Remember when you first started blogging - you were so punctual about writing, prompt to note down ideas, mentally editing your posts while driving and imagining your blog to be the next It read! If you are there, I congratulate you, please share your blog with me! But if you are yet to update the home page after 2 long weeks, you know you have gone off track somewhere. We all have ideas, and as humans are hard-wired to want to be heard! But either due to lack of time (read commitment) or lack of creative energy, we lose steam. I too have been a victim in past when I moved from Chicago to New York and got busy with settling down and acclimating to new settings. But what worked for me to get back on track was not finding the miraculous 25th hour in the day, but finding my blogging mojo! A little reflection on my reasons for blogging and writing goals put the perspective in black and white - and today I share with you how I got my groove back!
If you are reading this article on Indian Fashion Bloggers, you have already taken a big step to get your blogging mojo going - you have joined a community of bloggers to connect and generate ideas! Now get to work!
Blog what you like love - If you are someone your friends and family look for outfit ideas, do more outfit posts. Use your closet or even virtual closet on
polyvore.com to create outfits. If you take amazing pictures, share your talent on your blog with unusual images! If you know how to take an everyday recipe up a notch, share it with the world! It is a clich
é but timeless truth - when you do what you love, you do it best!
At the same time try something out of your comfort zone - Blogging is essentially finding your voice and sharing it with the world - sometimes to be heard and noticed you have to try new things! I am learning that too - I am not an outfit poster, but these days I am trying to post more of my looks on my blog - and learning new things about my own closet!
Network - So you have a great blog - how do I find it? In the end, blogging is all connecting and networking and sharing your ideas through it! Are you a member of a blogging community? Are you 'friends' with other bloggers, share your posts with them? Do you post on forums in your niche? In a saturated market, it is very important to be seen and heard, again and again. If you know a blogger meet-up group, go mingle. Don't know one? Why not start one on
meetup.com? During my journalism career, I learned an important thing - its all about eyeballs - good/bad/ugly will be judged later, but first GET OUT THERE!
Read - It is a very simple thing but we take it for granted! We make excuses for lack of reading reading as we make them for lack of blogging - no time, busy life, lots of 'other' things to do! But reading a book, a magazine, a blog, a website (specially in your niche) really stimulate the brain and let the creative juices flow! I am not suggesting to copy the content, but you will be surprised how many inspiring ideas you can come up with when you read.
Make a schedule for writing - I know creative writing is independent of the clock, but having a schedule for writing is as important as having a schedule for dinner. If you sit down with it, you will get hungry! Make an achievable goal of writing at least 2-3 posts a week. Use it or lose it is true for writing too!
Make a vision board for your blog - Its corny sounding word - vision board! But believe me, if you see something in 3 dimensions, you are more likely to work on it. I was listening to Oprah's interview during her India visit and she said when she set the goal to visit India, she put a picture of a lady sitting on a camel in Indian desert on her vision board! Here is my humble
vision board if you want to get some ideas!
Be funny - Everybody loves a funny story, or a story that is told in a funny way! In the age of 140 characters or less, the funny ones get to be memorable. Write your posts with some humor and wit. Nobody wants to read a boring piece. Think of your posts as a conversation with your best friend - does s/he goes to sleep when you talk???
Be personal without being intimate- I love bloggers who share a slice of their life with me through their blogs. I like that I can relate to their perspective, share their humanity and understand their motives. But please don't go all out with TMI and stories about your dog's poop color (true story, burned in my memory for all the wrong reasons - not naming names!) Share the whys and whats and wheres of your ideas and style. It makes your blog an interesting read!
Be unique - As Dr Seuss said - "Nobody can be youer than you!" If you are true to your style, you will come up with fresh posts, engaging stories and share-worthy ideas.
But most importantly - have fun with blogging! It should be "love-to -do' job, not the 'have-to-do' job!!
What other ideas do you have to keep the blogging ball rolling?
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