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Ego serves as your biggest blogging enemy. Ego rarely if ever asks for blogging help, especially when blogging help is most needed. Bloggers who allow ego to call the shots rarely if ever ask for help until it’s too late. Being too deep in a blogging hole of struggle and failure almost always results in quitting. Wise bloggers nudge their ego to the side, humble themselves and ask for help. Ask for blogging help if struggles arise. Be open. Why

I love beginning the blogger outreach process with a hand out. Reaching out with a handout makes one shine in a world of bloggers hellbent on getting free handouts at every turn. Handing out some form of blogging help without begging for anything in return expresses a genuine interest in a fellow human being. How radical – and attractive – does this approach seem in a world of bloggers who want to squeeze something out of someone via every interaction?

One question sits smack dab in the middle of most – if not all – new blogger’s minds: “Why would anyone read your blog?” What would motivate someone to follow a blog run by a green newbie? Millions of bloggers publish blog posts daily. Why would anyone read your blog amid this sea of blog content? People read blogs based on a few clear reasons. Following the steps below inspires people to read your blog diligently. Beginner bloggers who slowly

I do things quite differently than most bloggers in some regards. Selling my eBooks and courses through lesser known platforms like Gumroad and Payhip moves me away from the blogging crowd of Amazon self-published authors. Focusing heavily on building relationships with bloggers and rarely on list-building deviates from the blogging norm. Of course, I blog similarly to many pros in terms of fundamentals. I create detailed content and build strong connections with readers. Most thriving bloggers walk this path as

I woke up to a potentially stunning view one day during a trip to Turkey. Majestic, snow-capped mountains spoiled me in the distance. But one morning I decided to capture a photograph through the screen window in my bedroom. I simply could not focus. The image appeared to be blurry. Why? Each little rectangle of the screen chopped up the photo. Each little seeming square rendered the gorgeous image behind the screen to a fairly difficult to perceive blob. What

A few months before the publish date of this guest post I deleted 100’s of blog posts from Blogging From Paradise. Why? My intuition told me that each post needed to go to free me to grow. I had to delete content to accelerate my blogging success. Rewind. Back things up for a moment. How many bloggers preach the importance of subtracting from your blog? Read a few popular blogging tips blogs right now. Even though most seem helpful, you