You’re ready to take the plunge.
You’ve set up your blog and eager to get your first post written so you can hit the ‘publish’ button.
But how long will your initial enthusiasm last?
All too often people dive into blogging without really understanding what it takes to be a successful blogger.
There are loads of stories banded about of people who make a living just from blogging. But if it was that easy we’d all be doing it.
Creating and sustaining a popular blog is hard work – are you ready for a life long commitment?
Blogging stamina
Here are 5 things you have to have if you want to succeed. It’s not an exhaustive list but designed to give you a taster of what you could be taking on.
1. Time
There are bloggers out there making money from their blogs. But it didn’t happen overnight. If you want to generate an income from your blog it’s going to take a lot of time and hard work. Your dedication will be severely tested and only the truly committed will make it.
2. Passion
Running a blog is non-stop.
You have to be totally in love with your subject to pull off a successful and lasting blog relationship. You will have to write year after year about your subject – can you generate enough ideas to pull that off?
3. Traffic
Many people are completely hung up on the number of visitors they get to their blog. But the true measure of a successful blog is the number of visitors who stay, come back, interact with you through comments and share your content with others.
4. Promote
Just because you have a blog and post to it regularly doesn’t mean people will find you.
To grow your readership you’ll have to promote your blog continuously through outlets such as Twitter and Facebook.
5. Plan
Before you begin you have to have a plan:
- Why are you blogging?
- What do you want to achieve?
- What will your posting schedule be?
- What will you blog about?
As you can see, having a blog is a long term commitment. How do you manage yours? Why not share your blogging experiences by adding a comment below.
2 comments ↓
This is a great post to help someone get going on a blogging venture. I think it’s important for a blogger to know who their target audience is. Knowing your target audience helps you to speak to them not at them, helps you identify with them, and relate to them. It also helps when it comes to marketing your blog and composing posts.
very nice article! i also have something like this which can be found here: thenegativepolarity.com – Seven Things Every Would Be Blogger Should Know –
i guess that you’re right. after a month of blogging, i’m still struggling to get more readers. the writing part for me is easy i guess, but it’s the promoting part that i find hard.
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