Where’s Your Passion?

Want to know how to kill your blog in one step? Lose passion about what you are writing about. It’s killed millions of blogs so far, and yours may be next.

Why do you need lots of passion to run a successful blog? Well, it all begins with what you want to get out of blogging. If you are passionate about something, there is a higher chance that you want to get more than just money out of it. You want to create a community and a network built around a brand. You don’t want to simply add “junk” to the Web, as many already do.

While I don’t know how many bloggers there are or people who make their incomes solely from the Internet, it is growing every day. More people are developing a passion for creating engaging content, whether it is the form of text, video, or some other medium.

Those people have to be more passionate than the average person, as many of them are setting their own schedules, trying to reach their own goals. They aren’t led by someone higher-up, and they are leading their own lives.

It is the passion of these people that can inspire you to improve your blog, get back into the swing of writing, and becoming excited to share ideas with others. Blogging isn’t easy for many, and that is the reason why there is such as huge rate of failure. Now, failure shouldn’t be viewed as an unfavorable outcome — these people now realize that blogging isn’t for them, or they may venture onto something that they can really latch onto.

Even though you may be reaching your goals and improving your life through blogging, you may still need some ideas to become passionate once again.

1. Stick to what you are best at. When you branch off of the topics you know and understand, you’ll become bored much more quickly. Alternatively, the opposite may also be true. Branching out from your main subject may introduce a newfound hobby.
2. Never stop innovating. Once you have developed a clear plan, revise it and launch new products to your customers. If you’re a blogger, this may be a free product such as an e-book, thought-provoking posts, etc. – it’s all up to you.
3. Enjoy your work. There are many rewards to blogging. Perhaps you haven’t spent enough time writing and networking to experience them?
4. Get focused. If you’re not focused, you’ll become distracted from your long-term goals and why you are really blogging. You’ll fall into traps many bloggers can’t get out of.
5. Look up to someone. Although it isn’t good to try to emulate someone, you may want to base your methods off those who are successful. It’s worked in the past and there is no reason why it can’t work for you if you have the passion and desire.

Being passionate about blogging shouldn’t stop with how you write. If you are passionate enough about blogging, you’ll also be passionate about connecting with others, sharing your ideas, and just have fun at what you love doing.