I Think, Therefore I Blog

Aug 30, 2009   By Manish

If you think you can blog, than you can. But not everyone will become the blogger they set out to be. Much like any ambitions one has in life, becoming a successful blogger depends on how much effort that you put into it. For those of you who think it’s a magic formula made up of little known techniques, I’m here to tell you its not. Instead, the recipe to become a successful blogger is available for anyone wishing to learn. If you have a vision to share information that is meaningful and choose to do it through the blog medium utilizing common techniques, then you will be well on your way.
Some people define their blog’s success in terms of how much money it makes or the amount of traffic it receives, but these factors are only the tip of the iceberg as far as defining one’s blogging success. Depending on what your primary objectives are will define your blog’s level of success. If your blog’s objective is to make money and you are making money, does this mean your blog is successful? Well, that depends on how much money you planned on making, if you have reached your goal and what you did to get there. If you had to work twenty times harder to make one tenth of the amount of money that you had planned, then that would be called “limited success.” If your goal was to have one hundred thousand unique visitors to your blog and you paid for half of them through advertising, then that isn’t being successful either.
My point about successful blogging is to ensure that your success is not tainted with dissolution. Anyone can buy inbound text links from higher ranking websites to increase their traffic and blog’s rank. Anyone can spend money to make money and put in hundreds of hours without ever being compensated, but if you are putting more in then you are getting out of it, then you are not successful.
I would like to highlight some very important aspects on how to gage the success of your blog. If you receive new blog traffic periodically and it is on the rise, then that can be considered a successful trend for your blog. Identifying that your blog has the ability to pull readers in is a powerful idea that helps you focus on providing more relevant content. The basic rule is relevant content brings relevant traffic. Some bloggers never understand fully what this simple rule means, but those of us who use it know that it is profoundly effective.
If you are a half assed blogger, then chances are that you receive half assed traffic. I know that statement is going to offend many of you who just realized that maybe you are a half assed blogger, but it’s true. If you are looking for a quick buck, then blogging is not for you. If you are a passionate person with ample time to share your thoughts using a blog, then perhaps blogging is for you.

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