How to Rework a Failed Blog

Jacob Malewitz
So you went into this dancing on a dream. The blog failed. You thought you would get more readers than you could shake a stick at. But none came. What do you do? Reading this article may help. As an experienced blogger, I have dealt with failed blogs before. This article explains in detail all the ways you can rework a failed blog.

Know the Basics:

First you need to know the basics-namely, what do you want? If your plan was from the beginning to have your first blog get thousands of readers, then your business plan was flawed. In many ways blogging is a business, and thinking of it as such can lead you to profits.

Learn Success:

You can be successful on some blogs getting a steady ten readers. Understand that the more blogs you have the more success you will have. For one, having multiple blogs on multiple topics means you can get repeat visitors across all blogs. Success means profiting from your blogs. So what if you're not profiting?

Set Goals:

You should start a blog with a goal. For example, reaching 50 readers a day by the end of the first 90 days is a powerful and realistic goal. This will make your blog profitable. If this isn't working out, set even more goals, or rework your business plan. If you have multiple blogs, you can focus on the most profitable one.

Working on Success:

Yet some blogs will be "late bloomers," coming on strong. I, for one, have found this to be true. I have a blog I never thought would be popular or profitable. I didn't even start out with a business plan. When I took it seriously, I found success. Working on success means developing new ideas all the time.

Finding Your Own Ideas:

You will also need to often get ideas on your own. Yet one of the best ways is to see what other blogs are doing, become serious about building links to your failed blog across the net, and remembering time is your friend-not the enemy. This all means a lot of work. It can be fun too. With time, most serious blogs get a serious readership. I am not the best writer by far, but I have several success blogs I profit from weekly.

Final Tips:

Money can be the defining factor. You may have one blog pulling in good money, while the other is in the building stages. The only wrong action is to quit both. Spend more time on what's more profitable, obviously, but remember the building blog may take off.

A building blog can be profitable down the line. Most career bloggers have some beginning blogs, waiting to take off.

If two blogs have the same theme, consider combining them. It can be more profitable. And it will be easier for you to manage.

Final Warning

Don't quit on your blog too fast. If you want to profit from it, at least post once or twice a week so you will keep getting return visitors. If you want to profit, there is also a need to post more than once every two months. Paid blogging sites want blogs with dozens of posts-and decline blogs with long delays in posting.

Published by Jacob Malewitz

I have written over 600 articles for newspapers and online publications. I am the author of the ebook The Writer Who Smiles, available here: booklocker.com/books/3288.html My new blog can be found at Cof...  View profile

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