Have you ever wondered what it takes to become a successful blogger? Popular bloggers have learned there is power in generosity. They stand out in the crowd as the rare gems that know how to succeed. We can learn a lot from them. They do what unsuccessful bloggers don’t.
Many bloggers start out excited and enthusiastic. Not long later they become discouraged and frustrated. Why? They just don’t understand what steps to take. Becoming a popular blogger is not as difficult as you may think.
How do you blog like a top dog and achieve blogging success? In this post, I share how you can begin blogging like a pro!
1. Be generous
Being a giver navigates people toward you! Give of yourself generously without expectation. This is a sure way of achieving success as a blogger!
When you love what you do it shows through in how you present yourself to others. You can show love to your readers by giving them what they need.
Solve their problems.
Show your readers you care about them by being a giver.
Enthusiastic people shine brightly and stand out in the crowd.
People will want to know you. It just happens.
Being enthusiastic and generous helps you live life from a place of love, not fear. Do this and you’ll experience blogging freedom and futuristic success.
These are magnetic qualities not all bloggers have. You will shine brighter in the crowd of many others in your niche.
2. Connect with other bloggers in your niche.
Getting known for what you blog about requires you to show up. Go to the places where other bloggers are and connect with them. Show interest in what they write about and regularly read their blog posts. Thoughtfully participate in the comment section of their posts.
Share their content in your social media places. Do this consistently and they will remember you.
3. Expand your reach to a larger audience.
The main point here is to get your work out there! Lots of it! We cannot succeed in isolation and can’t grow our blogs alone. Participating, connecting, and helping others helps you grow your blog.
In order to reach a larger number of people, you’ll need to expand our reach. To do this you will need to write and ship your content out into the world.
Guest posting on other blogs helps you to reach a new blog audience.
Write and publish to Medium and other online platforms.
Joining online communities is a great way to start putting yourself out there.
Facebook groups will help connect you with a larger audience.
Showing up consistently to these online networks establishes valuable connections.
You’ll make some great friends too!
4. Consistently write and publish quality content.
Having a blog posting routine is important. Your readers will rely on your regular publication of new content.
Spread your content around the web by guest posting on other blogs.
My blogger friend Ryan Biddulph is constantly writing and publishing new content. Ryan submits so much of it as guest posts to other blogs. His work is seen all over the internet!
As a result, he is well known by many bloggers and reaches a large audience. Ryan freely gives what he writes generously to others. He is also the published author of approximately 126 ebooks.
He is an example of a blogger who became successful through being generous. His generosity built his blogging business.
Follow Ryan’s lead and you’ll be a happy and successful blogger!
What you write has your name on it. The more you write, publish and ship… you are seen by a larger number of people and often.
5. Utilize social media effectively.
Social Media is a great tool for getting known for what you do. The problem is many people don’t know how to use it properly.
Social Media is all about interactions and connections with others. Facebook live has become very popular! Mainly because people love connecting with the person behind the message.
Your readers want to know they matter to you. If they are following your Facebook page that means they like what you offer there. It is important to maintain consistent engagement with them.
6. Learn what you can from successful bloggers.
Successful bloggers are teachable. They had to learn the tools of the blogging trade just like you. You don’t have to start alone.
There are so many successful bloggers to learn from. Engage with people you are learning from as much as you can. Eventually, they will get to know you no matter how successful they are.
Take an online course(s) about blogging and writing.
You will learn so much from your blogging teacher/guide. By signing up for their course you will also become one of their students which means they will get to know you.
I believe it is important to get the right information starting out. Courses can help so much! I recommend the following courses for consideration;
11 Fundamentals of Successful Blogging Audio Course by Ryan Biddulph
The Intentional Blogging Course by Jeff Goins
Bryan Hutchinson offers several courses for writers
To view his course selection Click Here
Find blog mentors/Teachers.
In 2013 when I knew nothing about blogging I found my first blog mentor Greg Narayan. He is the founder of Dear Blogger. If it were not for Greg, his blog and his help I would not be blogging as I am today.
7. Enjoy the process of growing as a blogger.
I remember when I started my first blog. I wasn’t enjoying the experience after a few months. Mainly because I wanted results quicker than they would come. Until I surrendered my expectations and fears of failure.
Blogging is meant to be fun not frustrating. It can become difficult to enjoy when we get stuck on results. When we are too perfectionistic about everything we do it gets complicated. None of us are perfect. Your blog won’t be either.
Yes, there is much to learn about how to become a successful blogger. You’ll learn the tools of the trade step by step.
8. Patience and perseverance.
If you are a new blogger starting out know you aren’t alone. Every blogger had a beginning. It takes time to successfully grow a blog. You’ll become known for what you blog about over time.
You’ll need to persevere. Give your blog time to grow. All successful bloggers will tell you that it takes about 2 years or more. During that time you will see results. It just doesn’t happen all at once.
If you put into practice some of the suggestions here and learn from other bloggers… you’ll be soon blogging like a top dog in your niche!
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What have you done that’s worked for you to grow as a blogger?
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Thank you for sharing your post about 8 Steps to Get You Blogging Like a Top Dog in Your Niche. Great tips and suggestions. I will bookmark this site for reference.
Thank you Richard for taking the time to read and comment. Have a wonderful day! 🙂
I have to admit that these days I don’t do #2 as much as I used to back in the day. There’s so many other things going on that reaching out to newer people on a consistent basis is harder to keep up with. Then again, I’ve added you to one of my Twitter lists so who knows what’ll happen, right? 🙂
Thanks for your comment, Mitch. I agree there are many things to do it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up! Thank you for adding me to one of your Twitter lists. 😀