Speed B.L.O.G. Or How To Escape The Blogging Monster
Monika Mundell on June 13th, 2008
Blogging takes up a lot of time and energy for many of us. The interesting thing is that most bloggers do it for the sheer fun without expecting anything in return, except of course a ton of readers, comments and perhaps some money.
With the creative notions we use to write down our thoughts, ideas, beliefs and just about anything else that pops to mind we could simply go on forever and ever. But there comes a time when the blogging gets harder. Those times are when we start to evaluate too much on what we are trying to do.
As a result, we clam up like a shell and instead of being all inspirational, we achieve the total opposite. I’m not sure whether you have experienced these kind of feelings. I suppose we could also call it writers block in some ways. However I beg to say that this scenario goes further than writers block.
It’s the next episode.
Some call it the doom before a blog goes dead. Note I said blog, not blogger. Others refer to it as lack of inspiration. Whatever you might call it, there is a way to escape the cold and ugly claws of this blogging monster.
Here is how:
You start speed blogging. Speed blogging is exactly what it sounds like, but with a few tips mixed into the picture. See for yourself.
B. stands for being yourself. Don’t try to adapt to another bloggers voice, their wit or even their knowledge. Your readers will pick up on that and not like what they see.
L. stands for letting go. How often do we put pressure onto ourselves with our blog. Everywhere we turn, other bloggers talk about how often to blog, when to blog, doing this and that and if we were to listen to this in all seriousness it would drive us mental. Just relax. For real. It is your blog. You do what you want with it.
O. stands for opening your eyes, ears and perception. If we do this, blogging ideas will start to flow like water on tap. There is so much going on in everybody’s life and part of the problem is that we never stop to smell the flowers. Immerse yourself into nature and just let go. You’d be surprised to see how your ideas start flowing.
G. stands for greatness. Be the great blogger you really are. Don’t be intimidated by others. The best way to show your own greatness is by finding your own voice.
Now take all of these ingredients and mix them with speed when you write your posts. Don’t stop to insert links, don’t surf other sites while you write and don’t spell check or proof read until your are all done.
Write everything in your head down before you do anything else.
This will dramatically reduce the times you spend constructing your blog posts and leave you with way more time to enjoy life.
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Hi Alex
This is the first time I have commented here I think, but have been a reader for quite some time and bought your Web2.0 Wealth package, which is fantastic BTW. Am really looking forward to moving on this, although a bit scared off by the WP upgrade (and my absence of tech. skills, well, for now!) - I am sure that the Web 2.0 Wealth pack is really going to help me (would love to know more about the upgrade too - ie. if we do upgrade, what types of extra blog themes do you have - can you provide more info? Because am certainly interested!)
But I digress …
That was a great post above, and was something I really needed to hear at the moment. Feeling a little disheartened on my own blog(spot) because was held ‘hostage’ by an online blog editor which deranged my blog formatting - and I wrote 3 posts about it! And on a self help blog! Probably the wrong blog - should have been on my other web2.0 related one - oops!
And I am so tired. Really want to start blogging more consistently and professionally, but due to illness, have only posted when can, and when ‘inspiration’ hits. Usually unplanned and ‘off the top of my head’ - I intend to write a few words - and end up writing a tome!! think I am doing that now - sorry!
But big plans ahead ..
I am not sure if my comment is exactly contributing per se, as is bed time here in Aussie down under - but future comments will
Just wanted to say thank you Alex!
Thank you for your great site
And thank you for Web2.0 Wealth!
And thank you for a blog post which I really needed to hear (because I was on the verge of giving it all up - but I won’t!)
I really do love the ‘B.L.O.G. definition above, especially the ‘L’ (’Letting Go’)
Kind Regards
Meg
Adelaide, South Australia
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Meg,
Thank you for your wonderful comments. Unfortunately I can’t claim the credit for the great writing skill of my editor - Monika Mundell
I will take it as compliment for inviting the right person to help me with my blog posts!
WordPress is not as hard as it might seems. Upgrades are necessary evil BUT NOT ALWAYS required. For example, many bloggers are still stay on WordPress 2.3.3 as that version is stable and free from any known security holes. It is simply a matter if you want the latest bells and whistles or prefer the convenience and stability. One thing to remember when you are not upgrading to lates and greatest is to make sure that when new fixes released for your version - implement them fast.
Alex
@ Megan: I’m sorry to hear you’ve had so many issues. If you ever need a helping hand from a fellow Aussie, please just shout out.
Also, it’s great to hear you loved my post and that it motivated you to keep going. Alex gave you some great advice there too in regards to WordPress.
I’m also still on the old version myself and haven’t bothered upgrading yet. But like he says, the most important thing is to make sure there are no security issues with that.
@ Alex: Thank you for the really kind words. Compliments are always cool to get anyway.
Great advice you gave Megan too, as always.
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I’m torn here. I try as I can to accomplish B L O G, that’s for sure.
As for speed, that’s really not my thing and I don’tthink I really want to try. I treat most blog posts like articles..if I speed through it, something will be off.
On a side-note: Hi Megan! She leaves awesome comments, don’t she?
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@ Dennis: I u8nderstand where you are coming from with the speed part. I actually agree. When I meant speed I was really referring to not wasting time while we write our posts. It really does save heaps of time in the process.
Cutting out information or cutting corners is never a good idea when it comes to writing out posts. But regardless of that, we don’t have to spend hours writing them either. Hope this makes more sense.
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Absolutely and you’re right. I do try to be as “thorough” as possible speaking in plain English (Newbie target audience), but I suppose I could be a little less thorough
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I guess it is hard to find the balance between long detailed well constructed posts, and short posts. If you try too hard to right quality it can waste time. If you put out lots of short posts people might think it’s junk. Balance is the key
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Balance is the key. Too many short posts might have a negitive affect on the blog, where as trying to write too many long posts can be a real time killer.
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My own experience is that the hardest part is to regularly find ideas to blog on… It isn’t so easy if you really want to post one article every day or two.
Nice picture you inserted here
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Hey, I just realized Monika is over here now too. Boy, you really get around!
I use speed writing and even publish sometimes, then go back a half hour later to check my work and add links in ‘manage’ mode. It just seems like sometimes that’s the only way to get a move on it.
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Great blogging acronym and great post.
I have to keep that in mind later on down the line. Currently my blog is very young so my ideas are flowing like crazy. I have more ideas than time. However, years down the line when my ideas begin to trickle, I’ll have to remember your very appropriate acronym.
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