Do you feel like you are speaking in a vacuum? That you work so hard to put content out there and no one seems to be paying attention?
Do you wish you could figure out how to get people to engage and interact with your content by leaving comments, sharing your content, telling others about you, contacting you through social media, and sending you emails?
Here’s my number one tip to get more people to comment on your blog and interact with your content more:
If you want to be a successful blogger, here are five qualities I believe you must possess:
Anyone can be a successful blogger, but unless you’re already a celebrity, there’s no such thing as overnight blogging success. It takes hard work, sweat and more hard work. It may be a few months before you ever see a penny from your hours of labor invested into your blog.
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Are you interested in starting a blog, but you wish you could have some step-by-step help and hand-holding to get your blog set up and running?
Do you wish an experienced blogger could come alongside you and outline the entire process you need to take to get your blog off the ground?
Have you ever dreamed about hiring a blog coach to walk you through your blog setup and provide real-time videos and tutorials?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, I have the perfect solution for you!
You’ve started working on your blogging business and you’re so excited, but you’re also exhausted and overwhelmed because there are these people in your home who want you to do something other than sit in front of the computer! Plus, there’s laundry to do, dishes to wash, bathrooms to clean, errands to run, meals to make, events to attend… and you’d really like to sleep, too!
You want to do a great job of this blog thing, but you also don’t want it to take over every waking moment of your day or steal your ability to love on your people, invest in your health, and get enough sleep.
Guest Post by Ruthie Gray
An integral part of growing your blog is growing your email list. One of my favorite ways to do this is by hosting reader challenges, where I will challenge my readers to focus on a specific area for a certain timeframe.
I’ve hosted multiple challenges and each one has been very effective in helping me grow my traffic and my email list. The thing I love about hosting reader challenges is that they are pretty simple and are a very inexpensive way to grow your list!
Let me walk you through how the reader challenges worked for me:
Becky emailed in and asked me this great question which I think can apply to so many areas of our lives — especially our blogs and our businesses:
I have your book Say Goodbye to Survival Mode and I love it. I have noticed lately that I want to and do start everything, but can’t seem to finish anything! It seems I can only wholeheartedly focus on one thing at a time, but I want to do so much!
Just a couple examples would be: I got a planner and used it for a few months then lost interest; I lost 15 pounds but gained 10 pounds back; I started to declutter my house and detailed it on a blog, which lasted for a whole 2 months; I coupon in spurts then stop; I spent 3 months reading a few books a month, and now I can’t seem to finish one.
I could go on and on, and this is all just in the last 9 months! I don’t know why I have all these ideas that I want to do, but can’t seem to find the motivation to finish anything! Do you have any ideas? I’d love to know what advice you would have. -Becky
I think this is a very common problem for many of us. So know that you are not alone.
And I definitely don’t have it all figured out. In fact, I feel like I’m constantly in a battle between my inner disciplinarian and my inner squirrel.
“Focus, Focus, Focus…oh, shiny things!“
I want so badly to be disciplined. But I also have this sort of free spirit inside of me that pops out and wants to do it’s own thing from time to time, which is why I’ve struggled to be a person who follows through with things.
I’ve suddenly been seeing a ton of growth in my blog traffic and subscribers. My subscribers have jumped from a daily gain of ~20 a day to over 150 a day in the past week. It’s all relating back to a post I did which gave away a budgeting printable pack.
My blog expenses are growing rapidly with my increasing subscribers but I’m not sure my income is going to do the same over the next month. What would you do in this case?
I’m thrilled to see my subscribers and page views increasing, but I’m a little scared by the financial commitment I’m making to pay out a larger sum of money without the money guaranteed to back it up. –Kaitlin from The Simply Organized Home
This is a fantastic question! Seeing blog growth is a big indicator that you’re doing something right. But what most people don’t think about in the early stages of growing a blog is that your expenses will also grow as your audience does.
It’s a wonderful problem, however, it can also be scary and overwhelming. You might worry whether or not you’re soon going to have to dip in your family’s grocery budget just to pay for your blogging expenses. You may wonder if your expenses are going to skyrocket and soon cost you more than you can afford — all while your blog just isn’t bringing in a lot of money.
If you’re worried about your expenses exceeding your income, I totally get it. I’m constantly having to be strategic and plan ahead to make sure that our income is growing faster than our expenses! And there are definitely times when it can produce stress — especially during periods when your blog has a huge growth spurt!
I’ve heard from a lot of bloggers over the years who say things like, “I just wish I could get more people to read my blog! I love blogging, but it’s so discouraging when I work so hard and it feels like no one is reading!”
If you’ve ever felt this way, here are some practical ideas for ways to get more people to read your blog: