Blogging Inspiration Board

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Jon Morrow’s Lessons Learned From Ten Years of Blogging:

1. You can’t make people care, but you can link what you care about to what they care about.
2. Do not model the masters, study the bloggers who aren’t good writers, and still get tons of traffic.
3. The tactics change rapidly overtime, so always stay up-to-date with habits, trends, and rules (by studying recent posts).
4. Your world changes when you succeed, as do the tactics to get more traffic for your blog.
5. Standing out is many competitive sports, but you can be successful even if you focus on at least one medium.

Seven Solutions To Blogging in 2020 (simplefactsonline.com) :

1. Don’t just focus on text-based content.
2. Update your old content.
3. Think before you write.
4. Don’t ignore SEO (try internal and external linking)
5. Don’t just sell, provide a solution.
6. Don’t limit yourself to blogs (e.g. podcasts).
7. Brainstorm blog post ideas.
8. BONUS: Don’t let negative thoughts stop you!

Some Quotes: 

“Blogging is a conversation, not a code.” ~Mike Butcher
“Don’t try to plan everything out to the very last detail. I’m a big believer in just getting it out there: create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback.” ~Neil Patel
“Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.” ~Seth Godin “The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust.” ~Jason Calacanis
“Successful people don’t spam.” ~Adrienne Smith
“The Internet has no eraser.” ~Liz Strauss
“Success is normally found in a pile of mistakes.” ~Tim Fargo
“The Internet is really about highly specified information” ~Eric Schmidt
“On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar!” ~David Ogilvy
“If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.” ~Steve Jobs
“Always be a work in progress.” ~Emily Lillian
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” ~Mark Twain 

How to Come up With Blog Post Ideas (blogtyrant.com)

1. Figure Out What You Want to Achieve
2. Start With Your Passions
3. Research the Competition
4. Break Your Routine
5. Remember Your Purpose