It’s hard to see other blogs getting more traffic, more comments, more subscriptions, isn’t it?
Well, do your readers like you?
1. Are you snarky, always pointing out how life is just not fair? Or are you hopeful, offering tips that help others succeed? Drop the attitude and be nicer. Quit playing the victim card. Why are you doing this blog? To prop up yourself or to help others make it through?
2. Are you too self-conscious, always having to be perfect, never wanting to share how you’ve failed in the past? Let it go already. You’re going to make mistakes, leave typos in your blog posts, offend someone, but if you don’t get real AND QUICK, you’re not helping anyone.
3. Are you too concerned about making that next sale, always trying to manipulate your readers into calling you and giving you money? Blogging isn’t just about making money. Blogging is about creating a meaningful conversation online, providing information that others need so that they can create better lives (have a better blog, succeed at Twitter, run a successful moonlighting entrepreneurial business). Forget about making sales and just make connections. Make meaning.
4. Are you too high-strung about your readers and the stats you follow relentlessly? Do you want more readers just to make yourself feel better? Go get a shrink. Blogging and the Web are not substitutes for self-esteem. If anything, the web is brutal. If you can’t get it together, folks will either ignore you or bombard your blog with comments. The web is not a place to build your personal kingdom.
5. Is this just a popularity contest? Or is this really about you helping others and making a difference? I feel that the more people who I can help, even if it’s just one, then it’s worth it for me to be online, writing blogs. I do this to help business owners who are very overwhelmed with blogging. I know the feeling. I get up every day and feel that way. But I don’t make multi-million-dollar decisions on top of it. I’m not the manager of over a hundred employees, I’m not on the line for a business loan. That’s why I blog.
What would your readers say about you?
