3 common misconception about blogging

If you take a critical look around you and in the
internet, you will discover that lot of people, in their
bid to make money from the internet, take into
blogging...


The idea of sitting with your computer in the comfort
of your home all day, working when you want and
making money while you sleep without answering
to anybody sounds pretty nice.
With the above mindset, lot of people take it upon
them to, determine a profitable niche, get a hosting
plan, write some quality content with good SEO and
then sit back, relax and watch the money rolling in.
Well sorry to tell you that it really does not work so
easy. I’m not here to tell you that it’s not possible to
make money online, (it’s very possible) but only if
you know the truth about blogging and avoid the
misconceptions about blogging.
Find Below some of the most common
misconceptions and strive to avoid them.


1. Blogging Is Not A Business: Repeat it again
”blogging is not a business” and again ”Blogging is
not a business”. This is the first thing you need to
know. Always put this in mind that blogging is not a
business, because you can’t make money by giving
away free stuff and expect people to pay for that
free stuff.
You might ask; how do the pro bloggers make
money?
It’s pretty simple, for you to make money online,
you ought to render a form of service or sell
something. Some examples include; E-book sale,
Coaching services, Advertisements, Affiliate links,
Speeches etc. If you notice, you’ll see you can do
all of these without a blog.
Then what is the purpose of having a blog?
Well simply put, the blog is a platform with which
you use to attract lot of readers (traffic) whom you
can later turn into loyal customers, by giving away
free contents/stuffs.
Always remember that “just as you cannot make
money facebooking, you cannot make money
blogging”


2. Blogging Is Not An Over-night Success: Most
times we have often been told that in blogging, you
need lots of patience. The truth is, you really do
need patience and lots of it. Many people still fail to
realize that blogging is not a get rich quick scheme.
You can’t be successful over-night, you need to
work hard. But unfortunately, this is the one reason
why people do actually blog “to make sudden
wealth”.


3. Your Motive Towards Blogging: In all, your motive
towards blogging matters, your motive should not
be to achieve personal success alone but also seek
to satisfy your audience. It should be a win-win for
you and your audience.
As a blogger you must have your audience’s
interest at heart if you really want to offer them
quality and not quantity. The misconception here is
that many bloggers take to “copy & paste” just to
keep regular update of their blog. This is offering
your audience quantity but not quality. Give your
readers quality content and not some form of
copied article. This will help to also build your brand
quality and trust.
In whatever you do as a blogger, ensure you don’t
see your blog as a money-making entity, because if
you do, there are high probabilities that you will get
it all wrong.
There are lots of people out there who will continue
to tell you that blogging is the money. But the major
idea here is for you to see your blog as a marketing
tool and not a money-making entity,

Thanks for reading.