I will get to work!!! When I got a theme I had no idea that I would also get the most helpful tips on how to make my blog successfull. Your fan for life. Thank you for sharing this. I have to make a conscious effort to focus my attention where it matters. This post is relevant even for people who have been blogging for a while. Yes — I used to think I had to cater to everyone. It took me a while but I got it through my head that only a few people will actually be your truest fans! Gee, you really hit the nail on the head. Last year I was writing around 3 posts a week.

But now, I feel like I have a decent library of content, and can spend less time writing on more time working on other things. Plus, that content has been making its rounds, and last year I was able to more than double my traffic. Hello Tiffany, I loved reading this post because it had bitter truths.

Every point seemed to hit it on the nail. And we need to put in a lot of hours to actually achieve our goals. Love your weekly newsletters. The amount of time you have to put into your blog can seem a little ridiculous. Your website is outstanding by the way. Before launching my blog I had no idea how much work was involved! Thanks for shedding some light on these secrets! Which is funny because my blog is health related!

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When I sat down and thought about what I would like to read and know, my list of posts became longer and longer, and now I have over draft ideas. Talking about something your passionate about is really easy in my opinion. Thank you so much for this!! But thanks for your tips. Great post, I agree with all of this after one year of blogging, It is really tough and time consuming!

It is true that not all of the bloggers out there make money, only the hard and smart workers can survive the Work At Home jungle. After I read this, I have realized that I am not doing enough for my blog that I need to promote more and target my audience and filter-out all the no-use email subscribers. Love this post and the secrets you share. I agree with you about understanding your audience. When I first started my passion blog, Twins Mommy, I just wanted to blog about moms working at home like me.

But, it soon turned to helping moms transition to becoming a mompreneur. Write some posts and see who is reading it and go from there! I completely agree Elna. If only it were that simple! And like you mentioned, your idea may end up taking a different direction than what you expected! Everyone needs to read this! The first post I read about blogging made me think that I could start making money in a few months.

As I began to research, I found that is really more the exception than the norm. I found a few bloggers who are honest about the realities of blogging. Thank you for being one of them! You prove that a person can run a profitable business by helping, not preying on the idealistic. Even though it might be in my pajamas! Thank you so much Ali! And thank you for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate it. These are the harsh realities of the blogging field every blogger must accept. Facebook groups are great for connecting!

I highly recommend finding a close knit group of people and creating a Facebook page together so that you can build closer relationships with a few people. I find it harder to connect in large Facebook groups.


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Such an honest post. Yes to all of this! I take my hat off to you! The loneliness is real. I am so glad that I got more active among the blogging community and found other creatives in Dallas that think like me and work their tail off like I do. By the way, I love the concept of your blog. Loved reading your post,agreed with everything you shared. I started blogging couple of months back, I feel every post requires a lot of time. Last but not the least blogging is a journey as you said and balance is mandatory. Slow and steady wins the race! I have to agree with the first one.

Some might consider it trivial — but it is a LOT of work! Number four is so true as well! Not everything you do is going to bring in money. Abby of Life in the Fash Lane. I agree that blogging is not for everyone. It takes a lot of time, dedication and money if you want to be somewhat successful. These are all great tips! This is such a great post Tiffany! Such and awesome and honest post!

Thank you for sharing your insight. My wife and I are about 5 months in from starting out blog and we can really relate to everything you said.


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    5. Learning from others that have done it before has been such a huge help as we start out blogging career. If your interested check out our blog! We are a personal finance blog for millennials trying to live frugal and free. This is very practical and good advice! Not all niches are equally financially profitable…and learning exactly what problems your audience has and what products you can create to help solve those problems is a very good strategy!

    This is super eye opening! I had no idea the percentages here! Especially the amount that actually matter! Great post and tips! Thanks for the ebook link as well. I love looking at Blogging as a Journey. There is so much that goes into it that most people would never think about. It is a mix of ups and downs and figuring out what works for you. Your second tip is amazing!

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    I should really do that. Thank you for being so honest about blogging. I am glad you are telling the truth because some bloggers make it looks so easy! Someone told me it only takes them one minute to take photos! It made me feel like I was doing something wrong because it took me about a good 15 to 30 minutes. But in reality blogging is a lot of work and it takes time. This post is so so true!! I might have to do something similar now to keep spreading the word! Thank you… For being real. Few months back I started my blog and similar to you I am a serious blogger, my blog is like my proud possession.

