If you've been a regular reader for more than a few months, you'll have noticed that I stopped blogging for about 6 weeks. There were a few posts here and there but it was far from my usual daily blogging. However, over the past few days I've been getting my ducks in a row and … Continue reading Catching up and clearing out
Category: Blogging
How to write 1001 blog posts
All you have to do is focus on each single post, one by one, day by day and suddenly you'll hit 100, 250, 500, 1000 and then 1001. If you miss a day or 2, you need to be willing to make it up to avoid falling behind so far that you're unable to catch … Continue reading How to write 1001 blog posts
5 Reasons your blog might not be going as well as you’d hoped
Your content isn't cohesive If your content varies greatly, it doesn't allow you to appeal to any set of people as an audience. As good as it may seem to have mass appeal, if you want to build an audience the best thing you can do is start small. You post inconsistently If your reader … Continue reading 5 Reasons your blog might not be going as well as you’d hoped
3 daily blogging writing routines
A few ideas for writing routines for those that blog everyday. Write a full post on your commute to and from work If you work 9-5 this gives you the opportunity to write 10 posts within 5 days and then at the weekend you don't have to write at all. Getting into the routine of … Continue reading 3 daily blogging writing routines
Optional commitment
In a recent conversation, I spoke about this blog and how I share something everyday. I explained that I don't allow 'feeling like I have nothing good to write' to hold me back from posting. For many people, the idea of making a commitment to do something that you don't have to do every single … Continue reading Optional commitment
500 and something
It started with 1 then 50, 100, 300 and now 500. A few weeks ago, I reached 500 followers on this blog. I consider it an achievement because 500 is quite a lot of people. At the beginning of the year I wrote down that I wanted to grow this site and reach 500 followers, … Continue reading 500 and something
Writing for the moment
I recently realised that I enjoy writing about current events. One of my most read posts is about Instagram guides, I think I published it a day after guides became available to everyone, it was a hot topic. If I'd written the post a few days or even weeks later it would have no longer … Continue reading Writing for the moment
Getting ahead and falling behind
The trick to getting ahead is to increase your work rate and never go below your usual work rate. If you want to get ahead long-term then you have to make time to regularly increase your work rate, this gives you the ability to know that you're always ahead even when you back to your … Continue reading Getting ahead and falling behind
When the numbers get you down
I try not to look at the stats very often because I never want to be too attached to the numbers. Of course it feels great when the numbers are high, when you're getting lots of likes, comments and new followers. But when the numbers drop and you're not seeing as many likes or views … Continue reading When the numbers get you down
1 simple way to make daily blogging easier
Write more than one post a day. Even if only one of them is worth publishing and the other one, two or 5 are just a few phrases. Writing and sharing something everyday becomes easier the more you write. And on the days when coming up with something from scratch doesn't feel easy you can … Continue reading 1 simple way to make daily blogging easier
The Daily Gemm 