Sometimes, it can just be a place to collect your thoughts. Yes, it is perfectly possible to earn a living through your blog , lots of people are doing it. Those people you see making a success and a living as bloggers have been honing their craft for years.
Choosing a profitable niche for your blog is a good place to start. Some are easier to earn money from than others. But, selling your services via your blog requires you to build an audience targeting the people most likely to hire you. For each blogging niche, there is a lively community to go with it.
It will be easier to make friends since you share common interests. A blog was where you would write about the happenings of your every-day life. I think I may even have an old LiveJournal dedicated to just that, hidden away somewhere. Blogging to document your life, is a wonderful way to reflect. Past joys and past mistakes, can all be learned from to some extent. Giving too much personal information away can make you a target for hacking.
In the early stages of starting a blog, your dream job might be simply that — a dream. But the truth is, blogging can be the perfect stepping stone towards the job that will transform your working life. As I mentioned earlier, there are also many pitfalls to starting and maintaining a blog.
Behind the great graphics and snappy writing, is a whole heap of stress, hustle and long working days. For a blog to thrive, expect yourself to be working more hours than a standard day job. Staying on the ball in blogging takes dedication, patience and commitment. As I mentioned earlier, it takes time, planning and hard work to even begin to consider making a living from your blog. I know many bloggers who have been doing really well over the years — well enough to work full time on their blogs.
But even they hit months where their income is not what they expected. If you get into blogging as a way to enter the work-from-home marketplace, prepare yourself for a lonely ride. Unless you rent a co-working space or spend your days in a coffee shop, working from home as a blogger can be incredibly lonely.
You start craving the human connection you had in your day job and even doubt your ability to keep going. This is where the fun begins. Now that you have your own blog, you get to make it yours ; you get to turn your vision into a reality.
We hope you have loads of fun expressing yourself on your new blog. You have now officially become a blogger. We receive many emails asking how to blog, about blog topics, and about creating meaningful content. Define Your Ideal Readers. For example, we blog about living a meaningful life with less. Thus, our ideal readers are people who are interested in exploring minimalism so they can clear the path toward more meaningful lives. Add Value.
You want to help people solve problems. This is the only way you will get great quality readers to your site and keep them coming back. We both learned this after a decade of leading and managing people in the corporate world.
Be Original. Yes, there are other blogs out there about the same thing you want to write about. Question: So why is your blog different? Answer: Because of you. You are what makes your blog different. Be Interesting. Write interesting blog posts. Especially if you want people to share it with others. Be Yourself. Part of being interesting is telling your story. Every person is unique, and your story is an important one. The important part of storytelling, however, is removing the superfluous details that make the story uninteresting.
Be Honest. Your blog needs to be authentic—it needs to feel real—if you want people to read it. You can be your blog, or your blog can be you. That is, do you really embody the stuff you write about? If not, people will see through it.
Perhaps bloggers should build the blog they want to write for the world. Being transparent is different from being honest. Instead, spend the time on your writing. The reason our site design looks good is because we have a great host , we have a great theme , and, most important, we had a vision of how we wanted our blog to look. Once we had the vision, we worked hard to make that vision a reality. Note: neither of us had any design experience before starting a blog. Find Your Voice. Over time, good writers discover their voice and their writing tends to develop a certain flow, one that is appealing to their readers.
Finding your voice makes your writing feel more alive, more real, more urgent. For additional reading, check out our blog post about Finding Your Voice. We Instead of You.
Use the first-person plural when possible. Statements of we and our are more powerful than you and your , especially when talking about negative behaviors or tendencies. The first person comes off as far less accusatory. When to Post. Question: When is the best day and time to publish a blog post? Social Media. Focus on the writing first, social media thereafter. Ignore Negative Criticism and Stupidity.
We call these people seagulls : They fly in, crap on your site, and fly away. Delete their comment and move on.
The reason we are able to use so many helpful, relevant links in our essays is because we put in the time to research our topics. Keep It Simple. This is where minimalism can be applied to starting any blog, irrespective of its genre. No need to place superfluous advertisements or widgets all over your site.
