7 Reasons You Failed As A Blogger

Blogging can be fun if it yields better results and frustrating if it turns out bad.

According to a study, only 5–8% of bloggers earn a full-time income from their blog. The rest of them either quit or earn less than $100 to support their family.

But does it mean you shouldn't be blogging?

Never!

Blogging can be hard but not impossible to do. The top 5% of bloggers whom you see enjoying a lavish life with cars, girls, pool party, and the house never quit. They learned the art of doing what they loved. They worked consistently on their blog without a day off.

But what about the other 95%?

They quit. They fail. They give up.

I know most people make blogging sound easy. Whenever I tell someone I'm a blogger, they are like, "Wow! You must be making thousands of dollars without doing much."

If only it was that easy. Reality is often disappointing.

If you also faced the same fate, take a peek at the 7 reasons why you failed as a blogger.

1. Lack of content ideas

Okay, now most of you will agree with me. Staring at a blank page kills your mind. You feel frustrated but at the same time, boring.

You tell yourself,

Oh! I can't get any ideas on my keyboard. This is so frustrating. I think I am not made for blogging. Maybe I should quit.

Such common questions often come to your mind when you can't write anything. This is obvious for new bloggers who haven't yet learned the techniques of getting out of writer's block.

Generating new content all the time wires out your brain. When your brain stops giving ideas, you feel blogging is not your thing. And you quit.

Instead of letting your emotions do the thing, try to find a way to get out of the situation. Let yourself learn why you can't generate any more good ideas. Once you find yourself over this situation, you will see your blogging career rising again.

2. Expecting too much too soon

Raise your hands if you refresh your stats every one hour.

You aren't wrong. I did the same. Whenever I would publish one blog post, I would keep on checking how many people have seen it. I would keep refreshing the stats. "If only my post would go viral," I would expect.

After writing over 100 articles for my blog, I realized I was doing it all wrong. Refreshing my stats wasn't doing any good to me. My over-expectations were hurting my blog's content. I wasn't able to give my 100% effort.

"Oh! No one is reading my content. Why I am continuing this? I should quit." That was my thought. But I learned to handle this.

If you were doing the same act, I would suggest you get over the stats. These are just numbers. If you write only for numbers, then I can confidently say, "You are not made for blogging."

You don't blog for yourself. You blog for others.

Throw your stats in the trash. Don't follow them every hour. They won't help you. Review them once per week to see where your progress is going. That's it.

3. Money is your motivation

Money can corrupt anyone's mind. The desire of earning more only leads to difficulties. And when you feel you aren't earning much, you quit. That's the case with 90% of bloggers.

Daily I see people asking for help just because their blog isn't making money. "Why isn't my blog making money. I have done as told yet my earnings are low," They ask.

There's also another way around.

When they think their blog can't make money for them, they try to sell it. Surprisingly, lots of people are ready to buy.

If money is your only motivation to write, to blog, you have already lost half of your battle.

4. Not willing to put in the effort

It's a nice Sunday morning.

You wake up refreshing as ever.

You decide to work on your blog you stopped working on years ago. Still, you decide to give it a try. You are filled with motivation.

You work for one hour on your blog and start feeling bored. Suddenly, your friends call you asking you to join them in Call of Duty. You think you can work on your blog later on and start playing with your friends.

Day ends.

The next day, you wake up feeling refreshed and decide to work on your blog. But again, you join your friends in the game and the day ends.

At the end of the month, you sit down with your blog stats asking yourself, "Why isn't my blog growing? I am doing so much hard work yet my blog stats show no progress." You blame the situation, you blame your fate, you blame everything but you.

Most of you can relate to this story. Okay, not everyone plays Call of Duty. But, the thing remains the same.

You are not willing to put in the hard work to grow your blog. If you want to be in the top 5% of bloggers, you need to work your ass off. You can't get anything extraordinary in your life with little effort. You need to sacrifice things you love like playing COD. Use the time for your blog. Get your little ass off the couch and start working now.

5. You got it all wrong

I get it now, the reason you stopped blogging is that you are in the wrong niche. One of the common reasons why bloggers quit.

If you aren't passionate about something you are doing, you can never grow. If your niche doesn't inspire you to write more and more, your blogging career can never rise.

Hey Abhi, how I got myself in the wrong niche?

It's simple. You are following the trend.

You came across a popular blogger writing in the finance niche. People showered his blog with lots of likes and loves. He is getting lots of comments praising him for his work.

You think, "Oh! That's what people are looking for. I think I can I also do the same."

You start your own blog on finance. Unfortunately, instead of repeating the same success as he did, your blog tanked, didn't receive a single view, no comments, and no likes. You were devastated. You felt blogging is not your thing. You quit. That's the case with 50% of bloggers.

Instead of quitting, ask yourself maybe you are in the wrong niche you aren't passionate about. If you think that's the reason your blog isn't growing, start looking for niches you want to write on. It's never late to start over again.

6. Procrastination is your master

Everyone procrastinates. I procrastinate too.

But being aware of yourself when you are starting to procrastinate can help you to avoid it at all. Because sometimes we don't even realize when we procrastinate. It's in our blood. It's all mixed up with our daily life.

You need to find out how your body behaves in different conditions. For example, I would procrastinate when I didn't have anything to write about. To deal with this, I would immediately start reading articles, blogs so I can get some ideas and get over with this procrastination.

Look for the things around you that can trigger procrastination. It can be a phone, or a TV, or a dog barking outside. Quickly, switch off your phone, turn off your TV, and kick the dog in the ass. Just kidding, you don't have to kick the dog.

7. Quitting is easy

Who needs to spend 5 hrs a day working on something that isn't giving any results? It's frustrating. It's better to quit. Isn't it?

I know quitting is easy. When you don't see any hope of getting towards your goals, you feel to quit. But trust me, quitting is not the answer. It's a coward act, I would say. Think twice before you decide to quit. Listen to podcasts, read books on blogging, ask for advice from other bloggers. But don't quit.

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