MindThe Beginner

I guess I’m on a roll here about the whole mountain metaphor. As I wrote in my last blogpost it’s all about getting the ball rolling, not only in life but in blogging as well. How do you get your blogball to go uphill? In my view there are only three essentials that can actually help you (other than shameless marketing and tweeting about your newest blogpost) to get noticed in this ever growing blogosphere:

Write great and original content Writing what is on your mind, even though it might not appeal to everyone. In a comment on my last posts  Jack Yuen told me that he is  ”more interested in reading about what goes on in a blogger’s mind than in what he has got to sell.” Well, because of this little comment I realized why I like certain blogs. The best example I can think of is Illuminated mind, Jonathan is all over the place at times and at the same time manages to keep a laser-like focus on what’s going on. His non-conformist writing style and the kicking against norms somehow has an appeal. At last, someone is honest… A great example of great and original content.

Be ruthlessly honest in your content Among other things it’s at times kicking against the norm. Don’t confuse the opinion of the majority with the truth. Some things hype for the oddest reasons. Some because the have an almost unrealistic appeal to us. Do you want to be a hype or honest? How do you manage to get a blog to go uphill when you don’t want to conform to the masses and try and sell? Well, actually there is a whole niche about non-conformity out there and just like any niche you can appeal to the readers and bloggers in that niche to notice your blog. Nobody likes a fake.

Do this one post at a time The last of these three essentials is taking things one post at a time like I’ve talked about before. You’re only human and can only do so much at the same time. Take things one step at a time and you’ll win that uphill struggle.

I could add more in this list like “keep to your niche” and “post frequently” but those are all obvious. (Just like the three essentials I just stated.) A longer list would quickly be forgotten or would loose it’s power of simplicity.

If you find the right niche for you and you apply these three essentials to your blog it wil grow, it doesn’t have a choice. It’s an uphill struggle though and you’ll have to work for it. All beginning is though and in blogging it stays tough as far as I can tell from reading the success stories of other bloggers. It’s worth it though, it’s fun to write and a kick to have other people like your writing. (I should have started blogging years ago… I didn’t know what I was missing.)

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