Blogging is Hard
By Arya
@yoalldudes (35037)
Philippines
February 17, 2021 6:58am CST
The hardest part is getting traffic. If only an original idea will pop in my mind or a niche that will have readers.
But I am thinking, even if I fail the experience will be useful to me. Who knows I might learn to code or do graphic design just because I have a blog.I will get better at writing as well as English in the process.
I wonder if I will meet fellow bloggers as well. That for sure will be fun. Let's see where this journey will take me. Im conditioning my mind to be in it for the long haul.
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
17 Feb 21
That's the nature of blogging. Getting traffic is damn hard. Even if you are good at it, it's hard. The problem is not the content, or even the quality of the content. It's the competition that is out there, and it is the ability of the bigger players to be front and center and leave your blogs on page 10 of the search engines.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
17 Feb 21
Seems like are gargantuan feat. Maybe niche down a bit more for me?
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@porwest (90118)
• United States
18 Feb 21
@yoalldudes Even if you have a niche, it can still be difficult to capture and audience. Or at least that is what I have found.
Doesn't mean you necessarily stop trying though.
@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
20 Feb 21
@porwest It is too much fun to stop trying.
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
20 Feb 21
I have a longer time horizon when looking at it. Unlike before.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
17 Feb 21
To be a blogger, you really should have something you WANT to write about all day and every day - a consuming passion, in other words. If you want 'traffic' - i.e. readers - (and to make money out of it), then it should be something which other people want to read and follow regularly. However, that should never be your first objective. Your primary 'drive' should be that you have confidence in yourself to write entertainingly about a subject you know well and are passionate about.
It is very rarely any use beginning by saying "I want to make money blogging. What should I write about that's likely to be popular?"
You are quite unlikely to meet fellow bloggers - blogging can be a lonely experience if that's what you are looking for unless you join a blogging forum on your chosen niche or use social media. Even then, don't expect other bloggers to be enthusiastic about your blog!
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@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
17 Feb 21
I was up at midnight and read your answer. I dont know what to say.
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@tech40 (23121)
• Philippines
6 Mar 21
@yoalldudes Yup, we're not gonna do that. However some people does because of the popularity and earnings that they might get from doing it.
@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
20 Feb 21
I wouldnt personally do that. I try to be very respectful of others to the point that I dont know what to do. I dont understand other people being like that though. Isaw that happen in the topic "mudras"
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