The Power Of Being Your Own Blog’s Cheerleader

When it comes to blogging, you cannot wait until others cheer you on.

Why?

Because if you do, you will get very little blogging done.

So, as a blogger, you will be more productive if you started off as your own cheerleader.

You Can Cheer Your Ownself On Whenever You Are Writing A Blog Post

I have been putting blog posts together since 2008 and it all started with me thinking, “Come on, Renard, you can do it!”

The problem is that a lot of you have been telling yourselves, “Blogging is hard. I do not know if I can get it done!”

Dear friend, you have a choice; you can either be negative or positive where blogging is concerned.

As someone who has been blogging for a number of years, I can assure you that writing blog posts would become easy by adopting a positive mindset.

You Need To Cheer Yourself On Even When Your Blog Has No Views

Working hard on a blog post to see it get zero incoming views might be demotivating for some bloggers.

Guess what?

Starting from zero is not a bad thing.

Why?

Because every blogger started off with zero; the number of incoming views to their blog increased as they continued blogging.

Do not be the pessimistic blogger who says, “Blogging is a waste of time. No one wants to read what I have to say. So, I might as well quit.”

Be the optimistic blogger who says, “Things are going to get better. My blog posts are going to attract incoming views.”

You Can Cheer Yourself On Whenever You Are Brainstorming Ideas For Your Future Blog Posts

One of the hardest things for some bloggers is finding topics to blog about.

In regards to jutting down topics to blog about, you can use an old-fashioned notebook (the one that has pages made of paper and you write in it by using a pencil, pen or marker), the digitalized notebook (The one that is on your smartphone, tablet computer, laptop computer or desktop computer and you type coherent strings of words into them using a touchpad or a keyboard).

While you are trying your very best to come up with ideas, you can say to yourself, “I am quite capable of coming up with an idea or two.”

Dear friend, the whole purpose of jutting down ideas in a notebook, is for you to look at them whenever you want to find a topic to blog about.

By the way, if you are having difficulty coming up with topics for your own blog, I recommend that you thoroughly read, 10 Ways To Come Up With Topics For Your Blog.

You Can Cheer Yourself On When The “Likes” Are Low

Personally, I was never unmotivated by a low number of likes or deeply motivated by a large number of likes.

Why?

Because I appreciate comments more than likes.

As far as I am concerned, anyone can press the Like button (Having your blog’s Like button pressed is not always an indicator of your blog being read since some people press the Like button to grab your attention; they do it with the hopes of you checking out their blog).

It also has a lot to do with me coming over from Blogger (Blogger [also known as Blogspot] does not have a Like button and the only way in which one could have expressed their appreciation for what they read was to leave a valuable comment in the comments thread of that person’s blog).

Now if you are the type of person who is into likes, you can cheer yourself on with the hopes of acquiring your first set of likes.

Do keep in mind that people are known to abuse the Like button on WordPress and that not all likes are genuine.

You Can Cheer Yourself On Even When Your Blog Has No Comments

Comments do mean a lot for some bloggers; it lets them know what people think of their blog posts (And, when their blog posts do not get any comments in their blog’s commenting section, they become depressed).

If you are the type of blogger who is into comments, you can cheer yourself on with the hopes of your blog receiving its first set of comments.

By the way, anyone can receive comments in their blog’s commenting section by doing the following things:

• Asking a question (or a number of questions) in their blog posts.
• Creating high-quality blog posts (High-quality blog posts are known for attracting lots of comments).
• Commenting regularly in the comments section of the blogs of their fellow bloggers (Some of their fellow bloggers will make an effort to comment on the blog posts that they published on their blog).
• Always responding to comments that were made in the comments section of their blog (Most people like it when the owner of the blog responds to their comments; thus making a conscientious effort of leaving more comments of their own in the future whenever the owner of the blog publishes new content).
• Asking their readers to share what they thought about what they read via a call-to-action at the end of their blog posts.

Truthfully, getting comments on your blog is not all that hard to achieve.

The Bottom Line

You are the one who is supposed to be your blog’s first cheerleader (Doing so makes your blogging journey much easier; it helps to weather the storm until things get better).

On a positive note, others will begin to cheer you on (But that will only happen until your blog becomes established).

Dear friend, promise me that you would not take the idea of you becoming your own blog’s cheerleader for granted.

And why should you make such a promise?

Because there is great power in you being your blog’s own cheerleader (It is the ultimate self-motivator).

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