And just like that, it’s day 2 of your blogging daily new year’s resolution.
What were your first two posts about? Were they epic and attractive to a swath of your Twitter followers? I want to help kickstart the promise you just made to yourself and your audience with a bit of advice:
Blog small and confident or go home.
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Making an impact
As you stare up at the Mount Kilimanjaro that is daily blogging, I want you to realize it doesn’t have to be as difficult as it sounds. I remember back to my days in elementary school and how my fingers hurt from writing on that grayish paper with all the dotted lines. Practicing cursive and writing short stories for my teachers until my hands cramped up.
I hated it.
I wasn’t good at it and it all felt forced — because really, it was.
I’m sure the English elitists will tell you that today’s blogger is a hack. Much like any other profession where some newcomer hits the scene only to cut corners or not use the “proper” process. But you know, who cares?
“Oh my God you edited core?!?!” Comes to mind.
So here’s that jolt I was referring to:
You don’t need 1,000 words to leave an impact
Speak softly, and carry a big stick – Theodore Roosevelt
Blogging small.
We were taught that writing pages upon pages was the right thing to do. It’s probably why the word blogging strikes fear into freshman bloggers and especially our customer. Why did I have to write a 30 page report which could be summed up in 2? Do all 1,000 words leave an impact, or was it just the major headlines as you scanned?
Compact blog posts with powerful and actionable advice will be critical to your content marketing.
Hater’s gonna hate — prove them wrong
For my buddy Tom
Confidence > all.
Are you worried about your conversational tone in each post? Maybe you’re ducking from the grammar police.
“I’m told that proper content marketing on average contains 837 words, an infographic, and will get shared 12.7 times a day.”, you might be saying to yourself.
Blah dee blah blah.
I want you to produce content you’re proud of — 200 words or 2,000, graphics or no graphics. Leave an impact on us, not on your daily routine.
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