    I worked day and night and almost gave up my social life and still in the same phase and will be like this till I become successful blogger. Everyone thinks that something is seriously wrong with me. But when I tried to make them understand this, nobody was interested. So I became very lonely, but after reading your article its a relief to know that I am not the only one.

    I can completely relate to you. Thanks for the honest, refreshing post! I actually find that encouraging and look forward to tackling the issues you presented. You never know where yours could take you! I enjoyed reading your post! The thing that mostly impressed me was the fact that people who wrote a comment you actually respond to them! Like you said to build a relationship with your followers is so important! It makes people feel important that what they say was recognized and heard.

    What you said is the reason why I try to reply to as many comments as I can. Let me know when you start your blog! Thank you so much for sharing this! Thank you for being so honest about what it means to be a blogger. Today, I have become more strategic, not only in my writing but in my promotions. Great blog post about behind the scenes of blogging. There are hundreds of post on how to start a money making blog in 10 minutes. But there are hardly any about behind the scenes of a blogger. Some make it big they make a massive income off there blogs others make a side income not enough to quit there jobs and others make nothing.

    But the truth is not everyone makes instant money blogging it takes time, patience, knowledge, and lots of promoting. There is a lot of truth in blogging traffic as well some blogs are less than 6 months old but claim to get 20, pageveiws monthly. While some blogs might be a year old and might be lucky to get 50 Vista a day.

    I also agree on how hard it can be building a blogging friendship not to many bloggers have I connected with yet but I hope to change this. Thank you for your honesty about blogging and what it entails to be a successful blogger. Thank you for this post! Who knew there was SO much to learn??? This is a refreshingly honest post, while still encouraging us newbies to pursue our passion. I do much better working directly with brands and with my background in marketing I know how to pitch really well.

    Keeping up with expired links is a job in itself!! Pinning this and sharing with my private FB blogger group! In such a crowded market, working with brands directly is a great technique. Also, thank you for sharing the post! I agree i have read a lot of blogs and have wondered why they think they have a good blog.

    Thank you for such an informative post. Hopefully I will have my blog up and going soon. I needed to read this so badly. I just started my own blog about a month ago. I hate leaving him all day to help a major company make more money. It means so much to me that my post could help you in any way Megan. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment. I wish you so much success on your blogging journey. All of these are so true! I always have someone telling me that they want to start a blog.

    I appreciate the honesty in this post! This give my sister and I a reality check! A wise man once said: I LOVE this post! Your honesty was refreshing and exactly what I needed to read right now! Thanks for your honesty and great info. I desire to start blogging about container gardening soon and scared. Plan to try with confidence. I enjoyed your post and will continue to follow you. Tiffany — thanks for your honest advice! I just started my own blog and have been doing lots of research on how to make connections, stay on top of my goals, and still run my blog like a business while remaining authentic and true to my vision.

    Thank you so much for the post, Tiffany. I began my blog journey last summer and it has been a slow process with setting up. I work full-time among other things, but I hope that once I am able to start promoting that business will kick up. I am glad to know I am not alone in this blogging world.

    It can definitely be a slow process. Thanks for your honesty. Ever the skeptic, I am constantly looking for the catch. So many people make it sound like the easiest thing you could ever do. As many have stated here, I also work a full time job that I would like to quit for blogging. I started my blog in January after researching and obsessing about it for two years. I want so desperately to quit my job. I spend so much time wondering if I can do this. So you are officially on that list! We have all felt that fear. Just keep working towards your goals, even when you have those feelings.

    Thank you for this post Tiffany! It was super informative and helpful. I just started blogging a month ago and I must say it is super challenging. However I am starting to understand the blogging work a little better. I will definitely make sure to follow your blog! People often think that their blog will skyrocket within a day. Thanks for getting this list together and being honest about it! So many blog posts say the same thing just by different people in different ways..

    Thank you for sharing the reality of not just blogging but also business in general. Thank you so much for your honesty! You have helped to give me a much-needed push to look at my motives and my commitment. Fabulous blog post you really helped me put stuff into perspective and gave me great ideas. The way you explain things really resonated and clicked with me. BUT i have a passion for writing. Thanks for commenting Chari. You can learn everything along the way! I just wanted to say, thank you. I recently started blogging and honestly this is not my first time trying.

    Awesome sharing Tiffany, In my opinion, a blog is a direct communication tool between you and your customers and readers. It allows you to communicate with them in a much more personal way than any single article ever could and it allows you to generate content on the fly. All my best wishes. Thanks for the information.

