The challenges before bloggers are immense these days. Why because blogging has finally gone mainstream.
Your competitions are not only Seth Godin or David Altucher or Linda Ikeji but those crazy viral videos that's got everyone engaged in conversation.
If you don't get it right in whatever you do ironically your on the right path. lol. This is what i do to extinguish pressure and urgency over developing contents for my space.
'I read', 'i write', 'i re-write' and 'i post'.
I read: When you do this you won't only become better but increase your chances of succeeding also in your given field or niche within a considerable period.
If you want to lead effectively, read!.
If you want to increase your income, read!.
If you seek to be cooler and doper, kindly read about it!.
To know how to write original blog posts from your guts, read!.
Of course if you didn't want to blog differently you wouldn't be reading this post right here. lol.
Write: I mean this with all sense of analogue. That is, get a pen and notepad, sticky note, papers, whatever that isn't digital and write from your guts.
Write what comes to your head as it is. Do not try to seek perfection in grammar and spelling at first. There's what is called "stream of conscious flow", write with the flow. Make mistakes in your note because it's nobody's business till it gets out there.
However if you are proficient with typing straight up on your desktop or laptop (as the case may be), then you can type straight on. The main focus is for you to leverage whatever medium that won't ebb your flow (emphasis on flow).
What this does is it prevents you from infringing on people's right (copywrite), you avoid copying and pasting.
Re-write: This is the editing phase. Typing from your notepad into your blog's backend. Be it blogger, wordpress, Jumlaa or whatever. At this point your article will be better than how you started out.
Finally, you post! (Yippeee! lol).
P.S: This exercise is essential to avoid the pressure that comes with urgency. The pressure of wanting to fill up tabs with trending stories floating the web before your competitors. It polishes your articles and makes it less lacklustre.
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