Are you stuck?

bybobbio71

557 followers

12 years ago

If you are like me I have a real hard time just sitting down and writing about something. Even if I do have an idea I am always second guessing myself. I'm sure we have all been there at some point and believe me, I know just how frustrating it can be. Most people just want to know what would be the most profitable topic to write about. That is not the way to go about it. You need to be a story teller about your passion. Let's say breeding Gold Fish is a very profitable niche, but you have no clue at all about this subject. then ask yourself, is this something that I can sit down on a day to day basis and write about? Are you really going to care? Don't look for the money in it, if you do it will definitely show and people will become as disinterested in your blog as you are. What it comes down to is if you are excited to write about something then your readers will definitely want to stick around and get more from you.

I have made the same mistake and have wasted a bunch of time. I spent a lot of time researching areas I knew nothing about, searching for what I thought were the best key words and hoping to drive some killer traffic to my site. Guess what, I got NOTHING! In fact, I had even gotten to the point that I really wanted to just throw in the towel and my dream of ever making money online. I was totally bummed, discouraged and pissed that I wasted a ton of money and time. I think I spent more time researching and second guessing myself than actually doing any work. I felt like the little kid at the pool that had been trying to get the courage up to jump off the diving board for the first time. Stand next to the board, walk away, go up and touch the board and walk away. I know you have been there too.

It wasn't until I decided to just say skip the niche research, skip the keyword searching and just shoot from the hip and see what happens. Guess what, I was not only getting articles written that seemed to be of good quality but I was also getting traffic. Was I making a ton of dough? No, But just knowing that I was actually getting traffic and people were actually reading, people that I will probably never meet, were reading my articles. Believe it or not it is a great feeling of accomplishment!

Now I'm not saying to just forget about what it is that you are learning about niche research, keyword ranking etc. We can all get stuck in an endless frustrating circle of what should I write about, are my keywords correct? If you are stuck, just put something down. Nothing says you can't go back and make changes. Get that feeling that you are doing something. I have spent hours trying to write an article and ending up with nothing, instead now I'm getting traffic, I'm creating articles and little by little I'm applying what I'm learning. It's been a great feeling of accomplishment I only wish I would have done so sooner.

So take the time and throw something down. See what comes of it. You're not going to fail. Just like learning to ride a bike, your going to fall, scrape a knee but just get back up and go! the important thin here is you are writing from the heart about your passion. Let it fly!