagine having so little faith in self and blogging that you devote 5 minutes to blogging on the weekends.
How could you be even remotely confident of any activity and give a sliver of your life to it?
Humans give time to what humans value and believe will expand in some way, shape or form. Blogging is an after thought to most because most have zero confidence in themselves and the potential of their blogs.
Making uncomfortable but necessary financial and time investments eradicates self-doubt and builds confidence one decision at a time. Investing in your domain and hosting gives you clarity: you are doing this blogging gig and you will commit to it financially to prove it to yourself. Investing time shifts your values while gradually increasing your confidence. Committing to truly helpful, freeing activities instills greater faith in yourself and your abilities.
For example, most humans spend “some” of their weekends distracting themselves with mindless activities or engaging in genuinely fleeting pleasures. Go for it, but neither should be confused with devoting your time to doing something truly helpful for others which liberates you and may even create a business asset which dissolves the need for mindless distracting or fleeting pleasure-seeking.
Many minds appear to get drunk or stare at a TV or rush around for a few pleasure-filled, pampering hours on weekends before sprinting back to survival mode on Monday morning. Individuals never do these things because each believes deeply in themselves, their abilities and their limitless confidence in being genuinely helpful. Evidence; you cannot help others while seeking pleasure or distractions for yourself.
Put your money and time where your blogging mouth is to gain confidence.
Commit to have faith in yourself.
Take the seeming first steps towards believing in yourself and your blog, even if these baby steps appear to be filled with self-doubt.
Slowly but surely, each tiny step instills greater belief in your mind.
Conclusion
Develop greater confidence in yourself.
Become more confident in your blog.
Confident bloggers establish immense peace of mind.
Worldly success tends to gradually follow.
