One of the best things about being a blogger is the freedom. However, that freedom comes with a price: You need to be disciplined.
There are things you need to do every day if you want to be a successful blogger. Here are the eight things every blogger must do every day to succeed.
Eight things every blogger must do every day
1) Blog Everyday
This is big. If you want a successful blog, you must blog every day, especially if it is your first blog.
I know some gurus out there tell you that you should not. The main reason I recommend blogging daily is that when you are just starting.
You do not know your voice yet, and your writing will not be the best, so daily blogging will help you practice and improve. Doing is the only way to learn something.
2) Take Care of Yourself.
When you start blogging, you usually sit with your computer, which can harm your health.
I recommend you start eating healthily, physically exercising, and sleeping well.
I walk 10,000 steps 4-5 days per week, reduce the amount of sugar I take, and sleep 7 to 8 hours per day.
Doing this improved my general health, and my productivity increased significantly. Find out what fits your personality and go for it.
You can learn about the habits of lean people here.
3) Promote Your Blog
You need to promote your blog, especially if it is not getting enough traffic from Google.
The issue here is that it may take between three weeks and three months to post an article to your blog, rank it, and start to get free traffic.
You must create social media accounts to share your blog and bring visitors to your site.
4) Improve Your Offer.
There are many ways to make money from your blog. It does not matter if you sell your product and services, display ads, or promote affiliate offers.
There is always a way to improve your offer; you can improve your product, add bonuses to affiliate offers, etc.
You need to determine which content brings more traffic to your site and promote offers that match those inquiries.
5) Get Paid.
If the main reason for creating your blog was to make money, you must ensure you get paid daily.
It is challenging to accomplish this when you’re just starting, but after a few months, your blog will start generating income.
You can learn ten ways to make money from your blog here.
6) Live a Life.
Blogging can be very addictive, especially when you start making some money, and most people start to neglect the main reason they started a blog in the first place: their freedom.
You need to find time to do things you love, enjoy life, go out with your friends or spouse, play with your kids if you have, etc.
Nothing is more fun than taking your kids to play soccer at 1 P.m., knowing that your blog is making more money than you made in the last job.
7) Engage with your audience.
Some will leave comments on your blog or social media when your audience grows.
You need to find time to reply to those comments and answer any questions they might have for you. This can be difficult as your blog grows, but you must find the time.
Usually, I spend a few hours each week responding to people who read my content. This way, they keep coming back for more.
If you do not have many people reading your blog, then there is no reason not to respond to all comments under your posts.
8) Read more than you write.
You need to read more. That is the truth. Find some bigger bloggers in your niche. I would say 10 to 20 bloggers you can learn from, follow them, and read everything they write.
This will help you discover hot topics and expose you to different writing styles and blog layouts.
If you leave comments and engage with their content, you will start building relationships with other bloggers, which can benefit you greatly.
Do not copy their content. Please read them, watch YouTube videos, and write what you learn. This is a great way to learn new things and find new content ideas.
Final words
Those are the eight things every blogger must do every day to succeed. How many of those things are you doing right now? Let me know in the comment section below.
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