Why People Fail In blogging

Dave Kash

Dave Kash

Dave Kash
Mar 20, 2015
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Hey guys I was in another forum recently and was in a discussion about why people fail in their blogging career when it comes to making money online. Here's what I conclude:

1. People are impatient- A lot of people want success instantly. They think that they can put up a website and make millions by tomorrow. Lots of successful bloggers put in the time, effort, and energy into their blogs. Most blogs do not see any traffic or money until at least 6 months down the road. The harsh reality is most bloggers give up in 3 months.

2. People just want money- Let's face it. If you are starting a blog just to make a quick buck, you will fail. A lot of successful bloggers have a passion to what they are talking about. If you do not enjoy what you are talking about, it will be very difficult to make your blog a success. You have to be willing to put in a LOT blood sweat and tears for a very long time until you see the fruits of your labour.

3. People create too much content- If you are getting less than 100 visitors a day, it makes no sense to spew up a lot of content when no one is reading it. It makes more sense to promote the content you already have into the hands of more people.

4. Laziness- Most people do not want to put in the work. They will write at most 2 posts a month and they wonder why no one is coming to their website, or why Google is not ranking it.

That is why I am not a fan of creating a blog, or a website or SEO and relying on search engines to get your content out there.

It makes more sense to build up an email list, where you don't have to wait months and months to see profits, and not rely on search engines to have a successful business.

What do you guys think?
 
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What do you guys think?
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I think it was a mistake for the Browns to draft Johnny Manziel.

I mean, we all know it's a quarterback driven league, and if you don't have a solid quarterback that your team will not get deep into the playoffs. The problem though is if you draft the wrong quarterback you're setting your franchise back considerably. You need more than just a QB to win, so it makes more sense to fill those holes rather than reaching on a guy that probably won't turn the franchise around anyway.
 
Kash is king, but content is queen. Of course, content can be difficult to do yourself as you have to plan time for content creation, research, posting, layout, graphics, and then marketing to social media sites.

Then you run into the problem that if the content is not exceptional and matched with great marketing, it will never be seen.

Of course, you need to also target the correct market for your posts, or forum topics, and make sure that you recognize that the information matches the readers expectations. In this, Kash has now been confiscated by the WickedFire Police. Since Kash is not a person, but an object, and thus loses all rights.
 
"3. People create too much content- If you are getting less than 100 visitors a day, it makes no sense to spew up a lot of content when no one is reading it. It makes more sense to promote the content you already have into the hands of more people."

I think many people create sites and keep posting content, but never really target an audience, instead they're just targeting a keyword and trying to make it up the serps.

They post tons of content but then they cant rank, and they have no visitors, and they have no idea why.

It's not even marketing anymore if you ignore the fact that you need PEOPLE to visit your site.
 
>It makes more sense to build up an email list, where you don't have to wait months and months to see profits
How are you going to build your email list? Blogging is a really effective way to do it. Because when you have a blog you have a reputation, people are more likely to opt in because of that. Because you're real. Blogging is a way to show your knowledge, people will opt in because of that.

>People create too much content
Very true. A good way to go is to spend 80% of the time you've allotted to working on the blog, on marketing it's individual posts.

>People are impatient
I think what's worse than this is it's difficult for people to look at the big picture. To plan ahead. To make a game plan. When they think about blogging it's like. "Well I can write an article like this, a top ten list about that, my opinion on this, that will keep me busy!" They tend to not delve deep into things like:

- What is my target market
- What things do they want to hear
- What other blogs do they read
- What were the most popular posts on those blogs
- What information should I sprinkle to them, to wet their appetite, related to my specific offers
- What can I build for them
- How can I stand out

They think it's as simple as, "I just need to think up some good post ideas." When the posts themselves are such a small portion of making money long-term. More important is branding and building things to sell, create stuff. Your blog posts are mainly fluff like "Hey I exist, check out my other stuff, you can buy X if you need it." That's not to say your posts can or should be badly written, you need to portray a fun personality. My point is you don't need to pile value into your blog posts. Save that for the products.

>That is why I am not a fan of creating a blog, or a website or SEO and relying on search engines to get your content out there.
I much prefer guest posting. Returns quicker results by letting you piggyback off an already established audience. Improves your reputation. Builds your network. I always, always, always give my best stuff to other blogs. Never hold out on them, never waste your best stuff on your own blog. Give it away, post it on another established site.

P.S. I recommend a book for every blogger called: Trust me I'm lying. The first half of the book will keep you really engaged the entire way through. It will teach you how to guest post effectively on "big brand blogs". The second half is basically him saying "don't do the stuff I just taught you how to do, it's dangerous!"
 
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>It makes more sense to build up an email list, where you don't have to wait months and months to see profits
How are you going to build your email list? Blogging is a really effective way to do it. Because when you have a blog you have a reputation, people are more likely to opt in because of that. Because you're real. Blogging is a way to show your knowledge, people will opt in because of that.

>People create too much content
Very true. A good way to go is to spend 80% of the time you've allotted to working on the blog, on marketing it's individual posts.

