Climbing and Getting Nowhere
Feel like you’re struggling to move upward? Can’t seem to make progress no matter how hard you work? Afraid that if you don’t keep pushing your limits you’ll fall?
Blogging can make you feel that way sometimes. Things are moving along, traffic is growing and things are looking good. Then it happens. Traffic stalls, or worse it drops, and you find yourself working harder just to stay in the same place.
I started feeling this way not too long ago, so I started thinking about what I could do about it. Here are a few of my ideas.
Mix Things Up
Try something new to relieve the tedium. Don’t stress out trying to think of something new, that would defeat the purpose. There are tons of ideas out there for the taking. Just remember to do something fun. Here are a couple to get you started.
Parody. Write a tongue in cheek post about something that bugs you. I did a post like that about money making blogs. Some of them have decent advice, but a lot of them look like this.
Fiction. If you do a lot of writing about news and events, try making something up. Just let your readers know that it’s not real. For instance, if you write about celebrity news, do a post about celebrity news stories ten years from now. Have fun with it. A blog post titled "Britney Spears’ Trailer Destroyed by Tornado" would be a lot of fun to write.
Think About How You Work
Take a little time to take a look at how you work on your blog. A lot of us focus on the readers and forget to think about ourselves. I’m not saying you should ignore the people reading your blog. I’m just saying that sometimes it’s easy to get a little too focused on something. Ask yourself a few questions.
What do you enjoy about blogging?
What’s the hardest part for you?
What do you spend the most time doing?
What do you avoid doing?
Taking the time to answer some questions like this could help you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a blogger. Knowing is half the battle.
Look Back to Move Forward
Take a look back at what you’ve done on your blog. You might be surprised by how far you’ve come. It’s easy to miss the big picture when you’re focused on the details. Writing a post about your blog can help you get a better understanding of it.
Not too long ago AnimeFansOnline.com turned 8 months old. I wrote a post that went through, month by month, and highlighted posts that I enjoyed. I was amazed by how much I’d learned about blogging in 8 months. I also spotted a couple of problems that I need to work on. I got 3 great things from that 1 post.
A post to help new readers find some of the older articles.
A good idea about what needs improving.
Encouragement to continue blogging.
Have Fun
If you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, you’ll burn out long before you reach the summit.
What about you? Have anything that helps you keep going? Leave a comment and let us know. We could all use the help.
Book Giveaway Open for Entries
The book giveaway over at Fanatic Space has been announced. All the rules are laid out on the blog post and in the forum threads.
Forum?
Yep. I decided that using the forum would be the best way to avoid spoilers for the people that haven’t read the Erec Rex books yet. I’d really hate to ruin the story for someone that is looking forward to reading it. It’s even worse when they’re hoping to win a copy of the book. So I set up separate threads in the forum.
Links
Here are the relevant links if you want to enter.
Blog Post:
Win An Autographed Copy Of The Erec Rex Books
Forum Threads:
Win a copy of Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye
Win a copy of Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness
Good luck to everyone entering.
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Author Interview and Book Giveaway
I’ve got an interview with author Kaza Kingsley posted over at FanaticSpace. She’ll be checking in during her blog tour, so you can ask her your questions. Stop by and check it out.
She’s very cool. I hope to be able to work with her in the future. There’s been talk of a possible guest post too. I’ve got my fingers crossed. 
Free Books
I posted a review of the first book, Erec Rex: The Dragon’s Eye. I’m also going to post a review of the second book, Erec Rex: The Monsters of Otherness. I’ll be giving away copies of both Erec Rex books. So check out the review to see if you want to read the books. Then you can come back and enter to win a free copy in the giveaway.
These aren’t e-books. These are real physical hardbacks that you can put on your bookshelf or read with your kids. Another nice plus is that they’re both autographed.
I told you she was cool.
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