The fact is, 80% of the bloggers fail within 6 months of their start. While those 20% are still stumbling a long way before they finally succeed. Why do so many bloggers fail? And is 80% failure rate a normal situation?
Well! Starting a blog is pretty simple. But, majority of the beginners start blogging without any serious intention Their start is a random shot. Rarely do these random shots appear in 20% of the successful bloggers.
So, as a blogging mentor, I have identified certain patterns in those failed bloggers, while there is a behavioral pattern for the successful ones as well.
Continue reading my 10+ golden blogging tips for blogging beginners that might be your pole star, guiding you in your blogging adventure.
1. Don't Prioritize money over interest
Everyone needs money, whether it’s you, a politician, a business owner, or a spiritual guru. Without money is like living without senses.
But there are two kinds of people: one who controls their senses, and the other whom their senses control. The same goes with money. Is your blogging more important than money, or vice versa? Who is ruling your blog? Your blogging desire or the desire for money.
Blogging is a $100 investment business; that too goes with 2-4 hours daily, part-time. And look at your expectations! $500 per month, or even more in the beginning itself.
You need to calm down. I always remind my blogging students of this quote when they express their desire to make quick money from blogging.
2. Be Tortoise
“Slow and steady wins the race” is the most powerful rule for bloggers. Yet underrated by several beginners.
Rushing to rank quickly overnight, earning high-passive income within a few weeks, etc., is an unpractical approach for several beginners. Instead, turn all your focus on providing solutions to your readers and building a loyal audience base.
Turn your focus from money or personal benefits to providing solutions to your audience.
Money will follow your ways on its own.
3. 70% Effort for Content Creation
Don’t wait for perfection!
Put 70% of your effort into content creation, 20% into marketing, and 10% into building your website during the initial days of your blogging. Because I am already giving you full guidance during the mentorship, there is nothing to worry about with the 10%.
Later, when you have enough content, spend 70% of your effort on marketing, 35% on content creation, and 5% on website and maintenance.
4. Start as If It's Nothing Imp.
Don’t glamorize your first step.
This is my golden suggestion for you.
Start your blog as if nothing is important. As if you go to a park and plant a seed. Walk every day to that place, water it, and do whatever needs to be done.
Wait until the seeds sprout. That’s your win-day.
You will experience similar things in your blogging journey as well. Such little wins will fuel you up, recharge you, and motivate you for the work. You would want to work nights without sleep. Celebrate such moments, not the beginning itself.
5. Don't overfeed your mind
I have seen several bloggers (and freelancers) who are constantly trying to learn new things from YouTube videos, Instagram reels, blog posts, etc. Sometimes they need that knowledge, but most of the time, there is no immediate practical need for it.
It’s really important for you to understand what exactly you need at the moment and focus on learning that alone.
Lots of people are overconsuming content from social media platforms, which isn’t that important. That’s not solving their problems, but confusing them even more.
Start with session #1 and proceed step by step, session by session, instead of jumping on things. Take a break once a week. Recharge your creativity by reading books, exercising, going on a trip., etc.
6. Data Is Important- Store them
Don’t underestimate the power of data. There are several companies that are pillared and running on just their gathered data. The same goes with blogging as well.
Some of the common data that’s important for bloggers are:
- Audience’s Email (Newsletter)
- Keywords data
- Analytics data
- Traffic data
- Audience data (name, phone number, address, interest, etc.)
- Heatmap data
- Google Search Console data
- Content calendar data
- Competitors data
These data, if used smartly, will end up providing unexpected benefits.
But collecting data is not that simple. It takes time and strategy. Don’t lose hope; plan it and ride slowly. As your blogging mentor, I will guide you through the process of collecting these data and using them effectively to grow your blog.
7. One Strategy, 3 Months
Blogging involves several varied tasks. Such as picking the right niche for your blog, planning and purchasing hosting and domain names, setting up WordPress, creating pages, planning a content calendar, writing posts, marketing, creating and handling social media accounts, and finally monetizing your blog.
Doing these tasks randomly without a well-thought-out strategy isn’t going to make you successful. A tested strategy is needed.
But how do you know which strategy will work for you or not? How do you even get that strategy?
8. Your journey is your success key
Blogging is a very long journey. Years long!
When you start a fresh blog, your idea is not well-formed. No matter how hard you try, 100% planning isn’t possible. In fact, your actual planning requires data that you didn’t have in your initial days. You need to experiment for weeks or months and identify your final blog objective.
That’s what I always suggest to all my readers (or blogging mentees). Your journey is your success key. If you are ready to enjoy your journey, you are ready to start blogging.
9. Comparison is A Fake dopamine
Comparing yourself with others is a disease. Lots of beginners start with a fake motivation they get from looking at other successful bloggers.
No one agrees to compare, but almost everyone compares themselves. Comparing gives rise to fake dopamine. Sometimes these fake dopamines motivate, while other times they demotivate. No matter, plus or minus, it’s fake.
Turn all your attention to your journey. Stay focused on your purpose, mission, and audience. Remember, your journey is unique.
10. A Mentor Can Save Your Days
If possible, get a blogging mentor.
Mentoring is different from coaching. A mentor gives you direction and prevents you from getting lost. A good mentor can save you hours or even days of struggle.
For example, when I was setting up my WPForms for the first time, it took me 2 days to build a complete form. It took another few days to enable Google reCAPTCHA for these created forms.
Now, my student learns these in 45–50 minutes of session.
As a mentor, I do not hold the steering wheel of your blog. You are the driver. Your blog is your responsibility, but your direction is my responsibility. A mentor understands your potential and suggests you extract the most out of it. He or she keeps you motivated in your down times.
Blogging is a long journey, and a mentor will be your best companion on this journey. You can contact me on WhatsApp for more.
Bonus blogging tips: Do not work on multiple website
Running multiple blogs is not impossible. Several pro-bloggers are already generating handsome revenue from multiple blogs they own. For instance, I myself, your friendly blogging mentor, own four blogs. Three of my blogs are doing great, while one is still in its initial phases.
If you ask me, how successful am I running these multiple blogs? Was that even a good decision to start multiple blogs?
The answer is no!
If I had just focused on one, I would have been far more successful by now. As a result, I have restricted my attention to my two blogs.
As a beginner, stay focused. Give your 100% to one blog. Grow your one blog first, build a process, and make it a self-sustaining business before jumping to the next one. Because trying to grow multiple blogs at once is going to restrict your growth in many ways. Content quality will be degraded. More time would be required to reach success.
Wrapping Up
Let me summarize all my blogging tips or suggestions for beginners here:
- Earning money from a blog shouldn’t be your primary objective. This motive can never attract an audience.
- Don’t try to grow your blog overnight.
- Focus on creating great content that helps your audience.
- Don’t glamorise your start.
- Don’t overfeed your mind with information.
- Data is important. Collect them.
- Find or build your strategy for your blog’s task.
- Focus more on the journey than on success.
- Avoid comparing your blogging journey with that of other bloggers.
- Get a blogging mentor.
- Don’t try to build multiple blogs as a beginner.
You may or may not agree with all my suggested points. But these suggestions are based on my original experience. And experience may vary.
Write me in the comments about how much you agree with my suggestions!
I Agree with all of your thoughts and yes I am going to start a website building, and I am the driver of it, as a mentor, you would give direction so that I can give the best out of it. I am ready to enjoy my journey with you
That’s great! And, you are already going great in your blog.