Before you start blogging, you need to ask yourself four simple questions. Answer them as truthfully and as specifically as possible.
Remember: what you decide to write about is what you will be thinking and dreaming about 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are no vacations for bloggers.
* What are you going to write about?
* What are you passionate about?
* What do you know about?
* Who are you?
These are the four questions you must spend lots of time contemplating. Let’s start dealing with those questions in reverse order, ultimately arriving at the answer to the first one.
Who are you?
Yes, older readers are now humming that song by The Who, perhaps helping them focus on this crucial point. Who, who, who, who? I really wanna know. To be asuccessful blogger, you must be a self-starter. You need to be a quick thinker, organizing your thoughts and expressing them immediately. And, you need a thick skin, because invariably, visitors to your blog will disagree with you, and express their dissenting opinions in the cruelest possible way in your comments section. In short, they will tear you apart. If you’ve lived your life where everyone constantly expresses approval of everything you do, you might be in for a rude awakening when you start writing your new blog. Are you tough enough to take it? Do you have the consistency to regularly update your blog, giving readers a good reason to return day after day? Figure out who you are, and decide if you are really a blogger. Do you have the time? Do you have the energy? Blogging is a daily endeavor and is often unrewarding—until it’s surprisingly rewarding.
Remember: what you decide to write about is what you will be thinking and dreaming about 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are no vacations for bloggers.
* What are you going to write about?
* What are you passionate about?
* What do you know about?
* Who are you?
These are the four questions you must spend lots of time contemplating. Let’s start dealing with those questions in reverse order, ultimately arriving at the answer to the first one.
Who are you?
Yes, older readers are now humming that song by The Who, perhaps helping them focus on this crucial point. Who, who, who, who? I really wanna know. To be asuccessful blogger, you must be a self-starter. You need to be a quick thinker, organizing your thoughts and expressing them immediately. And, you need a thick skin, because invariably, visitors to your blog will disagree with you, and express their dissenting opinions in the cruelest possible way in your comments section. In short, they will tear you apart. If you’ve lived your life where everyone constantly expresses approval of everything you do, you might be in for a rude awakening when you start writing your new blog. Are you tough enough to take it? Do you have the consistency to regularly update your blog, giving readers a good reason to return day after day? Figure out who you are, and decide if you are really a blogger. Do you have the time? Do you have the energy? Blogging is a daily endeavor and is often unrewarding—until it’s surprisingly rewarding.
