How to Hit the Ground Running Fast as a New Blogger |

Ryan Biddulph January 13, 2025 blogging tips 🕑 6 minutes read

Troon Scotland

Perhaps your most important lesson as a new blogger is this: self-sabotage runs rampant and springs entirely from the unconscious mind.

This is a nice way of saying that you may make jackass mistakes as a newbie in robotic fashion.

We have all been there. I have certainly been there. I was there even well into my blogging career at times.

You will be unaware of these errors. Some seem like good ideas. Others seem risky but worth a shot.

On an even deeper level, when you consider unconscious resistance to:

peace
happiness
freedom
success

it surprises no one who removes the blinders to observe their blogging strategy with clear eyes.

Beginner bloggers usually stink it up because newbies do most if not everything wrong.

Each wants the:

quick
easy
fast

way to become a successful blogger.

Doing everything wrong results in failure every single time. No matter how hard, long or consistent you work failed strategies you always fail in the end. Heck; you fail in the beginning and the end. Failed strategies create failed results. No way around that one.

How do you avoid stinking it up as a new blogger?

blog mainly for fun, freedom and the love of helping people with content
follow only professional blogger advice
surround yourself only with professional bloggers (or mostly at least)
fall in love with the process of learning, practicing and mastering blogging
invest in your domain and hosting to own your online real estate
focus on quality over quantity
stop looking for easy one word answers to your big new blogger problems

I had to stick the shiv in on that last one. Beginners tempted to look for that:

one thing to do to succeed
one piece of advice to follow to succeed
one strategy to drive blog traffic
one strategy to boost blogging income

are completely lost in delusion.

Do you realize how easy blogging would be if succeeding were as painless as doing one thing at the outset? Imagine how easy blogging would be if prioritizing one thing increased organic traffic and blogging income at a breakneck pace?

Sorry.

Doing one thing does nothing for you. Following one piece of advice does nothing for you. Blogging is many moving parts. Paying close attention to the bullet point list above is the way to go.

1: Blog mainly for fun, freedom and the love of helping people with content

Blog for fun, freedom and the love of helping people with content.

Choose each driver to slow down, calm down and begin from the proper head space.

New bloggers often stink it up for greedily and/or desperately hurrying the process. Bone-headed decisions follow fear-based choices.

Deciding the proper drivers influences bloggers to take appropriate actions at the outset.

When you’re not in a hurry you organically make calm, confident, wise blogging decisions.

Hit the ground running.

Blog mainly because you love helping people with content.

Have fun with this process.

2: Follow only professional blogger advice

Do as pro bloggers do to start succeeding now.

Think, feel and act like pro bloggers from day #1 to get going.

Even though blogging takes great practice you’d be stunned at how doing only what pros do accelerates your success.

I’ll give you an example.

Setting aside 4-5 hours to:

research
write
edit
publish

a post somewhat similar to what you read here currently will *absolutely* nab the attention of pro bloggers. Organic traffic follows.

Beginner bloggers almost always stink up the blogging pig pen a wee bit because few set aside hours to publish long-form, detailed content as many pros do.

However, following only pro advice goads one to think, feel and act like pros via osmosis. You understand they know what it takes to succeed and just decide to do what they say.

3: Surround yourself only with professional bloggers (or mostly at least)

When all bloggers around you:

think
feel
act

like a pro so will you.

Failure becomes minimal at the beginning for bloggers who do not think, feel and act like failures.

Pros grow on you. Pros also guide you to succeed. Full-time bloggers spot errors, offer corrections and tell you the truth even if you do not want to hear it.

Do you want to win at the beginning?

Surround yourself only with pro bloggers.

4: Fall in love with the process of learning, practicing and mastering blogging

Blogging is a beautiful process.

Fall in love with learning, practicing and mastering blogging. Enjoy the journey. Slow down. Calm down. Relax. Take a chill pill.

Treat blogging like a long marathon not a frenzied sprint.

Avoid common newbie errors by learning what to do and what to avoid at the outset.

Beginners who ask me to review their blogs usually do a poor job learning and practicing; their content reflects it. Most take shortcuts in the beginning. The masses never learn that blogging shortcuts always leads to failure and quitting.

Respecting this process positions you to succeed from the start. Treating it like a process and not some hustle gets you in the right mindset to build something truly helpful.

5: Invest in your domain and hosting to own your online real estate

Own your blog to project a professional image.

Customize efficiently.

Brand intelligently.

Monetize effectively.

Owners succeed. Or at the very least, owners position themselves to succeed.

Newbies lay stinkers on free platforms for the unprofessional vibe emitted from such amateur hour numbers. Free platforms look cheap; no way around that one.

Invest in your domain and hosting. Start on WordPress Dot Org. Go with the proven platform.

6: Focus on quality over quantity

Long form content drives organic traffic.

Detailed content gains trust.

New bloggers who lay a strong foundation publish only highly thorough content.

Aim for 1200 to 1500 words per post. Include practical tips to follow. Baby step readers through processes with guides. Solve their problems seamlessly. Add a high volume of details. Give readers rich resources.

7: Stop looking for easy one word answers to your big new blogger problems

I had to include this tip.

The number of beginner bloggers who look for that one:

tip
piece of advice
technique
tactic

remains shockingly high.

How can you hit the ground running fast with many steps if you get stuck in a tar pit with one step?

Runners sprint many steps. Visualize sprinters. Picture someone finishing a 100 yard dash pronto; that’s a helluva lot of steps.

Visualize a blogger who wants to take one step, or to follow one tip, or to adhere to one tactic. How far do you think this blogger goes? Not far at all, before they get stuck. This crowd takes one step, stops then struggles.

Beginners blogger have many tips to follow; not one.

Conclusion

Blogging feels much easier at the outset if you think, feel and act confidently while following a smart, practical strategy taught by professional bloggers.

Of course it feels scary at the beginning. Fear arises the moment you leave your comfort zone.

But fear subsides when you do what pros guide you to do. Confidence surges because you know that their strategies work successfully.

Now it’s time for you to work their successful strategies and hit the ground running.