I love to write but I mostly write in my personal journal. In the magazine, I write about the various thoughts and ideas that fascinate me. Now, I have decided to pursue blogging which was not my preferred choice about 3-4 years back. It happened because of my belief that I had to give up my originality. Also, at that time I wanted to express myself without being judged or rejected. But, now I want to express my views on various matters which attract my interest and I would like to get feedback from all. Priorities in life change over time.

Blogging has provided me with various learning opportunities. It has created a lot of energy, enthusiasm, and excitement in me because it is really fun and thrilling to watch your growth by learning new things from time to time. I am sharing my learnings from blogging which will help and encourage fellow potential bloggers to come out of their comfort zone and start blogging as a worthwhile hobby.

So, please see below tips to start a blog from scratch:

1. Getting Started – If you have a passion for writing and you really want to start a blog then please start it now. Do not postpone Today is the best day to start blogging. Make a conscious effort to remove all thoughts that are misleading you into believing that you cannot be a blogger. Don’t let fear suppress your desire to do something you’ve always wanted to do. Imagine the thrill of following your passion. If you are passionate about something then put your heart into it and come up with great blog posts. You never know, you might help someone in need.

2. Keep going without being affected by the results. Be patient. Doing anything worthwhile requires time, effort, and dedication. Never expect to be a one-stop solution provider for the whole world. Don’t get into the numbers game. It doesn’t matter how many people are visiting your blog. But, it matters that you leave no stone unturned to delight the visitor. You don’t have to do anything other than be passionate about your work.

3. Do blogging as if it is a project – You can consider blogging as a project. The project is a unique, time-bound activity. You can create goals for the number of posts you will write each week or month. Also, you can zero in on the topics you want to write on. This will help you focus and stay focused on your goal. Furthermore, you need to optimize and strike a healthy balance between the effort you can put into the time you have for blogging, and the quality of the posts you want to create. Please always remind yourself that blogging is first and foremost about your purpose. Hence, sticking to the objective will always keep you motivated and on track. Then the second most important consideration is the value you can add to your blog readers’ experience.

Always try to write with passion and create valuable works that can benefit someone. It’s surprising to learn that what you’re posting today could also benefit or help someone who has been on the line for many years. Like a project, monitor your progress, review your goals, re-read your posts from a blog reader’s perspective and see if you’re adding value to their experience. If you fail to plan it means you are planning to fail. So, step by step create your blog, like the ocean fills with water droplets. You have to focus on the content. It should be in line with your belief and should preferably benefit someone.

4. Be Yourself, stay focused and enjoy the journey – when you are pursuing blogging as a worthwhile hobby. be yourself. You are here to fulfill your desire to make a positive impact in the lives of others. You have your daily job to pay your bills and get recognized for your work. So, however, we all aspire to acknowledge our efforts. It should not be a goal but a by-product of all your hard work as a blogger. You should learn from the exemplary book “The Monk Who Said His Ferrari”. Keep the passion alive. One thing that successful people have in common is that they are really passionate about their work.

5. Let people know that your blog exists – however, this is not a very important thing when you are building your blog and creating awesome posts. Rely on verbal promotion as a medium to spread the good work you are doing. Apart from this, there are many other digital marketing strategies. You can also learn some things about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) from Youtube. Learning about SEO will give you a fair idea of ​​how search engines search for websites/blogs. The good thing is that you can easily implement many suggestions but the bad thing is that many websites and blogs are heavily dependent on SEO and not focusing much on the content. This degrades the user experience but Google and other search engines continually evolve their algorithms used for search to ensure that higher value content is given preference.

There are many people in our network who are fond of reading and writing. You should contact them and ask for their feedback. Since they are already interested in reading and writing, they will happily review your blog and can provide you with meaningful insights through their valuable feedback. Plus, you can share your blog on social media like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. to let people in your network know you’re writing. If they like your blog and find it interesting or useful, they will come back and likely will spread knowledge about your blog to the people in their network.

6. Build Your Reputation – There are a lot of self-proclaimed experts but people want to learn only the best stuff from a reliable source. So, if you want your works to touch the lives of more and more people then you must build your reputation. You can write for various newspapers online or publish your works on other reputable and more popular blogs as a guest writer. This will help you to develop your reputation as a writer as reputed websites will publish only good articles. Writing as a guest writer will give you a bigger platform and more audience. And most importantly, you need to be reliable and trustworthy. So, never spam – no one likes unwanted email.