Based on his own
experience and learning, an amateur blogger decides to share 6 practical
tips to start a blog from scratch. He applied his passion for writing with his knowledge of project
management in starting and running of a blog.
I am passionate about writing but I write mostly in my personal
journal. In the journal, I write about the various ideas and thoughts that
fascinate me. Now, I have decided to pursue blogging which was not my preferred
choice some 3-4 years ago. It was so because of my perception that I had to
shed my originality. Also, at that point of time, I wanted to express myself
without getting judged or rejected. But, now I want to express my views on
various matters which attract my interest and I want to get feedback from one
and all. In life, priorities change over time.
Blogging has presented various learning opportunities to me. It
has instilled a lot of energy, passion and enthusiasm in me as it’s really fun
and enthralling to see your growth by learning new things every now and then. I
am sharing my learning from blogging which will help and encourage fellow
potential bloggers to come out of their comfort zone and start blogging as a
meaningful hobby.
1.
Getting Started – If you have a passion for writing and you truly want to start a
blog then please start it now. Do not procrastinate. Today is the best day to
start blogging. Make conscious efforts to overcome all thoughts are misleading
you into believing that you cannot be a blogger. Don’t let fear suppress your
desire to do something you always wanted to do. Just imagine the thrill of
following your passion. If you are passionate about something then put your
heart into it and come out with brilliant blog posts. You never know, you may
help someone who is in need.
2.
Keep going without getting affected by the outcome. Have Patience.
– Anything worthwhile requires time, effort and dedication. Never
expect to be a one stop solution provider for the entire world. Don’t get into
the number game. It doesn’t matter that how many people are visiting your blog.
But, it do matter that you leave no stone unturned to delight the visitor. You
don’t have to do anything more than being passionate about your work.
3.
Do blogging as if it’s a project- You can
consider blogging as a project. Project is a unique, time bound activity. You
can make targets for the number of posts you will write in each week or month.
Also, you can zero on topics on which you want to write. It will help you to
focus and concentrate on your target. Also, you need to optimize and strike a
healthy balance between the time
you have for blogging, effort you can put into it and the quality of posts that you want
to create. Please always keep reminding yourself that blogging is first and
foremost about your purpose. So, sticking to the purpose will always keep you
motivated and on the track. Then the other most important consideration is the
value you can add to the experience of your blog readers.
Always strive to write with passion and create valuable pieces
which can benefit someone. It is amazing to know that what you are posting
today can also benefit or help someone many years down the line. Like a
project, monitor your progress, review your goals, re-read your posts from the
perspective from a blog reader and see if you are adding value to their
experience or not. If you fail
to plan then it means that you are planning to fail. So, build your blog, step
by step like an ocean is filled with drops of water. You have to focus on the
content. It should be in-line with what you believe and should preferably
benefit someone.
4.
Be Yourself, Be
Focused and Enjoy the journey - While you are pursuing blogging as a meaningful hobby. Be
yourself. You are here to satisfy your desire to have a positive impact in the
life of others. You have your day-job to pay your bills and get recognition for
your work. So, although, we all desire to get our efforts acknowledged. It
should not be the goal but a by-product of all your hard work as a Blogger. You
must read the learnings from the exemplary book "the Monk who sold his Ferrari". Keep the passion alive.
Successful people have one thing in common that they are truly passionate about
their work.
5.
Let people know
that your blog exists – Although, it is not a very important thing while you are building
your blog and are creating awesome posts. Rely on word of mouth publicity as a
medium of spreading the good work that you are doing. Apart from this, there
are various other Digital Marketing Strategies. You can also learn a few things
about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) from You tube. Learning about SEO will
give you a fair amount of idea about how search engines search for
websites/blogs. Good thing is that you can implement many of the suggestions
easily but the bad thing is that many websites and blogs are heavily reliant on
SEO and are not much focused on the content. This reduces user experience but
Google and other search engines continuously evolve their algorithm used for
searches to ensure that high value contents are given preference.
There are many people in
our network who are reading and writing enthusiast. You should contact them and
ask for their feedback. As they are already interested in reading &
writing so they will joyfully review your blog and can provide you meaningful
insights through their precious feedback. Also, you can share your blog on
social media like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Linkedin, etc to let people in
your network know that you are writing. If they like your blog and find it interesting or useful, they will
visit again and chances are that they will spread knowledge about your blog to people
in their network.
6.
Build your
reputation- There are so many self proclaimed experts but people want to learn
only the best stuff from a reliable source. Hence, you must build your
reputation if you want your works to touch as many lives. You can write for
various newspapers online or can publish your works on other reputed and more
popular blogs as a Guest Author. It will help you develop your reputation as a
writer because reputed websites will only publish good articles. Writing as a Guest Author will provide
you a bigger platform and more audience. And the most important things are that
you must be Reliable and Trustworthy. So, Never Spam - No one loves unsolicited
emails.
BY- Rohan Sinha
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