Ok, I know it sounds like a strange topic so stick with me here for a few minutes.
I created my first blog before I learned Morse code or sudoku, but I never really did anything with it. I was like the hundreds of thousands of others that thought, "what am I going to have to write about." Don't believe me, this is the first blog I created, go back and read my first post First Things First, if you dare (but fair warning...it sucks!)
It wasn't until I had finished reading the Internet one day and just started chopping at the keyboard that I stumbled across the blogging as an income idea. I think the first one I really latched onto was Brian over at GeniusTypes.com, but that was just the beginning. Now I try to be a faithful disciple of the Three Wise Men of blogging.
Anyway, I digress.
When I first started blogging as an income, it all seemed pretty complicated to me, hence the morse code and sudoku reference. You'll know if you've read Adventures in Amateur Radio that I'm an amateur radio operator or ham. One of the requirements (at the time) to upgrade from an entry level operator was to learn Morse Code. I failed my first two tests because I was trying to hear every letter rather than listening for words...
Still Confused?
Ok, how about sudoku. My first attempts at sudoku were very granular, only one row or one column or one square. It wasn't until I started seeing and playing the puzzle as a whole that I really had a breakthrough.
And Now for Blogging...
Now don't get me wrong, I'm now where near an expert at this stuff...yet. But I am beginning to see whole puzzles rather than just the individual pieces. Having one blog is ok and you can have great fun with it...but that's about it. Don't expect to make any real money, at least not in the short term. It will take forever, and most people will lose interest. BUT, if you have several that support each other, well now we're getting somewhere.
As I continue down this new path there seems to be something new around every corner. The trick here is that while it is new to me, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of other bloggers that have already figured this out. If you can learn from other people's mistakes, you'll get there a lot faster.
Look at your blogging portfolio as a whole, not a list of individual blogs each competing for your time and attention. Whip those blogs into line and have them all working for you instead of you working for them!
Happy Blogging!
I created my first blog before I learned Morse code or sudoku, but I never really did anything with it. I was like the hundreds of thousands of others that thought, "what am I going to have to write about." Don't believe me, this is the first blog I created, go back and read my first post First Things First, if you dare (but fair warning...it sucks!)
It wasn't until I had finished reading the Internet one day and just started chopping at the keyboard that I stumbled across the blogging as an income idea. I think the first one I really latched onto was Brian over at GeniusTypes.com, but that was just the beginning. Now I try to be a faithful disciple of the Three Wise Men of blogging.
Anyway, I digress.
When I first started blogging as an income, it all seemed pretty complicated to me, hence the morse code and sudoku reference. You'll know if you've read Adventures in Amateur Radio that I'm an amateur radio operator or ham. One of the requirements (at the time) to upgrade from an entry level operator was to learn Morse Code. I failed my first two tests because I was trying to hear every letter rather than listening for words...
Still Confused?
Ok, how about sudoku. My first attempts at sudoku were very granular, only one row or one column or one square. It wasn't until I started seeing and playing the puzzle as a whole that I really had a breakthrough.And Now for Blogging...
Now don't get me wrong, I'm now where near an expert at this stuff...yet. But I am beginning to see whole puzzles rather than just the individual pieces. Having one blog is ok and you can have great fun with it...but that's about it. Don't expect to make any real money, at least not in the short term. It will take forever, and most people will lose interest. BUT, if you have several that support each other, well now we're getting somewhere.
As I continue down this new path there seems to be something new around every corner. The trick here is that while it is new to me, there are probably hundreds if not thousands of other bloggers that have already figured this out. If you can learn from other people's mistakes, you'll get there a lot faster.
Look at your blogging portfolio as a whole, not a list of individual blogs each competing for your time and attention. Whip those blogs into line and have them all working for you instead of you working for them!
Happy Blogging!
3 comments:
Thom, I believe you have stumbled onto the big picture - it's hard putting a puzzle together without the photo on the box. Kudos.
Good post and I have no choice but to agree...lol...you really need to look at the whole picture otherwise you will not go anywhere.
Grizz, thanks for the encouragement! You know, I should have thought of the puzzle analogy too, its spot on as well.
Apollo, thanks man! Taking Grizz's line, you could try to put the puzzle together without the picture, but its kinds scary what it might look like when your done!
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