3000 Blog Posts, a lot of Fun and a few other Perks too.
2.7 years ago I finally got serious about blogging, I had decided a few months earlier that doing the blogging thing was a smart way to drive some business my way, but I just could not think of anything worth saying, so I didn't.
Then in April of 2012 I remembered something that my high school English teacher and then later my college professors mentioned about writers block.
When you cant think of anything to write, just start by writing ANYTHING, and then something worthwhile will start to flow once the pump is primed.
So I started writing about just about anything and a few good things came forward, and I ended the month of April with 89 posts to my new blog, about half mine and half reposts to promote my new blogging buddies.
It was easy once I got started, and once the habit was started I knew that it could be a good thing, so I fiercely defended the habit, never skipping my 10+ post per week since I knew that a missed week would likely lead to a missed month and then a missed year, and of course the end of blogging and all of it's benefits.
For all the effort that it was to think of a topic and compose something a few years ago it has gotten easier, now I can't seem to end my long days without knowing that I have contributed a few digits to the world of Active Rain and and my friends at Google.
These days practice has made a difference in efficiency as well, with most blog posts taking only a few minutes as opposed to the early blog posts that took over an hour to write.
The benefits have been great, I now have plenty of great copy to send to clients and prospects, Google posts me in their front page every day, and I now have a network of friends to visit in nearly every state in the union, and even a few up north.
So if anyone is still on the fence over whether to do a bit of blogging, I highly recommend getting started today. It does not have to be perfect, unless your clients are hiring a copywriter, it just has to entertain or educate and attract the interest of Google and a few future clients.
Picture credits
- Nick Crane
- Laptop With Silhouette People by jannoon028 http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/agree-terms.php?id=10058783
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