When I started writing about blogging 5 years ago, you could hardly find any good content on this topic (I write this sentence and it seems like I’m an old-fashioned blogger). Nowadays, it’s hard not to come across a post with “the best tips for having a successful blog.” These aren’t always authors with that experience, but sometimes theory is similar to practice.At first you have no idea how difficult it is to get anywhere as a blogger.You find it difficult to move from theory to practice for fear of making a mistake.
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Why are so few bloggers successful despite the abundance of quality information available?
The truth is that along with the large number of articles, there are also posts and blogs of excellent quality. With everything that is known about blogging, anyone should be able to succeed with their own project. The reality is that very few really succeed because they give up before they have achieved their goals.
I’m not an overly organized person. I’d say I do just enough and depending on the level of stress I have during the week or day. I’ve never planned what I do on my blog. I don’t have an editorial calendar or anything like that. I almost never have posts scheduled more than 24 hours in advance. Now I come along and tell you that you need a plan.
Competition in the blogging world has grown enormously . Before (let’s say 2 years ago) it was “easier” to position yourself because you were touching certain niches that were virgin territory. I must admit that I feel a certain pride in seeing now that a large number of former students of the “Course for Bloggers” have become small and big stars in their niche. I am not going to give examples because the merit is theirs, not mine. Besides, a mention in my blog today would not change their lives either.
A to-do list for the first 30 days of your brand new blog
What I was getting at in this post. The hardest part is taking the first steps. To help your ambitions of becoming a blogger go beyond the initial phase of excitement, I am giving you a list of tasks for the first 30 days within the initial phases of a blog . This does not include everything you can do, nor does it mean that you cannot succeed if you play dumb after having scanned it.
You have some knowledge but no plan of any kind
Publish at least 10 articles in this first month . This is the minimum number to avoid giving the impression that this is a baby blog. Most bloggers give up, so we don’t want to give the reader the impression that this could be our case.
Create a list for subscribers other than Feedburner . Make use of tools like Mailchimp or Aweber to be able to send email marketing like a pro. It is your most important asset so don’t wait 4 years like now to start with this essential task.
Contact 2-3 blogs for a guest post . Becoming a guest author can change your life as a blogger . Publishing your best content on third-party sites can give you more visibility than doing it on your own blog when you don’t have any readers yet.
Set monthly goals and keep track of them . To do this, it may be enough to create a small Excel spreadsheet to document your progress in terms of subscribers, visits, Twitter followers, etc. Seeing that each month you are making progress, even if it is in small ways, is a fundamental source of motivation.
Write down 30 ideas for possible posts on your blog . Does 30 seem like a lot to you? If you try to find only 5, you’ll come up with 3 new ideas. If you aim for 30, you’ll probably come up with 20. I’m not saying you’ll find it right away, but it’s worth the time. The hardest part is finding time to write, and if you also have to think about what you’re going to write every time, you’ll never publish again (or only with great difficulty, which increases the likelihood of giving up).