How Can You Grow a Slow Blogging Business?
This is a guest post by popular blogger and owner of Blogging From Paradise Ryan Biddulph. He is the published author of 126 eBooks. Ryan is also the creator of 11 Fundamentals of Successful Blogging audio course.
Help people for free
Be generous.
This is the most simple way to grow a slow blogging business.
Bloggers often say business is slow and then….sit there. This always seemed strange to me. Blogging business is slow because you are stingy. Blogging business grows if you are generous. Helping people for free increases both your skills and exposure. Skilled bloggers with massive exposure make coin.
Why Being Generous Grows Business
OK; let’s dissect my day today.
I woke up, meditated, grabbed a coffee and water and published a post on my blog. Generosity. I helped people for free. Zero expectations. I trust in the process.
I emailed my list, shared on social media and my exposure increased that much more. Within 10 minutes I nabbed 29 email opens. I have not actively built my list in years. Nor do I have a big list. But being generous aligns you with success, plain and simple.
After publishing my blog post I wrote and published a guest post on Blogging Tips Dot Com. Guess what? I increased my exposure and skills by publishing the guest post freely and generously. Zero expectations. I have fun helping people. I trust in the process.
People will buy my eBooks and/or courses by finding me through the blog post and guest post. I have been generous for years, helping people for free through guest posting, publishing posts on my blog and by promoting other bloggers and commenting genuinely on blogs,
I appear to be everywhere. Appearing to be everywhere grows your blogging business because people see you all over, trust you, buy your stuff and hire you.
Plant Seeds for a Blogging Forest
Imagine planting seeds to grow a blogging forest. If you plant 5 seeds you get 5 trees. If you plant 40,000 seeds you get 40,000 trees. You get the picture.
Of course, trees take time to grow. But instead of planting 1 seed, waiting around for it to grow, you plant another, and another, until you have planted 100 seeds. Phew! That is enough for today. Tomorrow you plant 50 seeds. Plant 200 seeds the following day and you have the beginnings of a forest. We’re talking 250 seeds planted for trees.
Eventually, if you water the seeds and ensure each seed gets ample sun based on your planting location, slowly and steadily, each seed will grow into huge, impressive, green, lush trees, forming an impenetrable forest.
Being generous blogging-wise is like planting content seeds for a content forest that readers see far and wide. Write and publish one guest post today. Write and publish one post for your blog. 2 content seeds planted today. Good. Both will grow into something impressive – over time – but you do not become successful by planting 2 content seeds. Nope. Generously planting forests helps you be everywhere, growing your business quickly.
Being generous blogging-wise is like planting content seeds for a content forest that readers see far and wide. Click To Tweet
Plant 5 content seeds today. Publish a podcast. Broadcast live on Facebook. Today, the video content seed gets 55 views. Tomorrow, you notice 59 views. 365 days down the road, the video content seed gets 434 views. Talk about a seriously big content tree. But now imagine all the content seeds you placed over the past 3 months, every single day. Envision 300 pieces of content – 3 pieces/seeds you plant daily – individually nabbing 1, 5 or 100 views daily.
Do you see what I am talking about?
Thousands and thousands of views mean a huge army of interested folks viewing your blog, your eBooks, your courses, your services, and your advertising opportunities. People will begin buying and hiring. Your blogging business grows.
Summary
Be generous guys.
Giving freely leads to receiving easily.
Ryan Biddulph helps you become a successful blogger at Blogging From Paradise.