    This is what I needed to read today. I am just starting out. Excited but overwhelmed by all the research I am doing daily. Thank You so much for sharing these secrets. You are certainly telling the truth. That alone should ignite the entrepreneuriual fire to take online blogging seriously and work hard your own venture so you can have the last laugh your employer 6 months down the road. Blogging can be overwhelming with writing and promoting. You have to really love it and your niche. You pretty much said what I feel.

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    This article was nothing less than perfect! Thank you for unwrapping the truth. Blogging can be very overwhelming x infinity if you walk into it eyes wide shut! Such an inspiring and helpful post. I appreciate that in a blog. Those 4am blog posts are no joke. My issue lately has been getting back into the groove of things, blogging once a week and doing monthly newsletters. Everyone seems to love my Washington D. Guess I have to spend some more time there.

    Try not to worry too much about your traffic if you are. Keep in mind that around this time of year, traffic slows down for a lot of people. Love this for the truth! I thought my passion for writing and sharing will be enough to sustain the dedication required. My very first blog was a lifestyle blog. Back then, people blogged for fun. Boy have times changed. I recently began blogging and have been feeling these very points you make here.

    I just wanted to say thank you for this. I wish you all the best! Tiffany, this is more than just an honest truth. You did a great job of it. No wonder it has over 16k social shares. Like you rightly stated, those people that flash pictures of vacations without having to blog for months have a team working for them. They are obviously not my motivation. My growth and success is what motivates me. Thank you so much for writing this post. Thank you for keeping it real. I was thinking I should try to learn all there was to learn about blogging before I would have been ready to start.

    After reading your post I feel like I have the ammunition to begin. Thanks for the lovely comment! Just get started and learn and grow from there! Please share a link to your blog once you get started! I am so happy I came across your blog! You are such an inspiration! I love your voice and your honesty! Thank you for all your information!

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    I working on setting up my blog and had no idea how much of a process it is. But I will keep going hour by hour day by day it will all come together! I am enjoying seeing it all come together! I look forward to seeing all your new posts. Thank you again I really appreciate all you do! Oh may be I can do this, but one thing that we all have to admit: BUT… how do I do it??? Yes the all encompassing fearful question that stops us in our tracks!

    That is where I have been till I saw your post this morning. I read every word of your blog today and so grateful that I did. We must have the same wave of thought because you wrote in a way that liberated me! I love your honesty! And your passion might not make you the money you want. My mind is spinning and developing all these ideas of where I could go and how my life experiences can help others, but I want to have fun in the process!!!

    Thank you again for setting the fire under me. I love all the gifts you share, I just filled my empty Dropbox with my next week of focused purpose. I am very grateful! Such a brilliant post Tiffany. Thank you for sharing the brutal truth and highlighting how much it can feel like shouting against the wind sometimes. Thank you for this! This blog has everything! Structur, a positive vibe, and one hell of an author.

    You write with such grace, and you really gave me a huge push in the right direction. Hi Tiffany, This post was a real eye opener. Thanks for writing it. It will help many to keep their dreams grounded.. It has brought me to the grounded. My blog is really about my college experience as of now and I want it to continue through grad school and beyond.

    Thanks again for this post, I really appreciate it! Thanks for commenting Olivia! If you approach it the right way, any niche can be profitable. All you have to do is find a problem college students experience, and solve that problem. Thank you for sharing! My blog is still in diapers — just three months in — and I have learned so much in my short journey. I too was surprised at how much work and time it takes to get going. Stay calm and carry on!

    Thank you so much for writing this post! It is currently It was so encouraging to just keep pressing on. I feel like I still need to figure out what my audience wants, but I know if I keep getting out there I will figure it out. Thanks so much for the great advice, and ultimately…the motivation! I still have a long way to go, but I hope to be able to grow my business over time.

    Thanks for the post. Initially, every blogger has to struggle a lot, has to put in extra hours to taste a bit of success. I am also going through this phase. It seems we have only 24 hours in a day whereas work needs much more. Before a newbie blogger starts thinking about his audience, one should give maximum attention to the visuals of his own blog. I think working on the appearance of your blog is very important.

    I really enjoyed reading about the ins and outs of blogging. Thank you for such a brutally honest post about making money with a blog. I started blogging 6 months ago, thinking I would start making money right away. I obviously have a long way to go. Thanks again for sharing. One of the best posts I have read in a while! And I am currently in a research wormhole. I am finally launching my blog this Friday, after working on it for over 3 months… 3 months i know! I blame it on procrastination and seeking perfection.

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