You write a blog and expect a miracle to happen because, after all, you have placed many expectations on it, sometimes crazy and others that require time, such as:
- That a lot of people subscribe, share and cite your content.
- That your readers thank you for helping them and recognize your effort.
- Stand out for your design and your posts, which praise your good taste, your way of approaching concepts.
- That you can leave your job to write two hours a day live from what you like.
- That the brands notice you and decide to work with you without trolling you, monetizing is not playing the monkey for money, it is a post that is not wasted.
- That your friends and family subscribe and say: “what a good idea! how can we help.”
Well, many of them are not unreasonable at all, but they are not instantaneous, if one happens, distrust and run away! XD.
It is true that there are people who live from their blog or rather that their blog is a tool that helps them earn income, to get there are many ways: the most beautiful to hit a topic that arouses people’s interest and that catch your readers and become widely read, another could be that you decide to focus on a niche blog or the third option, the slowest: little by little thanks to getting a “closet bottom” of quality content, working the networks social and pamper your blog a lot, go ahead, this last one is the one that you surely try if you are for this blog. Over time you will see that your readers get used to quality content and the improvements that you make little by little in your blog and that many praise what they find done, but when there is already a base of articles and your blog shows “that it is lived » has details, images, comments. This post is addressed to those people who expect something more from their work , that something special happens thanks to their blog, it is not about getting visitors as if it were the first day of sales, but about that you take a realistic perspective so that you don’t throw in the towel or believe balls that can de-swell, I’m not going to sell you the magic formula of victory, but to see what simply writing can entail. It is normal that when you start a project if you are one of those people who put the meat on the grill and get wet up to the neck, you think about how it is going to progress, beyond planning the tasks, the problems that have to be faced and trying making everything flow like silk there is also wishful thinking and thinking what would happen if and getting your hopes up that everything will go well and that it will be very well received.
Be realistic with your project
Being realistic is very good but if you learn to project your real objectives you will be able to anticipate decisions and unforeseen events that you have to face. Although it may seem like something far away, sometimes thinking about how you want something to be is the best way to improve it.
Because we write unpretentious to a certain extent, it is easy to see that if you have acceptance little by little normal things will happen in the life of a blog: migrations, design changes, contact with brands, interviews, mentions.
Ask yourself questions and set goals
An important part is that you do an exercise in honesty and ask yourself, where do I want to go? What kind of blog do I want to have? And why and for what do I have a blog? This will help you in down times to get back on track with your blog and get it back on track in the direction you want.
Be consistent and plan
Maintain a work rhythm and set yourself a schedule and goals, it is the best way to not lose the thread and create a work habit, in activities such as blogging it is essential because it is difficult to maintain consistency and write with the same frequency, it shows when you write fresh content on a blog, and therefore you must write even if it is to fill the drafts folder, which later on is appreciated to find half-done work.
Learn from everything around you
Look for inspiration and soak up what surrounds you, and your theme, it is important not to stop inventing. Collect everything that can be useful to you on the internet, Pinterest boards, fill Feedly with reading lists, follow the best on Facebook and above all, read many posts, comment, share and collaborate when you have the chance.
Think about how you can incorporate all the interesting information into what you write. Enhance your blog posts in just a few steps.
Avoid negative thoughts
And to the negative people who produce them, try to remove everything that brings bad vibes to your work or that does not respect what you do. It’s the best way to stay on top.
Write only for worthwhile people, forget they exist.
Plan tasks and optimize your time.
If what you can do in 3 hours you do in 1 better, but avoid wasting time on things that are not your thing, or tasks that do not give performance, you can optimize that with analytics and good tools, think that your blog feeds of what you write.
In the case of social networks, planning is essential because if not, you will notice that they devour time without you realizing it.
Think about your readers
If you want a miracle to happen with your blog, it is best not to forget that you write for people, try to get to know your reader and make content that is appealing and close so that they are comfortable on your blog, trust and retain it. I hope you’re on the right track to have a fabulous blog, if so, I’m sure we’ll keep seeing each other.
