You want to know something weird?
Most people believe it’s more difficult to make money through blogging if you tell the truth.
The opposite is true.
It is actually easier to make money blogging short term and long term if you tell the truth.
Why?
Trust is the prime currency in the money making equation.
If people trust you, they will buy from you and hire you.
A high volume of bloggers do not get Twitter.
I understand.
I was once in the same boat.
I would tweet my latest post. Sit back. Wait for all of those Retweets to skyrocket. Waiting…..waiting…..waiting.
After a few weeks I noted only a few Retweets and even more scant blog traffic flowing through Twitter.
For good reason; I had no clue what in the Hades I was doing on the network.
I just received payment from one of my blog consulting clients.
These days I receive $200 an hour for my services.
It wasn’t always this way though.
A while back I had the posture of a jellyfish.
I foolishly accepted $25 an hour for my coaching services.
I commanded a similar skill set to my current day skill set.
Not much was different.
Except back then I had like zero posture concerning my:
I ran into some serious financial struggles and worked like an animal just to make end’s meet because I allowed my fears around money, my lack of confidence and other folk’s fears around money to infect my mind, like a mental virus.
Successful bloggers leave you a proven blueprint to follow.
Study the pros to cut your learning curve by years.
It is that simple but your blogging journey becomes uncomfortable at times. Obstacles pop up. Traffic or profit droughts may dampen your spirit.
In moments like these you need to double down on modeling successful bloggers to resist the temptation to engage in failing blogging strategies.
The whole idea of blogging and content marketing is like a kingdom and we know the 3 main components of a complete kingdom:
That’s exactly what blogging is. If any of these lacks or has a deficiency, the whole kingdom is sick.
If content is King, where therefore is the kingdom? What about the ruled? In content marketing, we have laid so much emphasis on the content being the king. There can never be in king without a kingdom and the ruled. Let’s look at these parties differently and see how they relate to blogging.
Online business burnout cripples even the most determined entrepreneur.
If you become exhausted, or sick, you can’t be at your business best.
Follow these tips to address and dissolve burnout so you can dive back into your venture feeling energized, refreshed and raring to go.