The Ten truths about blogging

As people's job satisfaction has fallen to their lowest level ever, and more and more people want to pursue a high quality of life, millions of of people are desperate to leave their painful jobs and get together in the blogosphere and online marketing.

If you're already a blogger, chances are you've heard of Dare Laus, Blaine Clark and Lio Babuta. These names are synonymous with successful blogging and the dream of "Internet Life".

On the surface, doing business with blogging seems like a dream job. You can schedule your own time, as long as a laptop can work anywhere, connect with magical people around the world, and potentially have an impact on the world.

Now, that's a job!

　　The truth

Don't get me wrong, blogging is not just about that, it's the kind of work that sits in a cubicle and works for someone.

Considering how many people are attracted to this lifestyle, there is a lot of pressure to stand out and focus on it. There are thousands of blogs that are updated every day, involving any topic that can be imagined.

The idea that people usually work on the ipad in the first place on the beach is gradually turning into the grim reality of running a profitable business with your blog.

Before you start to quit your job and become the next professional blogger, you need to be fully aware of what is needed to start a sustainable business.

　　10 points to consider before committing to blogging for a living

　　1. Time

Blogging is going to take time, lots of time. If you want to get rich on the internet, it's definitely going to happen. Blogging, however, is not the quickest way, or even the most recent way to succeed. Be ready for months or even years to learn only some basics, build important traffic, and become authoritative in your field of expertise.

You have to really think long and firmly, and be willing to invest your precious time in building your blog, and you have to listen to your heart completely. Statistics show that most bloggers give up in the first six months, and I think one of the main reasons is that blogging is too demanding on their time.

　　2. Patience

If God has not given you great patience, you need to learn quickly how to be patient. Blogging is not going to be easy, and if you think it's easy, you'll have a strong sense of loss. Will rapid success happen?

Yes, there's always the possibility that you'll get lucky, your story will be discovered, you'll be a huge winner, but it's rare. Be prepared to take the process of success as a long journey. If success comes soon, it is better.

　　3. Commitment

If your goal is to write a blog part-time, just want to run it when you have the time, then that's OK. In this way, these blogs will certainly be converted into profitable business, but it takes longer.

However, if your goal is the same as mine, it's full time blogging to get income and get away from what you've already done, then you might want to consider making a firmer commitment.

This commitment, I mean, is dedicated to it. This usually means living, breathing, and sleeping with your blog. Personally, I think this is helpful for blogging success. Interestingly, when you really fall in love with what you're doing (promising things), you want to be completely immersed in your blog.

It's not like you work when you're passionate about it. Just remember, this is the empire you are building, and your devotion to it should be no more.

　　4. Passion

You'd better make sure you have a burning passion for your blog and everything about it before you get involved in the brain. One of the big reasons people fail to write a blog is that they choose a topic they're not passionate about.

It's not good enough to be a leader in your industry and a popular expert. You have to love what you are talking about, that's what it is.

Just look at people like Guery Vinachak and Tim Ferris, who love what they do. Their enthusiasm is contagious and you have to be like them.

　　5. Supports

This is a question to consider before you try to embark on a long road to a successful blog. In order to build your great profitable business, you will sacrifice night, weekend and sleep.

For a great blogging career, you are likely to alienate friends and family. If you are single, you should let yourself be surrounded by thoughtful people. If you can, join some clubs, be part of a think-tank, or create a network of close associates.

If you're married or are in a strong relationship and they're helping you with what you're doing, your blogging path will be smoother. The problem is that many people who do not blog do not understand what we are doing.

Trying to explain all the things about creating a successful blog is like trying to teach someone a new language. If the other half that is important to you doesn't know what you're doing, your job is to show them.

One way is to show them your results. If you start earning money, they may not even need to know what you're doing. They might be happy to know you're making money.

If you haven't made any money from it, you need to help them understand what it takes to write a blog. Believe me, this is not a simple matter.

There is a good chance that when you start talking about the importance of marquee settings, their eyes will be a little dull. Explain it a little bit each time. Most people don't understand the language of blogging, so speak slowly.

　　6. Balance

Blogging can put a person's heart and soul into it. It's really going to take away all your time. If you are in love, you have to give your other half some time.

I am here to say some experience, a marriage will suffer because of imbalance. Of course it's easy to bury yourself in your blog and forget everything else, but don't do it!

You have to force yourself to take some time out of your blog to stay with your family. I have two children, I love them more than anything, but I often find myself too focused on work and forget to spend time with them. Making a schedule will help you solve the problem.

For example, a two-hour timer, when the time comes, you end up working, that's all. Many people choose to write blogs only when everyone sleeps at night. It's hard to get used to this, especially when you have kids who like to get up early, but there's always a way to fix it! As long as you make sacrifices.

　　7. Sacrifice

If you really want to write professionally, you're ready to sacrifice a lot of things that you're used to. The days of playing video games, watching TV and partying at night no longer exist.

Well, it doesn't have to be that way, but you need to give up a lot of enjoyment in order to devote yourself to your career. Why don't you do it?

Ask any entrepreneur who is passionate about what they are doing and they will tell you that they would rather work than goof around. Unfortunately, many people do not want to give up these benefits, and they find themselves spending less time on their blogs.

Usually the result is to give up blogging, which is just another statistical survey.

　　8. Learning

The web is evolving at the speed of light, and we must be happy to keep up with the change. If you think you already know everything about the Internet, you are wrong. Any successful blogger (or businessman) will tell you that you need to continue to learn to keep the status quo.

Internet marketing is the way most bloggers do business, and it changes very quickly. Many of these core rules are immutable, but in order to gain a competitive advantage, we need to be well-informed.

If everyone uses their email newsletter for marketing, you need to do better. How do you do it? Understand what everyone is doing and do it differently. Teach people what they don't yet know, report just what happened, and comment on the new product just released. Use your imagination to become an expert.

　　9. Try the wrong

There are no guidelines to tell you how to write a blog successfully. There are thousands of guides to tell you how to write a blog successfully. The problem is that they all work and are useless.

The key to changing everything is "you." These guide books do not know you, your style, your voice or your affection.

Therefore, it is impossible to create such a product, you only plug in the power can be a night of success. What you do with this will make you successful or fail. Blogging, like most other things, is a process of trying to make mistakes.

The good news is that we need this process to learn, understand and grow. The experience we have gained from this process is invaluable to success.

Ask any blogger who makes a living on the internet, and you'll find that they've tried (and often failed) many times in various adventures. This is how we learn to do our best, and through the process of trying, we try to find the best way.

　　10. Enthusiasm

If you are inherently cynical or negative, you need to change that at once. There are a lot of obstacles on our way to success, and it is absolutely vital to maintain a positive attitude and really believe that we will succeed.

We will all be at a loss, and doubt and fear will overwhelm us. This is a normal phase. However, we need to focus on the final results and remember that we can do it.

We are the only ones who can stand in the way of our great success.

Please note that this email is not intended to discourage you from becoming a career blogger, but rather to give you the real anticipation on the road ahead.

Keep an agile mind and strong imagination, and you will be able to move forward smoothly.

This article was written by Steve Roy on March 14, 2011. Steve is the founder of Endingthegrind.com, the blogger who is talking about running away from the nine-to-five day job, creating an online business and living your passion. You can also use @endgrind to find him in Twitter.

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