It’s a recurring theme in many blog sites. If you post daily, your likely to experience a burnout. Or bloggers block, or whatever it’s called. I was on vacation for the last (what, four) days, and I can say that without a doubt, it helps to get off the computer, and just rest. I took a, what? Four day break, and now I’m ready to blog again. Thanks for waiting for my return (I’m sure it was a terrible wait, no?), and I’ll be continuing my post series nowadays.
I’m taking the next two days off. Sleep deprivation, testing…it’s all too much to handle. If you’re taking a vacation right now, please comment. Goodnight.
Another great option for getting quality content on your blog (Quality over Quantity, as I’ve said a million time) is to get others to make it for you. While I’ve never had any other content on this blog other than my own, I’ve read quite a few that have quality content that’s written by somebody other than the owner. There are a few free ways (haha…freeways), and a few paid ways, which, though they are paid, are very beneficial to your blog.
It’s worse than bloggers block. When your mental inkwell runs dry, all your writing suffers. You’ll find that even writing letters to family members becomes a challenge. As you sit, staring blankly at an article you’d yet to write, you realize that you have a problem. However, do not worry, my fellow bloggers. There is hope.
In an attempt to not be hypocritical, in an upcoming post, Why Posting Frequently is Better than Posting Inconsistently (more on that tomorrow), I’ve decided Saturday will not be rest day. It shall be a personal day, where I post personal stuff (like the fact my blog’s jumped the “Get 100 visitors a day” hurtle in the first 1 1/2 month, finally. This is, in case your wondering, insanely satisfying and relieving for me) and personal experiences. So some Saturday’s I’ll be blabbing off-topic like this, other Saturday’s I’ll be providing you nicheless information. It really just depends on how the week went.
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As a follow up to my article on Why I Try not to Stumble-Upon StumbleUpon, Stumbling is incredibly addictive, and can be detrimental to your blogging, by consuming vast quantities of time on the web that you could be spending doing something creative. However, there is a way to use StumbleUpon to your advantage.
Blogging consistently is difficult for many bloggers to do-especially if they post articles daily.
The fact is that pretty much everything you read online has been said elsewhere. Even the topic you write about now has been written in a different way by a different author. It is rare to find new information and chances are that the said new information comes directly from the source in the first place. Then goes the regurgitation from additional authors who want to get in on the niche.
Tomorrow, I will begin a ten post series on reviving the eagerness to blog and all the post ideas that you had when you began blogging. The irony of the series is this: This is my solution to the fact I’ve been suffering from blogger’s block. At one (or more) time(s) in a blogger’s “career”, they will run out of blogging ideas, or just be unable to blog period (this being the case with me, as it may be with you, right now).The series will cover topics such as: Continue reading “How to replenish your mental inkwell: A Ten-Post Series on Battling Bloggers Block” »
There’s been a lot about how to consistently write articles, but I want to focus on how publishing articles for the sake of publishing should be a cardinal sin. If you don’t have anything good to say, don’t say it. If there’s no meat to the article, or there’s nothing that hasn’t been stated before, then you’re just regurgitating that information. Symptoms of publishing for the sake of publishing include:
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When you should Stop Blogging for the Day (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)
For many bloggers, the problem with blogging isn’t coming up with content (though if that is a problem, see Easy Content), it’s coming up with too much content. Which is, oddly enough, a very common problem. Most bloggers call it Blogger’s Block, and it affects bloggers throughout the blogosphere. If you feel like your doing two or more of these, it’s time to take a rest. Continue reading “When you should Stop Blogging for the Day (Replenishing your Mental Inkwell Series)” »