it's an opportunity to express yourself
and expand in ways you never
know you could and just like starting a business
a lot of effort is required you don't
become successful in blogging by
accident you need to put a lot of
intention and work even when you feel
like quitting
actually especially when you feel like
quitting hi everyone i'm jojola buff and
i help women grow their blogs and work
from home here are 14 harsh truths
you'll learn in your first year of
blogging please take these truths with a
grain of salt i say this with love
number one no one cares about you no one
knows who you are and i say this with
love you're entering a sea of bloggers
in a world where no one knows you you
need to make yourself stand out from
others by asking yourself what am i good
at what kind of advice do people go to
me for what am i passionate about what
can i go hours on end talking about this
is an opportunity to create your voice
based on your strengths what you're
naturally interested in and using that
to help people and then people will
start noticing you number two you'll be
blogging for months and months creating
amazing content and not everyone is
gonna see it something really important
to know is that every time you publish a
blog post out it takes 90 days in order
for it to rank on google and this is if
your blog post is seo friendly or search
engine optimized meaning it's searchable
on search engines like google by using
certain keywords so don't feel bad if
your posts don't immediately get views
the moment you put it out into the world
it doesn't work that way but what you
should do is assess each post 90 days
after it's been published that way you
know if it's working or not this next
one is for travel bloggers number three
you will be spending most of your time
on your computer or your laptop or your
phone not actually traveling that much a
lot of your time will be spent
researching destinations writing posts
learning how to use creative programs
editing photos and videos if you're
putting them out on youtube designing
graphics posting on social media
replying to direct messages and emails
contacting brands the list is endless
number four not everyone has the mindset
to be a blogger and you're going to find
out the harsh truth if you're one of
them or not a lot of people think they
need to be a good writer to blog or a
good photographer or a good filmmaker or
a good whatever it is but what they
don't realize is that these are skills
they will learn as soon as they start
blogging what's actually hard is having
a mindset to push through and quite
honestly eat for a very long time
and it's just a matter of really holding
on even when you don't feel like it you
have to be willing to be clumsy messy
and embarrassed when starting something
new you can't expect yourself to be
skillful and graceful right off the bat
number five you'll get frustrated by how
painstakingly long it is to get your
first 1000 subscribers or followers like
it could take six months this does vary
from platform to platform and it also
depends on how much you've made your
posts optimized for seo and how much
value you put into it but know that this
journey can take a while and the more
followers people see that you have the
more likely they are to follow you so
the more you have the faster you'll grow
it's just going to take a little while
to get your first 1000. actually when i
started i actually cheated and renamed
my personal instagram account to my blog
name so that i didn't really have to
start from xero but this wasn't the case
for starting my email list starting my
youtube channel and my other followings
on facebook and on pinterest number six
you'll be spending more time promoting
your content than creating it because if
no one's going to see the valuable
content you're creating for them why
create them in the first place number
seven you'll get a lot of followers and
also un followers and that's the nature
of growing a following it's never linear
your fallen will go up and then it'll
also go down just remember that when it
goes down you're not losing your
followers your following is actually
becoming much more loyal and stronger to
you and that's much more important than
having a larger number of followers who
aren't genuinely interested in you so
why tag them along in your journey
number eight you'll be comparing
yourself to other bloggers it's not fair
to them and it's especially not fair to
you you can't compare yourself to
someone who's level 70 when you're only
level two when this happens you might
enter a not so good place and begin
putting yourself down so mute their
accounts or stop following them number
nine you'll find many reasons to quit
and it's up to you to let those reasons
get in the way most of the time we get
in the way of our own success as we
usually tell ourselves in one version or
another i'm not good enough i'm a
disappointment i'm a failure i'm doing
everything wrong i'm not special i'm
really bad at this i'm ugly i suck
i'm unlovable and it's okay to have
these thoughts that's what it means to
be a human being and it's natural to go
through these motions just remind
yourself that this inside voice is only
a voice and this voice is not you and
whatever it's saying is not true just
remove that thought and toss it out
number 10 you'll be confronted by all
these harsh truths and it'll be worth it
because number 11 you're gonna meet
amazing people like you and instantly
become friends because not only do they
understand the struggles first hand but
you also helped lift each other up and
i'm talking about the community you're
building and the connections you're
making with the people in your industry
number 12 you'll be admired for your
generosity because you're willing to
share your knowledge and experiences for
free without asking anything back number
13 your dream life is worth jumping
through countless hoops for because
experiencing yourself as a badass
powerful go-getter living the dream is
priceless if there's one thing to know
is that patience is key and number 14
nothing about the blogging world is
instantly gratified it's all about
long-term gratification ask yourself am
i willing to invest my own money and
work long hours for no pay sacrificing
personal time and lifestyle for maybe
years
what's going to happen to me if this
venture doesn't work out so be patient
and stay grounded just remember success
is inevitable make a plan show up with
energy and intensity every single day
and good things will happen and there
you have it those are my 14 harsh truths
you'll learn in your first year of
vlogging and this is relevant for
bloggers of all niches too i hope you
found this video helpful and let me know
which hearth truth stuck with you so if
you're thinking of starting a blog but
you're not sure how to go about it i
have a free pdf that's free for you to
download it's called the bold blogger
launch checklist i put all the steps in
to build your band create your website
brainstorm your content create your
content and then get it seen by people
it's basically a checklist to start your
blog put it out there with as little
overwhelm as possible i even include how
much time you need for each step so you
can log into your planner and do it
thank you so much for watching i'm jojo
labeouf and i help women grow their
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