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How to Motivate Yourself For Blogging When No One Knows You

March 28, 2017 by Susan Velez

Last updated on August 1st, 2018 at 06:50 pm

Starting a blog is the easy part. You install WordPress and take care of the basics. Growing your blog, that’s a different story. In this blog post, I am going to share with you some tips that you can use that will teach you how to motivate yourself for blogging, even if no one is reading your blog.

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Blogging is one of the most difficult things you can ever do, especially, if you don’t have the money to outsource any of the tasks.

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How I Stay Motivated And Keep Blogging

I’m NOT going to lie, there are times that I wake up early and I don’t feel like working on my blog. After all, it’s hard to keep working on something that doesn’t produce any income yet.

This isn’t my first blog, in fact, it’s my fourth one. My last blogs, I never kept for more than 7-8 months. I always found myself jumping from one shiny object to the next. (No wonder I am starting from scratch with this one)

I’ve learned a lot from my past blogging mistakes and I even wrote an article about it. If you’re just starting your blog, I highly recommend you take the time to read it.

Anyway, the only way I am able to stay motivated is having my WHY in front of me.

I am 44 years old and I am currently a WordPress freelancer. I am offering my limited WordPress services on my blog, I don’t know how long they’ll be offered.

While I love working from home in my pajamas. The truth is that freelancing no longer makes me happy. I no longer jump out of bed excited to work. It has turned into a job with deadlines and dealing with all types of customers. (some of which I love and some I could do without)

So now I’ve started this blog, with the dreams of turning it into a profitable business through affiliate marketing, product creation and right now WordPress services.

Working on my blog makes me excited. I love writing blogging tips, and tutorials that have the potential to help others.

The purpose of my blog is to make the techie side of starting, growing and monetizing a blog easier. While also documenting my experiences and strategies for growing my blog. You can read more about me here.

I don’t want to get a job and have someone else call the shots for me. So I wake up way before the birds (right now it’s 3 am EST time) and write articles to fill my WordPress editorial calendar. If you’re not using your editorial calendar, then it’s time to start filling it up.

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I personally fill it up so I always have a new blog post ready to publish every week. It definitely comes in handy when I’m feeling unmotivated or have a lot of freelance work to do.

That’s my why…what’s yours?

How to Motivate Yourself For Blogging When No One Is Reading Your Blog

It’s easy to fall into the trap of “how easy it is to earn money from a blog.” If you do a quick search online for “how to make money from a blog” all kinds of blogs will pop up on Google.

You might get sucked into believing that all you have to do is write a few articles and watch the money roll in. However, what those bloggers don’t tell you is how hard they worked to create a sustainable income making blog.

I am going to share some tips you can use to motive yourself for blogging, even if you’re just starting out.

Blog For Yourself And Then Others

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While it’s important to write for others and know who your audience is. Sharing your own personal experience or documenting your strategies like I do can help you find your audience.

When I first started this blog, I was writing mostly tutorials for beginners. While I love writing tutorials that are helpful for bloggers. I started to realize that my blog did not share anything about myself.

While it’s true that people come to your blog because they are looking to solve a problem. However, if you’re content is dry and robotic, chances are they won’t find it interesting enough to stay.

One of the best things you can do for your blog is to start sharing your personal experiences. This alone may help people resonate with your blog.

Plus documenting your own personal experiences and strategies could help someone overcome their struggles.

Blog About Something You Love And Are Passionate About

One of the biggest mistakes new bloggers make is that they try to start in a niche just for the money. While it’s true that you’re trying to grow your blog into a profitable business.

You’re going to struggle producing great content if you are trying to blog in a niche you don’t know anything about or are not passionate about to keep learning.

For instance, back in the day I started a blog on “junk cars for cash.” I hated the niche, I only started the blog because it was a very profitable niche.

I had gotten the blog to make a consistent $1500 per month like clockwork. However, when the site took a hit by the Panda update, I had no desire to even try to revive the blog.

Instead, I let the domain expire and lost all my hard work I put into the blog.

As a blogger you’re going to need to write a lot of content. So the best way to stay motived is to choose a niche that you’re passionate about.

Spend Less Time On Social Networks And Focus On Your Blog

I know this is different than what everyone else says. Most people say that you should spend more time on social media connecting with others and re-directing them to your blog.

I am NOT saying that you should totally disregard social media. I am just saying that if you’re spending too much time on it and not enough time growing your blog, you might want to get off of it.

