Must Know Truth About The Power Of Consistency In Blogging

Must Know Truth About The Power Of Consistency In Blogging

We have been talking lately a lot about blogging success in this blog. As a new blogger, you should know something very important about the “Power of Consistency.” There is no secret plot to this post, you have probably already guessed how I am going to conclude this post, yes, you are right. If you want to be a successful blogger you need to be consistent. If you are that kind of a self starter, you can quit reading this post to go ahead and do what you are supposed to be doing to make your blog a great success rather than wasting time reading what you already can accomplish on your own without any assistance. On the other hand, if you think that you can do with a little motivation pill, here I am happy to serve you that.

Etymology Of The Word Consistency

The word consistency comes from the 16^th Century Latin Word “consistentia” which denoted “firmness of matter” or “permanence.” When we say that consistency is key to success in blogging what do we mean? When you start as a blogger, you will have all the enthusiasm that you need to succeed but as days pass by, you will not know where that enthusiasm went and your blog will die a natural death with dwindling to no traffic. This is the plight of hundreds of blogs, I have gone through these phases, I have started countless blogs based on ideas which I thought are very bright and that they will certainly succeed. However, my mistake of the past was that I did not seek shelter under the power of consistency so those blogs were shelved. The consolation is that they can be resurrected anytime though they are dormant now! Well, coming back to enthusiasm and consistency, the issue here is that your enthusiasm was not permanent, it was only temporary so you let it droop to nothing. I would like to emphasize here that, that is why I keep emphasizing about the importance of having to choose the right topic or theme for your blog. If you have selected an area that you are passionate about, despite all the challenges on lack of time, work pressure and other commitments you will always find a way to connect back to your passion because passions are irresistible. So do not follow a fancy idea but always follow your passion so that you can achieve that consistency and permanence that is required to make your blog into a success.

What exactly can consistency do to your blog?

When you are consistent in your blogging efforts it means that you are committed to making certain number of posts every week. If you were to write just one blog post per day leaving aside Sunday, the math will work out like this…

6 days a week … 1 post per day… end of week 1 = 1x6 = 6 blog posts

52 weeks per year…6 posts per week… end of year 1= 6x52 = 312 blog posts

In 3 years of blogging…312 blog posts per year… end of year 3 = 3X312 = 936 blog posts

In three years time you would have built close to thousand blog posts.

Let us say that if you are going to do the same thing as a full time job. You write three quality blog posts per day. You will have 2808 posts in your blog… this is a considerable number for a beginner. You can take this even up to 3500 posts within three years given that you make the best use of the days where your enthusiastic level is really high.

To start with, you work with a humble goal of one blog post per day and keep 1000 posts in a three years time. As time goes by, your expertise level will automatically improve and your ideas get will get sharper day by day, soon you will be considered an expert in your niche market. You will start getting invitations from other blogs to create guest posts for their blog and people will be ready to pay beefy prices to get your post on their blog.

All these will happen only when you commit yourself to a certain goal and be consistent in your efforts. If you are going to leave your efforts to temperamental mood swings then you cannot possibly achieve any of your blogging goals.

The best part is that the momentum of your blog will increase significantly. The pressure exerted by thousand posts on your target audience will certainly be much higher when compared to just forty or fifty posts. You should know that it is totally within your control to achieve this goal, why leave it to uncertainty. One blog post is certainly a digestible goal for someone that wants to make thousands of dollars from his or her blog.