8 Reasons Why Most Bloggers Fail... and the possible way out
There are millions of blogs on internet. And one funny thing about this statistic is the fact that 91% of these millions of blogs are either sick or dead due to improper handling. Many bloggers had fell into the pit of frustration and depression all in the name of blogging. Countless persons who joined blogosphere with strong inspiration had given up too. Currently, some bloggers are also warming up to quit blogging due to some reasons.
But do you know that at the midst of the above misfortunes encountered at cause of blogging, some people are still making millions of dollars through blogging? Despite all the challenges involved in blogging, many real bloggers are still making it bigger than you can ever imagine. That is just the simple truth. And do you know why these set of people tend to be successful in their various fields of blogging? It is obviously because they are doing the right thing in the right way and at the right time. As a blogger, If you are still battling in the pit of fiasco and depression, that means something is wrong somewhere. And as a matter of urgency you need to fix the problem.
The truth is that nothing good comes easy. You can never achieve anything great in life without facing difficulties. Aside blogging, generally, if you venture into anything with the wrong mindset you would definitely give up along the line. One of the factors that contributes enormously to blogger’s failure is venturing into blogging with the wrong mindset. Some folks joined blogosphere naively with the mindset of making millions within their first year of blogging. This mindset often leads to disappointment and later metamorphoses to frustration.
In this piece, i would figure out some reasons why many bloggers give up along the way. Why many bloggers had failed in the past and why some are still failing till date. Why some bloggers have either abandoned their blogs or even sold them. Below are some of the reasons:
- Lack Of Goals.
Most people who had quit blogging, jumped into blogging as a result of inspiration from top successful bloggers, without knowing how essential goal having could be. Without any goal as a blogger, you’d end up in the state of pandemonium. No goal, no direction and a directionless person can never get to a any reasonable height in life. This is applicable to blogging.
- Time Mismanagement.
Time is one of the eminent resources required for efficient blogging. Anomalous use of time affects many bloggers. Some bloggers prefer wasting time on worthless things than their blogs, forgetting the fact that time is the most vital resource in blogosphere. This stylish act leads to failure.
- Impatience.
Bloggers with the wrong mindsets often think blogging is a business that turns one into a multi-millionaire within months. These set of bloggers jumped into blogging with the hope of getting quick results and when the much expected results fails to come, the next option is to quit. When their expectation becomes falsified, they would get disappointed. Blogging is not a “get rich quick” business but unfortunately newbies in their unending dreams sees it as ponzi scheme.
- Greediness And Ignorance.
Greediness would never allow some people to learn more about blogging. Some folks would just jump into blogging with the aim of making money even when they don’t have much knowledge about blogging. All they want is just to make money, ignoring the principle of learn to earn. This set of persons invest nothing or low resources to gain knowledge but expects high in a short period of time.
Making money the superior over knowledge leads to ridiculous failure and this is why bloggers see themselves in the pit of depression induced by greediness and ignorance.
- Plagiarism.
Originality is a priority in all ventures. But most bloggers prefers faking everything. It is impossible to succeed in blogosphere if you don’t recognize the efficiency of creativity. Most self-acclaimed bloggers finds it difficult to create post on their own, they prefer copying people’s post and this leads to failure. Imagine a situation where over 70% posts on your blog are not yours. Some even copy blog’s description and information about their blogs from other people’s site. Stealing articles had led to the extinction of many organisms in blogosphere. Growth in negativity contributes massively to failure. Success doesn’t come through stealing.
- Inability To Compose Articles.
What to write and how to write are both challenging issues many bloggers face in blogosphere. These two challenges had chased countless people out of the blogging world. Some bloggers lacks good writing skills. Instead of learning good writing skills, they’d rather opt to quit.
- Lack Of Promotion.
Without traffic, your blog would become as worthless as you can ever imagine. It is important to create posts, but it is also more important to promote your blog through publicity.
Most people had quit blogging due to low or no traffic. Getting low traffic induced by lack of promotion makes most bloggers feel blogging is not worth their time and efforts.
- Insufficient Resources.
Lack of resources, such as time, money, power, internet devices and other things leads to breakdown along the line. Bloggers who resides in places where there is challenge of power often give up due to frustration induced by numerous traumatic experiences. Imagine a situation where there is no money to renew domain and hosting subscription. The expiry date of hosting and domain often give some people sleepless night. People who don’t have sufficient fund to renew yearly subscription on their blog are left with no option than to quit. Lack or inadequacy of resources required for blogging contributes vastly to blog’s inefficiency.
The above reasons are just Few among the reasons why many people had quit blogging. To balance the article, it is very necessary to illuminate some of the factors that can boost one’s blogging life. Blogging is a very lucrative business that is capable of accelerating one’s financial status but venturing into blogging with the wrong mindset can make you poorer than you can ever imagine.
Below are some of the things that can keep you going extraordinarily in blogosphere:
- Goal Setting.
Setting targets for accomplishment helps a lot. To succeed as a blogger, it is very crucial to set your goals. Your goals would give you direction and motivate you to work more proficiently. if you take the time to write down your goals, you will be more prepared and organised to succeed in your blogging career. Prioritising your goals also encourages forward planning and a focus on thinking ahead in your work. With this focus will also come less stress as you are better prepared and clear on what work you need to complete and by when.
- Focus On The Niche You Are Good At.
Before venturing into blogging, you need to understand the fact that blogging is more profitable when you blog passionately and proficiently. It is erroneous to blog about technology when you don’t know much about it. Choosing a niche you are good at would bring out the best in you. It would help you to build followers. Blogging about what you are ignorant of would make you look like an accountant who works as a medical doctor in an hospital.
- Constant Promotion.
Even local sellers in mini markets do publicize their commodities. Visitors won’t visit your blog site unless they get to know about you blog. Hence the reason why publicity is indispensable. To increase your traffic and build followers, it is very necessary to promote your blog using social media platforms. Join populous Facebook groups with at least 100,000 members and publicize your blog. You can as well join Other famous social platforms like twitter, linkedin. Sponsoring paid advert through Facebook fan page boost blog’s traffic. nnu.ng is another wonderful internet community where you can also get desired result at cheaper rate.
- Understanding Blogging As A Long Term Project.
The moment you understand that blogging is a long term project, you would focus on building your blog than expecting to become a millionaire within months. Monetizing your blog doesn’t mean you would become millionaire within months. You have to continue investing your time and effort continuously until your blog start yielding huge amount of money. The way farm crops needs maintenance and nutrient to grow is the same way your blog need adequate resources to grow. Invest on your blog in the right way and you would never regret you did.
- Write Quality Posts.
Nobody would willingly waste his/her time and data just to visit a blog filled with junks. You need to post quality and attractive posts that would satisfy your readers. Publishing quality write ups consistently would attract more and more visitors daily. The higher your visitors, the healthier your blog becomes. Hire a good writer if you can’t write much. Learn good writing skills and read books about becoming a good writer. All these are helpful in blogosphere.
- Engage With Top Successful Bloggers.
Have it in mind that those top successful bloggers you see today were once newbies and they all faced challenges in blogosphere before becoming successful. They have a lot to teach beginners like you. You just have to be humble to hustle. Seek the guidance of top bloggers and learn from them.
You have to engage pro bloggers. There are some who are making money from blogging but are still not pro bloggers, if you follow their example of blogging, you will fail woefully. That is just the simple truth.
Permit me to summarize this piece by saying it is more profitable to blog passionately and proficiently than focusing on the financial benefit of blogging. Choose a niche you are good at and work persistently toward achieving your GOALS. You can do it!
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