Put a picture of yourself on your blog. Live Your Life. There are things that we always put before blogging: exercise, health, relationships, experiences, personal growth, contribution. Simply put, live a life worth writing about. Why is the keyword here.
Crucially, Becker writes about the purpose of blogging, not just how to start a blog. But after giving you those detailed instructions, which could save you hundreds of hours of wasted time, we also want to give you some good reasons why you should not start a blog.
Keep in mind that these reasons are just our opinions, and we do not pretend to offer them up as a collection of empirical blogging maxims. Rather, he did it for the love of it, for the joy and fulfillment he received, and the income came thereafter—much later actually.
The truth is that we kind of got lucky. We found a great domain name, we cobbled together a logo and site design that people liked, we write fairly well, and our content connected with people in a unique way. We started this site to become bloggers and share a message. Our popularity came as a surprise to us, and it was a result of a little luck and a lot of hard, passionate work. Spend your time producing meaningful creations and eventually the audience will show up if you are helping people solve problems.
In other words, focus on adding value, not increasing traffic. The funny thing is that all these things can happen. You could make a full-time income from building a blog. We do it, Corbett Barr does it, and so do many others. If you want to learn more about blogging, publishing, writing, and SEO, then check out these additional resources:.
Click to Pin. How to make money blogging is the topic that beginner bloggers tend to be most interested in. At The Minimalists , we earn money in several ways:. Anyone who is interested in hiring us to speak can visit our speaking page for details. Writing Classes. I teach a four-week online writing class designed to improve the writing of people at any skill level—beginner, intermediate, or professional.
Amazon Links. I am glad you decided to blog about your experiences. I think blogging is a great medium to vent, share and interact without being judged. Writing shows a way to the confused self…and written words have mopre impact. When i read some of the poems which i wrote years back, i wonder hiow did a particular thought came…and those words comfort me now.
Cheers, ME. Hugs dear!! I think you are doing awesome writing these, first of all when you write you will be clear with your thoughts. Later you can come back and see how far you have come along. Take care!! I just started a blog a couple weeks ago with much the same intent and purpose.
I have a feeling the mutual support will be essential. Thank you for being you. In my opinion, not enough people are doing that. I just read this and was very impressed. I am inspired to begin blogging more openly as well.
Thank you for sharing this. This is exactly why I started my personal blog. I wanted people to really know me, and writing my experiences down was the best way to do just that. That Girl Rika. I just wanted to say that I write for the same reasons and having stumbled upon your beautiful blog tonight makes me feel really happy.
Reading this post felt like a good coffee on a cozy winter morning. I like your honest, simple and beautiful style and am looking forward to reading your blog posts.
Just if you like, my blog is called Walk With Me Looking forward to hearing more from you in the future! Acceptance truly is the first step to healing. Not sweeping negative emotions under the carpet, examining them and learning from all that life throws at you are the only way to grow and evolve. But choosing to share your reflective journey or what made you embark on one in the first place is totally a personal choice. Hey Era, We have same expectations from our respective Blogs- a journey to know self better.
I can certainly say- More I express and open myself, more i get to understand myself better. Happy to find you. You are right, its hard to show up a dark side but I still do it. I agree, we grow each time we share our personal life on a global platform and are enriched by the experiences of others. Glad to connect with you. Era, I was feeling absolutely low today when I chanced upon this link on Twitter…I am feeling better after reading through this post.
I tend to express myself through poetry and it feels much better…a catharsis of sorts.. Like Liked by 2 people. And you are very much keeping the record even after 6 years…very much appreciated.
Skip to content. To me, it is not an act of bravery, but a choice. A mere choice to include the world in my story. Even if it means as an audience. That icky, picky, strange, panic-inducing feeling. But…but… but, there is a silver lining to this ordeal. Me too. I too have been there, felt that. My blog is that starting point. Like this: Like Loading
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