I believe anything that helps me grow positively is for the good and is blessed by God’s wishes.For me writing on my blog has been a self-healing and self-discovery of sorts.Blogging contests fall right where reading, writing, gardening, and thankfulness comes from.It helps me write, it helps me learn, it helps me push my boundaries and grow my blog.
Over the past one year, I have participated in a few contests.I have completed most of them.My take away from them was the community feeling.The feeling there are people just like me, who are struggling to find themselves and their blogs.
You feel like you belong. These are the people who are trying to do more, with what they have, wherever they are.That’s powerful.
4 Blogging communities which I must mention Write tribe, Indiblogger, Blogchatter, and Blogadda!
How do these contests help me?
- Helps me write and motivates me, even when I am busy and have many excuses for not writing!Its like a slow burn.Writing will be a soothing aloe vera gel!
- Helps me promote my blog.That’s the power of networking.
- Helps me read and discover new blogs.
- Helps me learn from other bloggers.
- It is the best way to get noticed by brands if you are writing useful content.
- Did you know the comment links even when no follow have link juices?So reading and commenting on blogs will help to depend on your niche and the quality of the blog in question.
- It helps in my blog’s health and my emotional health.
- Helped me write my first two books
- Blogging contests help keep the inertia of writing going.
Newton’s First law: In an inertial reference frame, an object either remains at rest or continues to move at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by a force.
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
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The Blogging contests I participate in starting from July last year:
- Daily chatter Half marathon by Blogchatter(15 days)
- My friend Alexa 1.0(30 days)
- Ultimate blogging challenge /Daily chatter by Blogchatter (October 30 days)
- The International Ultimate Blogging Challenge in December(30 days)
- A to Z in April with Blogchatter this year.
- #Tiniature on Twitter by Gayatri_Gadre.
- Weekly WOW on Blogadda.
- Writebravely in August with Write tribe(7 days Daily blogging).
The secret to the health of your blog is your content.Plan it well make it consistent.Make it count.But in the process don’t fall into the inertia of rest and the myth of perfection.
#ThankfulThursdays Prompt this week
My favorite posts this week are :
Prasanna from Team MocktailMommies
Sathya from team mocktailmommies
Dipika ‘s Instagram post
Rules of linky:
Write on the prompt and Link Up.We have a fun new option.
You can submit tweet links and Instagram posts too.
You can also link up other posts.Just comment on this post and my co-hosts post and any two of the posts in the link up.Share using #ThankfulThursdays hashtag.
We deeply believe in community spirit.Eagerly looking forward to visiting your blogs.
Prompts will be announced every Wed 20:00 hrs IST
The linky closes the following Wednesday 23.55 hours.
We share your entries on Twitter and other social media platform generously.
Read, comment, share on the host and co-hosts posts and at least two more posts linked in the party.
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Truly agree. Contests are not just challenging but also inspirational and a great way to network, discover bloggers. 🙂
Yes true.
Blogging Contests surely help you to innovate yourself and give a community spirit too. You have participated and fared well in so many kudos to you 🙂
It’s good when something inspires to write. 🙂 I’m thankful for these contests and linkups too. Re-energizes the muse when it feels like there’s little hope left.
Blogging contest gives you the fuel to keep writing even during the busiest days. I get goosebumps in the middle of the night if I don’t write a day.
True
Thanks Amrita for sharing such insights. I have come to realise the significance of contests a little late, now that I have, I realise that the benefita are manyfold. Loved your post
Oh yes, contests are great for blog growth.
I feel you hun. “You feel like you belong. These are the people who are trying to do more, with what they have, wherever they are.That’s powerful.” This resonates with me so well as I too feel discouraged most of the time
True without company , it will be tough.
Thats a whole lot of blogging challenges. I should really push myself to participate in more, but props to you for being able to do so many!
Thanks for this post.. good for new bloggers like me
Thats great that you participated in so many blogging contest. These surely add to your blogging experience
My favourite are UBC Atoz challenge and my friend Alexa they helped a lot in my blogging journey
Yes they are great
The fact that you have been able to keep up with the prompts! amazing Kudos to you
It’s nice to hear that blogging contests help you to learn more and stand out from the crowd.Yes,nofollow links are still good for your blog.Blog commenting is always helpful including networking!
until I started blogging, I thought the feeling of community was dead. I have met some of the most helpful bloggers in the last 7 months, that I finally feel like I found my thing.
The feeling of being part of a community is indeed lovely. It definitely keeps me going on days that I feel tired or unispired! You have been a great inspiration <3
I always Love all your blog’s. This one is great too.
I have phases where I write all the time and others where I rest. I am happiest that way.
Amrita you are amazing! You manage all these prompts and blog hops so well!
I need to write more too 🙂
Zainab it’s fun!
Yes, content is so important, we need to pay focus but then not put things into inertia to gain perfection..Loved this line. These contests on Blogging platforms are indeed amazing and give us more of interaction!
Thanks Jhilmil
I’m a big believer in networking and community building. Never thought about blogging contest though. Food for thought.
Thanks Flo
I always enjoyed blogging contests. I’ve done a few. There’s a lot of good ones out there!
Wow you participated in quite a lot of things!! True that once you keep writing you will be in the flow but once you stop you kind of lose track
I just recently discovered blogging contests, they are great!
You are right, Amrita. writing contests have helped me also a lot to improve my writing style and to connect with so many lovely hearts like you. And many congrats to Prasanna. Happy to connect for #ThankfulThursdays !!!
I have been away from indian blogging scene so long that all this is so new to me. Learning so much from you all.
I blogged my first two years without knowing about blogging contests. My first one got me into the habit of daily blogging. There are so many other benefits; you are amazing for having entered so many of them.
Blogging contests are very helpful I feel. I agree to the points you quoted here.
Amrita, I love the meticulous way in which you detail out the topic. Can see that every corner is touch based upon!
A very in depth reporting of your thankfulness towards Blogging contest!
-Anagha From Team MocktailMommies