The reason why lot of people struggle with blogging in general is the lack of method and discipline.
To be a success story one needs to employ grand strategy and colorful skill set.
Great bloggers are not only copy and paste machines.
They have a strong personality to project into their work which helps them to stand out of the crowd.
1. The Master Plan
As with any business, success means being one step ahead of your competition and I would add yourself as well. Think of your firs article as a seed that will eventually grow into full size plant capable of producing tasty fruits.
Any limitation that you’ll put upon yourself in the beginning will act like a shadow over your plant, not allowing it to grow. Therefore choose your name and topics wisely. If from the get-go your image fits into the category you’re trying to shine in, you’re one step closer to achieve your goals.
Think about each one of your articles as part of the foundation for a tall building. If you ain’t gonna make the ground floor right, you might be able to ad on a few more but eventually the whole structure collapse and you end up at the bottom again.
2. Connections
So, now you have decided what is your goal, persona and style. Comes another yet harder part of the whole process. Connecting your whole existence with the blog that is about to crush the online world like big hurricane.
Get your channels and streams together, create new if necessary, let the whole world know about your fresh out of the boat creation. You might decide, that you need a fresh start and abandon your old profiles. This practice is widely useful if you have doubts and fears about what will people that know you think.
If that is not your issue, ask some friends with bigger following to share your work on their platforms. Don’t be shy, be out there.
3. Passion
If you’d ask any successful person out there if he or she likes what they are doing, 99.9% would say they can not imagine their life without it.
If blogging is not your think and you’re thinking about doing it only because you saw it on social media and it looks like a cool ‘job’ than think twice. As with any creative profession, it might take months if not years to get somewhere.
Being productive and highly efficient individual means doing what you love the most. To find out what it is, you have to ask yourself one simple question. If money wouldn’t be the case, what is it I would be doing.
4. Tools
Any profession requires sharp, strong and efficient tools. In case of blogging it’s surprisingly easy. As more than half of the world’s population is already connected to the internet and have a smartphone, becoming a blogger is within anyone’s reach.
If you don’t have a good camera to make your thumbnail pictures stand out. Use royalty free images from the internet. As your business grows, you’ll be able to invest in a camera later. Most of today’s smartphones are so good one could argue, what’s camera for… well it might bring the element of fun into your work and boost your creativity while making you look more professional. And who knows, you might expand your blog onto another platforms too.
To stay creative and maintain the sharp mind everyday make sure to enjoy life to the fullest, go on adventures, spend your hard earned money on the thinks you like and treat yourself well after a successful upload.
To end my first post on Medium with some words of wisdom I will quote one of the best authors of all times.
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started”
Mark Twain
I'm not too familiar with Medium... Why would I pick Medium over Hive?
Btw. those are really nice tips to be successful in anything, not just blogging...
Thanks for sharing!
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