Blog Content Improvement: A Struggle of the Heart

June 17th, 2009 by Easton Ellsworth

Have you ever been frustrated by your blog writing? By your inability (as you see it) to create compelling content? By the difficulty of coming up with ways to make your blog’s content more effective for your business or organization?

My friend, I have so been there.

Better Blog Content is a Matter of the Heart

I sang in choirs in high school.

At first I was shy and never wanted my voice to stick out and be heard, so I tried as hard as I could to blend in and disappear in the crowd. I wanted to become a really good singer, but I was always terrified that somebody might hear me practicing. Improvement was a painfully slow process.

Have you ever been in a situation like that?

How did I finally get up the courage to break out of my timid shell and improve my voice and my boldness? By clinging desperately to two things that no amount of fear could destroy: a deep and abiding love for singing, and an insatiable desire to get better at it. As I continued to hold on to those strengths, I was able to eventually earn the opportunity to sing a particularly significant solo in the last choir show of my senior year.

I’ll never forget that moment.

Improving Blog Content Takes Guts

Your blogging is like my singing.

You make a blog more successful by first feeling it, deep in your gut.

It’s that urge to do something bigger and better and different with it, that quiet fire that rattles your bones and won’t let you sleep until your blog finally does what you feel it was meant to do.

Diligence is impossible without desire.

Remember: That which you persist in doing becomes easier for you to do — not because the thing itself becomes easier, but because your ability to do it improves.

So grab your mic. It’s time to warm up.

What’s Your Worst Blog Content Challenge? 10-Second Poll

Please answer the question below.

Thanks so much for your response. If you want personal help with your blog content, please check out my consulting services or contact me personally.

The Best Method to Improve Your Blogging Content

I recently laid out these general blog improvement steps at the BlogCatalog blog:

• Step 1: Figure out where you are.
• Step 2: Decide where you want to go.
• Step 3: Decide how to go there.
• Step 4: Go there.
• Step 5: Repeat steps 1-4.

In my next post, I’ll explain how to follow each step to create more effective, more rewarding content on your blog.

For you, what’s the toughest thing about improving your blog’s content?

photos by kevindooley, laffy4k

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