This is a guest post by Ryan Biddulph. He shares smart blogging tips at Blogging From Paradise.
Me and my wife just arrived to our new travel location.
We will spend 2 weeks by the Jersey shore.
But this Jersey shore is quite different than the Jersey Shore much of the world knows. Before you picture Coppertone, characters and club kid crazies, we are spending time in one of the more exclusive regions of zip codes in the United States. Bruce Springsteen lives a few minutes from us on his 400 acre farm. One farm close by just got listed at $28 million USD.
As a rule, people who live in this area became highly successful not solely by working hard but by letting go whatever held them back. Massive success meets people who release old ways of thinking, feeling, acting and living.
Paying close attention to happy, thriving individuals reveals an evolution from holding on to much toward releasing much. Success tends to be more about releasing than acquiring. For bloggers this means releasing old states of mind, old ways of thinking and old, worn out strategies to accelerate your success.
I vividly recall attempting to drive heavy blog traffic solely by volume publishing 20 to 30 thin blog posts daily nearly a decade ago. My failure consciousness dominated decisions during my early blogging days. I released the volume publishing approach to publish more robust, thorough content less frequently to my blog.
But I eventually released publishing posts solely to my blog. I decided to publish posts on Blogging From Paradise and other blogs related to my niche via guest posting. Gradually I released using social media heavily to engage in a prolific, genuine blog commenting campaign. The process continues; I routinely let go in order to grow.
Letting go precedes acquiring.
Allow this idea to sear itself onto your mind. Picture someone using a branding iron to impress the concept onto your consciousness.
What can you release to accelerate your blogging success? Asses ego for excuses. Observe limiting beliefs stifling your blogging growth. Let go worn out habits. Release unintelligent strategies. I formerly published blog posts and guest posts linking to one blog post, eBook or course. However, releasing this less abundant approach goaded me to link in and out multiple times through each blog post and guest post.
Why not promote a high number of helpful posts via a single blog post or guest post?
Google loves rich links in and links out of course but readers also appreciate thorough resources to add credibility and increased research materials to every post you publish. Skipping this step hurt me in the past but adding this step greatly benefitted my blogging career.
Blogging becomes easier by letting go what needs to go. Blogging feels tougher by clinging to what seems to be outgrown.
Assess your blogging campaign.
Do you need to release publishing posts only to your blog to make room for guest posting? Perhaps you need to move higher in blogging circles by releasing struggling bloggers from your network. Bloggers tend to bond with struggling bloggers during their beginner days. But some stall while others flourish. Toss your uncomfortable feelings aside to let go anyone who either appears to hold you back or does little to accelerate your blogging growth.
Surround yourself with successful bloggers. Release failing bloggers. Learn from the best to become the best.
Letting go feels scary. Releasing feels highly uncomfortable. Will the new strategy work? Will you waste time? Or will you waste money? Will bloggers prefer your new theme? Will the developer hit the mark? Doubts arise on releasing the old and worn out but growth is in release, not in holding on or clinging to what needs to go.
Trash blogging garbage. Seize blogging treasures.
Grab opportunities for growth by emptying your hands of stale blogging activities.
SEO-optimizing long-form posts felt good to me for a bit but turned stagnant recently. I released the tactic. Guest posting popped up in my mind as the prime idea to explore going forward. But I never would have pondered guest posting if my blogging hands were full with SEO-optimizing long-form blog posts.
Let go to grow.
