Maybe that's something that's funny and makes people laugh and just brightens their day a little bit. Maybe that is the end all be all guide for whatever it is that you're writing about. Another way is to make them feel really good about themselves and to be relatable play here.
So, if you write something that people can really connect with here, they're more likely to think about you long after they've read the post and to wanna go back to your site to see updates. Put some soul into it and make it something that is appealing for people beyond just yourself. Most important reason number four, be really clear on why you're doing it. It should be really obvious that you need to have a clear reason why you are blogging but a lot of people simply don't. A really good place to start with this is Simon Sinek's Ted Talk and his book, "Start With Why." This can help you conceptualize how you can come up with a really clear purpose because when you have a clear purpose and you always go back to this purpose you can clearly communicate that to other people and inspire action from them. That is linked below in the blog post which you can find in the show notes. Reason number five. Don't be afraid to spend money. Businesses need money to grow. What do I mean by that? I would invest in a course. I just had to self-teach myself everything that I learned. It took me about two months of constant study of various blogs and reading the comments and just trying to figure out, how are people doing this? If a course had existed back then, I could've saved myself so much time. I have tested out the two biggest courses in the market and I highly recommend Nomadic Matt's "Superstar Blogging." Spirit of full disclosure, I am an affiliate for this course but I wouldn't recommend it if it hadn't helped me. He takes you through the basics of how to build and start a travel blog using WordPress, how to grow it with search engine optimization and social media, and how to really approach it from the right angle from the beginning. Basically, you can throw a stick these days and hit someone who has a course on "How to get rich real quick" on the internet. How do you know that you can trust these people? You don't. But the thing is Matt has been around for 10 years. He has the top travel blog and he makes good money with it without playing games. Yes, you could spend months self-teaching yourself how to do it on your own. You could do that with quantum physics, too. There are reasons for taking courses, you learn from someone who really knows what they're doing because they've put in the time, they've tested all of these things themselves, and they know what works and what does not work. Most people are not willing to do that, they wanna do this in the cheapest way possible. So, by spending 200 or 300 bucks, you can jump way ahead of the curve. Most important thing, number six. Don't be afraid to hire things out that you don't know how to do. I've had people helping me out since the very beginning. I know the places where I am stronger and can shine and that's where I want to focus my time. It's much better for me to hire out the things that don't have to be done by me and that can be better handled by someone else. So, in the beginning, you probably will be bootstrapping and doing most of this on your own. But as time goes, don't be afraid to hire other people to help you. That's how you can grow. Number seven, hone in on your unique gifts. What I mean by that is, in the beginning, you might feel like you have to do absolutely everything. "Oh my God, I have to have a blog, I have to have Youtube, I have to have Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, a podcast?!" Calm down, focus on your unique gifts.
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