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A beginner or a problogger, everyone experiences “writer’s block”. So, what exactly is writer’s block? Suppose you start writing an article and you had a great start, but as you proceed you run out of ideas, you are blank about what to write next. You have the objective but not able to figure out how to get there. This is called 'writer’s block'.
It may be a great harm to your blog as there is a chance that you may loose your regular readers. People who are regular visitors of your blog have a rough idea when you will post your next article. If there are no new articles they will think that the blog is partially dead and might stop coming back to your blog. At the end it will be a loss to you.
There is a tough competition out there when it comes to blogging. Like you, there are others too in your niche of which some may be as good as you are. If you want to be a successful blogger you should have an edge over them. The key of successful blogging is “quality articles” (As they say “Content is the king”). Always remember “People don’t care what you know, they know what you care for”, they are not concerned about how much you know, what they look for is how you present yourself, how you make people learn from the knowledge you have. People won’t come back to your blog because it has a good layout or flashy design. The main things of which people are concerned about is your articles and what they can gain from it. It creates relationship with your readers. So don’t let anything hamper your quality of articles. No one wants to lose their readers so here are a few tips which you can consider when you face a similar situation:
Write something Different:-
Usually the niche writers fall prey to writer’s block. When you can’t figure out what to write, you can slightly deviate from your niche but always keep in mind not to completely move apart from your area of concern. For instance you cannot expect readers in your photography blog to be interested in articles on food. If you have a photography blog you can write articles related to cameras, wildlife conservation or other relevant articles. You can also share a part of your personal life but don’t overdo it, try including the professional aspect of your personal life too. For some good ideas can also read industry news and get updated with the latest happenings and write about it. A slight deviation from you niche also maintains the interest of your readers and can attract new readers too, if you include a part of your personal life people get to know more about you and it helps creating a long lasting relation with your readers.
Invite guest posting:-
This is one of the most impulsive methods of maintaining the consistency of your posts. You can invite others in your niche to write an article for your blog. You can also get different articles from different authors on the same topic, different views on the same thing also helps you to enrich your knowledge as well as you can provide your readers with quality articles. It also helps in making your blog popular.
So why would someone write for your blog. The answer is simple “they also need the same thing which you need”. Running out of ideas is very common among bloggers, when they run out of ideas they also want someone to help. In other words you can say it’s an mutual benefit for both.
Many people do it so that they can get a back link to their blog. When a author writes an article for a blog which has a larger reader base their articles get exposed to a greater number of people,hence gaining popularity.
Write about your experiences:-
Brief your journey of blogging and let people know how you started and reached the position which you are in at the present. This also helps the readers to share a personal attachment with you. If you own a business blog tell them how you started your business and what all challenges you faced, how your business flourished.
Just write something:-
One of the most effective ways to overcome this is to start writing whatever you feel like. Just think of the topic you want to write on and start writing. Whatever comes to your mind, share it in your article. Later you can carry out the reviewing/editing part. While reviewing just find out the answers of the following questions:
- Whether the article is authentic?
- Is it carrying a clear voice to your audience (what you meant to say)?
- Is it relevant to your topic?
- Will this be able to help viewers stick to your blog?
Write about what others are saying:
Carry out a research and find out what others say and what their opinion about any particular topic is. These articles need not be your own but a perfect blend of contents from various authors. With such kind of posts keep in mind to include the reference links.
Traffic/Income Reports:
Once in a while you can also include your blog’s traffic statistics and income reports. One of the examples of these kinds of posts can be seen on “Smart passive income”. In his blog the author (Pat) puts his traffic stats as well as his monthly income and how he earns it. But one thing that you should keep in mind is that it should be worth publishing and you cannot talk about a few hundred visitors who come monthly. It should be appealing to the people to revisit your blog looking for upcoming articles.
Blogging resides in everything we do, everything is blogging! Everything is a potential blogging material.
