I’m tired of blogging. I’m quitting
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Have you thought about it? If yes, this article is for you, if not quit at once.
When I first started a blog on a blogspot account, I was in a very bad shape, to be honest.
Just like you, I was in the learning phase of the blogging phenomena.
I picked a free template, tweaked it a bit to suit my preferences, and added all the possible plugins.
And when someone told me that content is the king, I wrote content daily. As anybody’s guess I struggled to find content. I’ll list down the things that really bothered me at the time of blogging.
- Content
- Somebody would’ve already blogged about the content that I thought writing of.
- It was difficult to write long paragraphs about something very silly. - Audience
- No comments
- Confused over who I’m writing to. - Returns
- No incoming money.
- No appreciation.
Content was the major concern. When people told that you should find traffic rich keywords, I found it difficult to write on “Mesothelioma” and “Asbestosis”. And when I managed to find some interesting topics, others would’ve already blogged about it and it would dishearten me.To top it up, even when I wrote about some topics that I was comfortable about, there wouldn’t be any response from the readers (if at all there were any). I think it’s a phase all young bloggers go through when they start blogging. Despite all this events, it was not an easy task to climb up the ladder.
But, down the line, there are some things that I think worked out in making the blog a success. And let me be honest with you, there is no rocket science involved. To bring you all that in a capsule form, here goes.
- Content is not the king. Consistency is.
Well, content might be. But I think being consistent in delivering articles to your readers plays a more important part than the content itself. - There is no topic on steroids. Your passion in your steroid.
You don’t need to write on mesothelioma and asbestosis. You write from your head but make sure you have the dedication and passion all the way. It shines through. - You will or cannot make everybody happy.
Success doesn’t mean that you will make everyone happy. A more important thing is to make everyone talk about you. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t something that you need to work towards but something that comes along. - Nor will you get followers overnight.
Followers doesn’t exist. It’s a wrong term. What I’d be interested to know is, the number of people whom you managed to develop an interest in. - Success does not come with money.
Success isn’t money. It’s the measure of how close you are to your personal goals. This is my personal perspective, it should differ for you.
So there you go, all that blogging taught me in three years in a capsule form.
The point I’m trying to make here is that, blogging is a profession/career/hobby/whatever that is very slow in delivering results. It’s probably not for the stock broker kind who wants a return the very next day. It climbs slowly and steadily. Yes, the returns are there but it comes as a surprise and you can never invite it to you. Sweet isn’t it?
Thats very good advice. That “capsule” is a must read.
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The problem is that many people are getting into blogging with the hope of making money – they will get very disappointed very fast. Blogging is for people who love to write.
By the way, nice title
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This is post is so apropos I think for a lot of people. I’ve been going three weeks now and I have no idea for how long my ‘fever’ will last. Till now, every time I go to write, i feel extremely inspired. Once that stops, I think I’ll have a hard time continuing on… regardless of whether or not I’m getting traffic
Wow!!!
So true Mani. Great advice.
well to know that u started first on the blogspot & migrated to WP.
i would like to know about the merits and demerits in your prespective on writing blogs in blogspot and wordpress.
will there be another post on this interesting subject in ur blog
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Absolutely right buddy. I have started a new blog on soccer recently and it is not getting much traffic and comments so sometimes i get frustated . But i know that i have to be patient for things to work out.
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Yep, you are dead right.
I came close to quitting several times but carried on and I am now enjoying the success of much higher traffic.
It does take time though. It will take most people well over a year to get anything near to modest traffic – probably the reason so many give up.
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Good points there.. I actually always think and get confused about “Who would read my blog?” and “Who would stay” but have never got fed up of blogging. I have learnt a thing from the senior bloggers that patience would result to some good future
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