This is a guest post by our top contributing author and travel blogger Ryan Biddulph. He is the founder of Blogging From Paradise, his course 11 Fundamentals of Successful Blogging and the author of more than 126 eBooks.
Do you struggle to make your blog stand out?
Bloggers usually want to fit in as beginners. Stepping away from the crowd feels scary. But fitting in leads to a mediocre blogging career at best.
Standing out positions you to become highly successful. Successful bloggers step away from everyone else.
Do you fear the blogging competition?
Allowing your blog to stand out dissolves this illusory fear in a universe of abundance.
Blogging is neat because every blog stands out if you keep a few basic ideas in mind. Stop comparing yourself to other bloggers. Begin crafting a genuine blog guaranteed to wow readers and to step away from the blogging herd in your niche.
Bloggers who stand out keep a few ideas in mind to craft eye-popping blogs and brands.
Follow these tips to make your blog stand out.
Buy Your Domain and Hosting
Invest in your domain and hosting. No one can use the same domain name as you. I own Blogging From Paradise Dot Com. No one else can use that domain.
Never use free blogging platforms because your domain name is THEIR domain name. Free platform users fit in. Invest in a domain and hosting to stand out.
Invest money in a premium theme. Be different.
Pay for a top shelf theme to create an eye-opening feel to your blogging user experience.
Invest money to stand out. Build a genuine blogging brand. Buy a premium or custom theme to step away from the herd.
Practice Writing
Are you having difficulty finding your writing voice?
Keep writing. Practice persistently. Stand out from the blogging crowd.
Write 500-1000 words daily in a Word document. Hone your writing skills to step away from the blogging crowd with your genuine writing voice.
No two bloggers write alike if individuals iron out their writing voice. Practice writing daily to find your writing voice buried under layers of self-conscious fears.
Be Generous to Make Friends
Be kind. Promote fellow bloggers. Endorse fellow bloggers. Support fellow bloggers on social media. Comment genuinely on blogs. Stand out from the masses of desperate, greedy, self-centered bloggers by being kind, warm and generous.
Bloggers struggle to be seen for lacking generosity. Most have few blogging buddies for always trying to promote self versus promoting fellow bloggers freely. Generous bloggers magnetize themselves to blogging friends because people love givers.
Promote bloggers on social media. Link to bloggers through your blog. Invite bloggers to guest post on your blog. Guest post for bloggers. Stand out by helping people freely. Be seen through your generosity.
Be Prolific
Be generous, be prolific and you will be an influential commodity in your blogging niche of choice.
Publish blog posts frequently to distance yourself from the blogging crowd. Stand out by being prolific.
Create and publish at least one piece of content daily to gain exposure. Prolific bloggers stand out because few create content regularly. Edge outside of your comfort zone. Be a leader by giving freely of your time and talents.
Create:
- blog posts
- guest posts
- videos
- podcasts
to gain visibility in your niche.
Stop Parroting Other Bloggers
Some SEO bloggers who appear to be Neil Patel clones. How can you stand out if you are trying to be Neil Patel? Learn from that SEO genius but do not copy his style. Be you. Blog in your voice.
Stand out by letting go the need to mimic pros. Professionals carved out their place in the blogging world by being genuine. Be genuine to step away from everyone save yourself.
Conclusion
Be you.
Blog how you blog.
Embrace uncomfortable fears triggered as you step away from the blogging crowd. Let go ego urges to fit in.
Stand out to shine brightly in your blogging niche.
Amazing words, Ryan, like always. I like your opinion – be you on your blog platform, and don’t try to be a clone of some handsome blogger. And that’s the #1 advice new bloggers can learn from pros like you. You’ve developed your OWN way of writing blog posts, guest posts, social media connections, and engaging them. Everyone has to be able to find his own voice, tone, blogging style, and DIY marketing.