How do you keep yourself motivated in blogging?

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Making money from a Blog has never been easy n consistent. I now spend lots of hours marketing my blog, products n services inorder to make money than I used to spend at my day job.

I guess, my passion for blogging somehow keeps me motivated n energized!

How do you find balance n keep yourself motivated in this industry?
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  • Profile picture of the author Shana Walters
    Writing is in my blood. When I don't write something, my conscious bothers me. That's why I am going to start my blog very soon. I have so much that I want to write about, so hopeful, my motivation will keep at this level.
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    Write until my fingers fall off. LOL!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author cynthiaSEL
    One thing that helps me is recognizing that building a business is a process. Where I am today is building the foundation for my future.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jackjohn01
    First thing you should be sure that all you want is write and share that information with others. And keep motivating your visitors, you will gain motivation automatically.
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  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    Originally Posted by rupmini View Post

    Making money from a Blog has never been easy n consistent. I now spend lots of hours marketing my blog, products n services inorder to make money than I used to spend at my day job.

    I guess, my passion for blogging somehow keeps me motivated n energized!

    How do you find balance n keep yourself motivated in this industry?
    Keeping away from it usually does the trick.

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  • Profile picture of the author Make Me Coffee
    I devour cosmic hypnosis. Gets me high and the dividends are humongous.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bald Avenger
    Very true.

    The power of the cosmic master is undeniable.

    I wonder how he gets inspired to churn out these gems and hypnosis.
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  • Profile picture of the author RichardThessen
    Sit down and plan a content strategy for your blog. Write down every basic to advanced topic you can cover.
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    • Profile picture of the author rupmini
      Yes! I did! But it's really becoming hard to stick to it!
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  • Profile picture of the author RichardThessen
    Constant social media updates can be very distracting and unhealthy. They will steer you away from the very goals you are trying to achieve. Consider taking a break from the social medias
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    • Profile picture of the author rupmini
      It's been one month, I'm currently on a vacation and I haven't checked my social media updates yet. I now feel a bit relaxed.
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  • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
    My two main niches are self help/motivation and success.

    Teaching the first one really helps keep me motivated as I'm teaching others to be.

    Then, I'm obsessed, I love what I do. I'd do it for free. It's like being on a permanent vacation because I never go to work, it's just play.

    By the way; that's one of the things I teach people. Find a niche that you love so much that you'd do it for free. That's what you need to be doing.
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    • Profile picture of the author rupmini
      That was a great advice!
      I love the process of blogging, but the results seem to be pretty slow.
      At times, It's really hard to do something without expecting anything in return (spite of putting in an enormous amount of effort and time).
      I'm happy that you achieved this state!
      May be I should learn to work smart rather than hard.
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      • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
        Originally Posted by rupmini View Post

        That was a great advice!
        I love the process of blogging, but the results seem to be pretty slow.
        At times, It's really hard to do something without expecting anything in return (spite of putting in an enormous amount of effort and time).
        I'm happy that you achieved this state!
        May be I should learn to work smart rather than hard.
        Here's a little something that you may wish to consider.

        It's not about how many blog posts you write.

        Instead, focus on creating fantastic posts with info graphics and great images etc...

        Then, promote the heck out of that post.

        Use the 80/20 rule. 20% of your time creating posts and 80% of your time promoting them.

        Not to be a smarty, but, that's why they call it marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bayo
    After maintaining multiple blogs without a defined strategy and not getting anywhere, the time finally came when I realized that I needed a strategy.

    Having that made the difference (and it involved ditching some of the blogs in order to be able to focus).

    Bayo
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