Try to limit yourself to 30-60 minutes per day networking with other bloggers. If people are not visiting your blog, you may want to consider if you’re in the right Facebook group.

I’ve noticed that many people use social networking groups to try to blast affiliate links everywhere. While they make a sale every so often, the truth is that it’s not helping them grow their blog.

Use social networking sites for networking and creating real-life connections with people. Focus on connecting with the right people and learning from them will benefit you. If your focused on what everyone else is doing to have success, your time spent on social networking sites won’t benefit you.

Create A Business Plan For Your Blog

One of the biggest mistakes that most new bloggers make is they do not have a direction or plan for their blog. They start a blog because they know that they want to make money, however, they have no clue how.

Take the time to write down your content generation plan, blog monetization plan, marketing plan and so on. If you don’t know how to create a business plan or need help, don’t be ashamed to invest in a business coach or purchase some type of product that will teach you how.

I’ve personally invested in a few courses that show me how to do something. I don’t come from an entrepreneurial background. I come from the typical blue collar background. So I don’t have a lot of business sense when it comes to turning my blog into a business.

So purchasing a blogging product has helped me learn the ropes of being more focused with my blog and has taught me how to blog with a purpose.

Sometimes I still find myself trying to blog about every blog about blog topics that don’t fit with my blog. However, I am able to catch myself and get back on my blogging track.

If you don’t take the time to create a business plan for your blog, your road to success will be harder. While will make it a lot more difficult to learn how to motivate yourself for blogging.

Get Off Your Blog

I am the type of person who works too much. It’s easy for me to over-work myself. (I guess this is one of the negatives of working from home)

If you find yourself demotivated and not wanting to write a blog post. Go for a walk. This always works for me and during the walk, I am able to brainstorm new topics and ideas for my blog.

Just make sure that you have your iPhone with you so you can record or dictate all your thoughts and ideas. Otherwise you’ll forget about them before you get back home.

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Final Take Away

Blogging is hard work and it’s going to take some time to grow your blog and find your audience. However, you started your blog for a reason. It’s up to you to remember your WHY.

Your why is the strongest motivator that will keep you working towards your goals. It will help you stay motivated to keep pushing and working on your blog.

Don’t be too hard on yourself when you’re NOT feeling motivated. It’s a normal to feel this way sometimes. As long as you’re not feeling like this every time you think about blogging.

Otherwise, you may have picked a niche you don’t love.

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Do you ever feel un-motivated to blog? What do you do to get motivated? Share your own personal experiences and what you do that works for you. I am sure that others will want to know some techniques they can use to help them get motivated when they’re not getting the results they want.

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  1. Jaimin Patel says

    March 28, 2017 at 12:46 pm

    Hello Very Good Article

    Much obliged For Sharing. Keep doing awesome

    • Susan Velez says

      March 29, 2017 at 5:19 am

      Hi Jaimin,

      Thanks for taking the time stop by and comment.

      Have a great day!

      – Susan

  2. Enstine Muki says

    March 30, 2017 at 3:45 pm

    Hi Susan,
    This is a very useful post for many beginners especially those that are struggling to build a community. Before I got into blogging, I created and was running a tool for bloggers. This linked me up with quite an interesting number of exciting and savvy bloggers. So when my first ever blog post went live, I started getting traffic and comment from the community I had built.

    You are very right about folks who start blogging for the MONEY. They often get burnt out because the money does not come in soon enough. Such people should read this post and reposition their minds.

    Thanks for such a helpful article. Though this blog is new, you certainly have under under your belt for your readers.

    Have a wonderful day

    • Susan Velez says

      March 31, 2017 at 5:59 am

      Hey Enstine,

      Glad to hear that you actually already had a community for your blog when you started. I know that it definitely made your journey a lot shorter than the rest of us who don’t have one 🙂

      Yeah, I’ve learned my mistakes from the past about getting involved with blogs just for the money. I ended up quitting them because I had no interest in the niche. It takes time to grow a blog and that’s why this time I chose something I love to talk about.

      Glad you found it helpful and I do hope it helps other bloggers.

      Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment.

      Have a great day!

      – Susan

  3. Mandy Allen says

    April 3, 2017 at 1:52 pm

    I guess I was quite lucky really, having had a free blog and not knowing a lot about what I was doing I stumbled across a mentoring course I quite fancied, so I signed up and along with 140 other students learned all that was taught on the course. Of course we all created out own community and supported each other with visits and comments and I just kept rolling from there. Interestingly there are only a handful of the 2009 students left still active online. I guess most of them were in it for the money and it didn’t pay enough for them!

