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How to Start a Successful Blog
You can make a good living off of your writing. How do I know this? Because I’m doing it. But before I was “successful,” I built over a dozen blogs, most of which failed.
My first blog began in 2006. Then for the next six years, I had failed blog after failed blog. The main problem? I was lazy. I wanted thousands of fans without really doing the work of thinking about how I could serve them.
What finally changed for me was I gave it another shot. Goinswriter.com was my ninth blog. My ninth attempt at trying to build an audience. And this time, it worked. Because the way I approached blogging completely changed. I stopped worrying about what I could get out of this and started trying to figure out how I could serve people more. How I could help. How I could give.
It made all the difference.
I’ve been doing this for a while now — writing on a blog and teaching other writers how to succeed. I’ve learned that it takes patience, intentionality, and a little generosity.
Building a blog is a lot like building a house. Minus the fact that building a house is way more difficult, labor intensive, and, oh yeah, super expensive. Building a blog from scratch requires you to really…
