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.
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