    Enjoy the journey!

    • Susan Velez says

      April 3, 2017 at 2:21 pm

      Hi Mandy,

      Welcome to my blog and thanks for taking the time to comment.

      Sometimes it can be a good thing to not really know what you’re doing. It seems to have paid off, after all, you’re still doing it.

      Glad to see that you’re still working towards your goals. Good luck and hope you reach them.

      Susan

  4. Susan Velez says

    April 3, 2017 at 2:19 pm

    Hey Sourav,

    Thanks for stopping by my blog and taking the time to comment.

    Glad you enjoyed the article, have a great day!

    Susan

  5. Prateek says

    April 10, 2017 at 10:21 pm

    Writing articles even when there’s not a single visitor on your blog is the most difficult thing to do. In these times your love for writing and sharing information is great motivation.

    • Susan Velez says

      April 11, 2017 at 5:59 am

      Hi Prateek,

      I agree, when you’re first starting a blog, it’s a little frustrating. You’re spending so much time writing articles and no one is seeing them except you.

      It can definitely make one want to quit. You just have to keep pressing on and posting and promoting your new blog posts. Eventually, people will start to take notice.

      Good luck with your blogging journey.

      Have a great day 🙂

      Susan

  6. Chandan says

    April 17, 2017 at 7:11 am

    This is what I needed, I face the exact same problem and this article is a good source of motivation

    • Susan Velez says

      April 17, 2017 at 9:04 am

      Hi Chandan,

      Glad this article gave you a source of motivation. It’s hard when we first start blogging, especially, when no one is reading our content.

      Keep at it and keep working towards your goals. Eventually, you’ll see the results you desire. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and comment.

      Have a great day 🙂

      Susan

  7. Susan Velez says

    April 17, 2017 at 3:48 pm

    Hi Rohan,

    Glad you liked it and found it helpful.

    Have a great day 🙂

    Susan

  8. Nestor Paul says

    April 23, 2017 at 7:26 am

    Great article susan and thank you for sharing your thoughts, i appreciate what you post, sometimes even old blogger get demotivated and there must be someone who will tell them what to do or remind what they forgot because of the busy activities we do to manage our blogs.

    Thanks for this!

    • Susan Velez says

      April 23, 2017 at 8:04 am

      Hi Nestor,

      Thanks, I understand it can sometimes be a little hard to work on our blogs. Especially, when we’re brand new.

      So glad you liked the article. Thanks for taking the time to stopping by and commenting, have a great day!

      Susan

  9. Yaamini says

    May 12, 2017 at 4:11 am

    Hi Susan

    It was wonderful to read your post on “how to stay motivated in blogging”. As a freelancer and writer myself, I have come up with the thought of starting a blog many times. But I often feel lazy and demotivated as the returns and output take time. Moreover as a struggling stay at home mom, I always had the urge to earn more and never looked at anything that had no immediate returns in it. I simply did not have the time.
    But today my thoughts have changed and I strongly feel that we need to look at long term gains rather than short outcomes and gains.

    Blogging is simply a wonderful experience and feelings to pen down your personal experiences or views on a subject. Blogging gives you a satisfaction that no other high paid content writing job can give. Making blogging a pleasant hobby is the best habit that you can include in your daily life.
    Starting a blog , writing regularly and maintaining it was the best choice I made in my life. I strongly recommend all those who felt like me to give it a second thought. Start a blog and you surely won’t regret it 🙂

    • Susan Velez says

      May 12, 2017 at 6:06 am

      Hi Yaamini,

      I totally agree with you about it being hard and not seeing anything in return from a blog. We do need to look at it from a long-term point of view.

      That can get hard, especially, when we put so much work in on the front end. I am so glad that you’ve started a blog and you love it, I’ll be sure to check it out.

      Thanks for stopping by and commenting, hope you have a great day 🙂

      Susan

  10. abdul says

    May 12, 2017 at 5:35 am

    I am also the same one who make blog for specific niche and then forget that blog. I have made 3 blogs before but time comes when i stop blogging and change my topic. But by this article one thing is sure that just choose niche of my hobby and stick with it. thanks for sharing this post

    • Susan Velez says

      May 12, 2017 at 6:14 am

      Hi Adbul,

      I think that’s a common thing with a lot of bloggers when they first start. I know it was for me at first. I’m so glad to see that you’ve started another blog.

      Thanks for sharing and have a one 🙂

      Susan

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