>People are impatient
I think what's worse than this is it's difficult for people to look at the big picture. To plan ahead. To make a game plan. When they think about blogging it's like. "Well I can write an article like this, a top ten list about that, my opinion on this, that will keep me busy!" They tend to not delve deep into things like:

- What is my target market
- What things do they want to hear
- What other blogs do they read
- What were the most popular posts on those blogs
- What information should I sprinkle to them, to wet their appetite, related to my specific offers
- What can I build for them
- How can I stand out

They think it's as simple as, "I just need to think up some good post ideas." When the posts themselves are such a small portion of making money long-term. More important is branding and building things to sell, create stuff. Your blog posts are mainly fluff like "Hey I exist, check out my other stuff, you can buy X if you need it." That's not to say your posts can or should be badly written, you need to portray a fun personality. My point is you don't need to pile value into your blog posts. Save that for the products.

>That is why I am not a fan of creating a blog, or a website or SEO and relying on search engines to get your content out there.
I much prefer guest posting. Returns quicker results by letting you piggyback off an already established audience. Improves your reputation. Builds your network. I always, always, always give my best stuff to other blogs. Never hold out on them, never waste your best stuff on your own blog. Give it away, post it on another established site.

P.S. I recommend a book for every blogger called: Trust me I'm lying. The first half of the book will keep you really engaged the entire way through. It will teach you how to guest post effectively on "big brand blogs". The second half is basically him saying "don't do the stuff I just taught you how to do, it's dangerous!"
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Good stuff!
Yeah I agree, planning is everything. Most people think , hey let me write some posts and people are going to rush over to my site and read them. When there is a lot more to it than that.

You have to think about marketing, branding and a lot of other stuff. As you also said, people do not plan. They do not think about the big picture, they just rush into getting a domain name and making posts about this and that.
I think if you want to be successful online you need a plan, just like in any other business.

And no you don't need a blog to build an email list. It ma help but that is far from the truth. All you need is:

1. An opt- in page / squeeze page

2. An autoresponder- An automated mailing system where your subscribers email addresses are stored.

3. A free giveaway- A free pdf or report which solvevs a problem. This is where you bribe someone for their email address in exchange for their free report.

4. Traffic-

This funnel is fairly easy to set up and you do not have to wait for eternity to see profits coming through like most blogs and websites.
 
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Dave Kash said:
3. People create too much content- If you are getting less than 100 visitors a day, it makes no sense to spew up a lot of content when no one is reading it. It makes more sense to promote the content you already have into the hands of more people.


What do you guys think?
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It is not too much content as it is too much "CRAP" content.

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Quality of the content is very important, who the hell wants to read a blog with loads of crap?
 
blogging is the best idea and i dont think its the waste of time.if u do it correctly then it will me as effective that u cannot think...so creating email list is a good idea but blogging is the best for ur reputation.....
 
there are more than 164 million sites…

The majority of these online journals get under 1,000 guests for each month, and the unforgiving the truth is, the larger part of those sites are, for absence of a superior word, disappointments.

What's appalling is, in that gathering of individuals, I'm wagering there's somebody simply like you… .

- Someone who thought pumping out great articlres will create the leads and deals they have to maintain a gainful business.

- Someone who accepted a columnist or Google would see their diligent work—and prize them with an unending supply of activity that changes.

Good luck! :)
 
Probably the best method to organically grow a blog I've ever read was from Jon Morrow.

Make Money Blogging: 20 Lessons Going to $100K per Month

Essentially: Build your audience before you build your blog, so that you're not wasting time blogging in a wasteland.

How does one do this? It's quite simple in theory, but requires work, so, naturally, most people won't do it.

Step 1. Create a squeeze page with a hot lead magnet. Get a sky-high opt-in rate.

Step 2. Guest post on relevant blogs. Send the traffic from those guest posts to your squeeze page.

Step 3. Do this for a few months, building up a huge audience on standby for when you decide to start blogging on your own site.

Morrow was able to quickly turn his blog into a $100K-a-month earner using this method.
 
Blogging is really, really hard (or at least from my experience and the niches I focus on, YMMV). Even If you do everything right, there is still a strong likelihood you will fail. It's just become so competitive and saturated, and then you have social media taking over the role of blogs.
 
Reasons why bloggers fail.

Lack of Passion: Lack of passion is one of the major reasons why most bloggers fail online, they don’t have any passion for blogging, and they just began blogging because they saw a particular “popular blogger” make six figures blogging.

Lack of Creativity: As bloggers, we must be able to be creative and come up with new ideas on our own. Great and successful bloggers don’t just follow the norm, they all have their own ideas, they are creative in one form or the other which is what leads to their success.

Greed to earn: Many new bloggers only start blogging with the intention to earn which is why they quit after not earning enough within a short period of time.
 
I agree with the fourth point

"4. Laziness- Most people do not want to put in the work. They will write at most 2 posts a month and they wonder why no one is coming to their website, or why Google is not ranking it."
 
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