Best to you with your blogging!

As you've likely heard me say, blogging is a marathon, not a sprint. You have to develop that marathon mentality of “training” over the long-haul, and setting a goal of making a positive difference in the lives of your readers, whether that means three people, 300 people, or 3,000 people per day.

Hang in there!

I have done the 31 Days challenge as well. Some good stuff there.

I subscribe to a handful of blogs that I read every day; I visit others from time to time. Most folks won’t devote 6 minutes to a blog — in reality, it’s more like 30 seconds. When you plan your blog posts, I suggest thinking in terms of what a 30-second skimmer wants. It’s a sad-but-true fact about blogging: readers have short attention spans, and they’re fickle.

I completely agree that most of us bloggers have no intention of getting rich blogging. We constantly hear about the “big” bloggers who have made millions blogging, and we tend to put these folks on pedestals as examples of what we should be doing with our own blogs. In a way, it’s like idolizing a movie star or other celeb and trying to emulate them. Their stardom isn’t likely to rub off on us.

While there’s nothing wrong with setting big goals for yourself (particularly if striking it rich via blogging is your goal), for the vast majority of bloggers, it’s all about developing community within our niche. It sounds as if you have a good handle on how to grow your blog, Vizionheiry — keep on doing what you’re doing!