Over the last 7 months, I’ve been doing a weekly problem on a brand new weblog known as ‘In finding Your Spark’.
My purpose with it’s to put in writing a brand new ‘advised’ weblog put up each week for 52 weeks at the matter of serving to other folks ‘discover their spark’ (and to assist me discover mine too).
On this put up, I assumed I’d proportion a few of what I’ve realized (and relearned) thru doing this problem.
1. I’ve liked beginning one thing new
Whilst I like ProBlogger and Virtual Pictures College (my primary blogs), it’s been refreshing to get again to writing one thing I’m keen about.
2. Having a ‘problem’
Committing publicly to put in writing a weekly put up for a yr) has been very motivating for me and has helped me keep on activity.
3. I’ve truly loved the use of the Ghost running a blog platform
Whilst I typically inspire new bloggers to begin their weblog on a platform that they regulate and Ghost is a hosted carrier – there’s additionally one thing rather liberating about now not having to figure out the tech demanding situations when beginning one thing new. I don’t assume I’d have began this challenge if I needed to do it alone server, with my very own design, and so forth. I made up our minds once I began that I’d now not spend a lot time ‘tweaking’ design or options and make investments 99% of my time into growing content material. I feel this has paid off giant time.
- Ghost now not most effective gives you a running a blog platform however a e-newsletter. With the ability to hit post and know that the brand new put up mechanically additionally is going out by way of e-mail in a e-newsletter is beautiful cool.
- Whilst I’m now not monetising what I do, you’ll even have paid club tiers to supply top rate content material to paid subscribers, which is beautiful cool.
- Whilst Ghost is new(ish), it’s nice to look that they’re proceeding to expand the platform. In the previous couple of months, they’ve added new options, together with feedback, new stats/insights, target market comments and so forth.
Click on thru right here to try extra about Ghost (associate hyperlink).
4. I’ve liked the method of researching, accumulating concepts and growing content material once more
I’ve attempted a lot of forms of types of content material over the past 29 weeks (other lengths, curating some content material, the use of quotes and so forth) and feature liked the tempo of 1 considerate put up every week. I’ve most probably long past longer/deeper into the content material than I had anticipated once I began the problem, however I’ve truly loved the long-form means
I’ve taken the means with this weblog of reporting what I’m finding out reasonably than looking to come throughout as knowledgeable. This voice has served me smartly previously, however in particular with the subjects I’m masking (which I assume border on private building), I feel it’s been necessary.
5. Ranging from scratch is difficult!
I had forgotten how exhausting it’s to speculate such a lot time and effort into growing content material most effective to listen to a powerful silence after you hit post. Ranging from scratch with construction an target market after which getting engagement from that target market is difficult!
Whilst I’m writing basically for my very own building, I feel I’d in all probability taken without any consideration the glorious group I’ve grown over time on my different blogs.
I believe that with my means of making an investment all of my efforts into writing, I’ve fallen brief in selling the content material up to I’ve with earlier blogs within the early years. I feel I want to tweak this means.
6. I’m happy I brainstormed subjects prior to I began the problem
Sooner than I began, I used thoughts map device to create 52 subjects that I may just write on over the yr. I’ve since get a hold of different concepts and discarded one of the most unique ones, nevertheless it has been very at hand to have that financial institution of concepts to attract on when I’ve had weeks the place I’ve now not felt as impressed to put in writing, or not too long ago once I travelled with the circle of relatives for a couple of weeks. Right here’s a podcast episode I recorded about the use of thoughts maps to your running a blog.
All in all, the problem has been an overly rewarding procedure for me to this point. I’m finding out a lot about running a blog and the subjects I’ve written about.
For the ones short of to observe alongside – the brand new weblog is at https://find-your-spark.ghost.io/
In case you do wish to get started a weblog, I’d counsel signing up for my FREE Final Information to Beginning a Weblog Route.
