Pick The Brain has a post of blogging tips, and there’s a theme running throughout the tips: don’t post just for the sake of posting. Not if you really want readers to come and stay and subscribe and comment.
I’m very guilty of posting just because I think I have to. Some days, there are just no topics coming to mind that I feel like trying to write about, or feel I have much to say about. But when a few of these days get together in a row, I start to panic: maybe I’m never going to have anything to write about!
One of those tips from Pick the Brain:
4. Be prepared to completely run out of ideas after the first 3-4 months. - Do your best to stick it out and refrain from posting anything that’s absolutely lame. The inspiration does come back. – I think most experienced bloggers have been through this at least once or twice. It’s a real test but if you can come through it then you’ll find you learn a lot about yourself, blogging and your niche.
When you’re out of inspiration, I suggest trying some or all of the following until you get your groove back:
- Work on something else for a while.
- Read. You can only be in output mode for so long – sometimes you need some input to get going again.
- If you’re really feeling pressured to post something new on your blog, re-post an old post that didn’t do so wonderfully in the past to keep things going.
- Relax. Getting tense doesn’t help. Sometimes even meditation or a hard workout or dancing your heart out for a while will bring back the ideas.
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