Let me set the record straight: I dislike writing!
It’s hard to believe but I really do. I honestly have a hard time writing content but nonetheless, I still try.
I’ve been blogging on and off for many years. I started a simple Tumblr blog, moved to WordPress, tried blogger, tested out Medium and now back to WordPress. I’ve launched many blogs in the past 2 years. Most of them simply failed.
Mistakes I’ve Done While Blogging
- I wasn’t serious about it
- I wasn’t consistent
- I wasn’t motivated
- I was too worried about how many people visited the blog
- I wasn’t writing valuable content
- I wasn’t focused
- I DID NOT HAVE A PLAN
- I DID NOT HAVE A STRATEGY
I’m sure I can think of many other mistakes but for now, those are the most important ones I can remember having contributed to my blogging failures.
I did learn a lot though. I’ve tested a lot of tools and technologies. I’ve spent a lot of time and money as well. Nothing is gone to waste.
It was a great learning experience.
How I Started Blogging About My Passion
At first, I blogged about my life, business stuff & eCommerce. I posted articles all over the place (Tumblr, WordPress, Medium). But for some reason, I felt lost. There was a need for me to create a central hub for all my posts.
But here’s the problem: if I was going to do that, it meant that I should stick to one topic since that’s what everyone recommends within the blogging industry. Position yourself and blog about that topic so that you become relevant and focused. I felt I couldn’t do that since I loved blogging about everything. It was sort of my own digital journal.
A couple of months ago, that’s when I decided to use my old domain name passionTribe.com for my new blog. I didn’t know exactly what the blog is going to be about other than me writing about everything that comes to my mind.
I have many passions but one thing I’ve noticed is that I love to inspire people to do things. Those are things I enjoy doing myself such as learning, trying new activities, working on projects, launching a new idea, entrepreneurship & having an online business. I simply started writing about those topics. I didn’t really care much if Google would rank my posts or not. I was more focused on sharing my story and inspiring others.
What Else Can You Blog About?
So far, blogging on passionTribe has allowed me to train myself in becoming a better blogger. I have to learn from my mistakes and so far, it’s working really well. I’m actually starting to enjoy this 🙂
As always, I can’t sit still. I decided to launch a new blog specifically for the eCommerce industry. One way to drive new clients to your business is to create valuable content that will help your target customers solve their problems.
I have my own conversion rate optimization agency for eCommerce. I need to launch a blog for it and I decided to blog about my whole experience here on passsionTribe. It will benefit my current readers since it will inspire them to get started in blogging.
If you’re not sure what to write about, just start writing about anything just like I’ve done. You will find something later on that will excite you to write about even more and specialize in it.
Just Start Blogging!