Blogging blues! We all get them.
You know, you’ve been blogging for a while happy as lark, topic after topic tripping off the keyboard like there was no tomorrow. Traffic is growing and even some comments are being left by your appreciative readers when BAM! Just like that when you should be feeling like you’re sitting on top of the world, the blogging blues take hold.
Suddenly:
- You have nothing more to say
- A commenter challenged your content and therefore (you think) your authority is being questioned.
- Traffic has stalled
- Alexa no longer loves you
- You are not making any money
- Doubt sets in – is this the right niche?
- The topics on other blogs are always more enticing
- You begin to flirt with the idea of a hmmmm… an online affair of a different kind
- Your blog no longer appears attractive to you
- Posting becomes a chore
- Google has banished you to the sandbox
If you have ever experienced any of the above – or, all of them at once – you’re in good company. There isn’t a top blogger around who at some point or another didn’t come up against the same challenges. It’s as if you turn a corner and the road ahead is nothing but one speed bump after another.
You feel as if all your hard work is for naught, that the universe is set against you and you sink into a real funk – you get the blues and you get them bad.
If there is anything I can say to you at this point it is that you do not give in – don’t succumb . Simply add the experience as one of the rites of passage in your blog income career. There are ways to deal with each of these speed bumps. Check in tomorrow and the day after and then again … all of the above will be tackled one by one until once again you feel like you are standing on top of the world – a champion blogger!
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#1 by Des @ Affiliate Progress on June 6, 2010 - 08:57
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Hi Valentina,
sounds like an interesting series you have in store there. I think it’s definitely something we all suffer from at times.
I find that the more active I keep with my other projects, then the more material I have for Affiliate Progress. I just started another blog last week. Absolutely no shortage of material or inspiration for this one, lack of time will be my only enemy!
Look forward to reading the rest of your series!
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#2 by Valentina on June 6, 2010 - 12:03
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Hi Des,
Time – or lack of it will indeed rear its ugly head … I know, I am facing the same situation now! Good luck to you with your new blog.
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#3 by Financial Samurai on June 7, 2010 - 00:30
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Valentina, I hear you LOUD AND CLEAR on this one! Burnt out from blogging is so real. The easiest thing to do is I guess post a little less frequently and promote your older posts.
I’m going to be promoting some of your content. Nice twitter name, will follow!
Cheers,
Sam
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#4 by Valentina on June 7, 2010 - 01:00
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Hey Sam – it’s so good to see you here!
Thank you so much for the support …
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#5 by Dev | Technshare on June 11, 2010 - 07:42
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Hey Valentina,
Super-Interesting Post. I think everyone suffers from time to time. I suffered when i first start blogging
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Looking forward to see other posts.
Thanks for this great Post.
~Dev
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#6 by Valentina on June 11, 2010 - 07:51
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Hey Dev,
Thanks for stopping in. You know the more I look into this subject the more I have to write
… series coming up.
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#7 by Matt on November 22, 2010 - 08:04
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Yes, a few of these things have happened to me. One of the reasons was that I was constantly updating certain blogs with the aim of making money from them, rather than because I was passionate about the subject matter. So it became a chore. And the money wasn’t coming in anyway.
I think the best approach is to blog about what interests you. Then you’ll always be energized. If you make money that’s a bonus, but it’s not the only reason you’re doing it. So if you don’t it doesn’t bother you!
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#8 by Valentina on November 22, 2010 - 09:06
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Hello Matt,
Thank you for stopping by. That is an interesting comment re making money. Joe Vitale in his book Attract Money Now says that if we chase money it will continue to elude us.
You have to read the book otherwise it’s confusing, because isn’t all business about making money?
Stopped by your site … good stuff you have there.
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