Blogging is a story of convenience. It’s low pressure under most conditions. Until you want to reach more people and make more money.Its then that the challenge starts.
When I wrote about Starting a Successful Blog ,I was still thinking in a linear way but was also pivoting significantly.
So no.1 Skill is the ability to pivot .
As writers we can be storytellers or not.Being a storyteller makes the words more powerful and has a better reach.If 2024 is when AI went crazy.It is also the year when Amazon,Google,Facebook the big tech giants fired significant many .
Your job is only needed when you provide something human which is extra and much needed .Otherwise it’s a job which will be done by some other human or AI .
The no.2 skill is to get better at story telling.
Case in point Palki Sharma who reports mainly on geopolitics and her way of telling a story makes geopolitics interesting!
But bloggers who didn’t have a focused niche or experience showing through their content will feel disheartened.Because it’s not just the story but the facts which will also help you stand out. Its time to think deeply about what you are bringing to the table ,when it comes to blogging.
So skill number three is finding your ikigai in terms of blogging.
With Googles unending updates,algorithm and changes with conspiracy theories floating about, I would have stopped blogging if not for my incessant need to share everything I know .
Number four is not a skill but your reason behind the blog .Remembering your why .
Because you know what?Someone somewhere is being helped and that’s the reason I started this blog in the first place.
It’s going to be the 10th blog birthday in October and I have my thinking hat on about what direction I want to go.
Options are many but sustainable and helpful are my non-negotiables .There’s too much trouble everywhere without my blog being part of the drama .
Number five is learning buisness skills behind earning a living online.I am having trouble here even now and 2024 is exceptionally turbulent.
I want to get better at all the five but working hard on the last two because my digital legacy is, I taught my daughter to blog too and she wrote eight blog posts in the month of April without any help !