7 Mistakes Bloggers & New Entrepreneurs Make

Mistakes Bloggers & New Entrepreneurs Make

This is going to be juicy post where I’m sharing my own mistakes so, you don’t have to repeat them.

Hope this helps you & open your eyes more. Please don’t overlook anything even if you know it because knowing & doing are two different things.

Take the time to reflect and see if you’re doing any of them.

Don’t worry, I’m sharing tips & perspective on how to deal with each of them. choose what suit you & implement it.

Let’s begin 🙂

1-Looking at what others is doing (comparing yourself)

It’s so detrimental and it can happen so subtly that you don’t notice it. You could be learning from others which leads you to that. Without knowing you start Looking for others to know the right answer

When you start consuming a lot because you don’t know that’s only at the very beginning but after a while, you’ll have what you need and the only reason you keep doing that is because of FOMO.

you’re afraid that you’d miss something important or you think you need to watch this or that, follow this & that  for motivation and maybe you think you need to do that for guidance

Following people in your industry can inspire you & motivate you.

However, your mind will start to compare you to them. you’ll feel you don’t have something to offer.

They’re better than you, start to wonder why you’re not there yet when you’re just starting or been doing it way less than these people.

I’ve done all of that. I know how they can stop you & get you stuck.

things changed when

I focused on myself & started to work on the thoughts & beliefs that are stopping me instead of getting distracted by what others are doing

To avoid comparison (solutions)

1-Stop following anyone you find yourself, compare your work to at least for a while and see how you feel when you do that.

You can ask yourself what this person making me feel

If you’re not sure just Unfollow everyone in your industry that will help you focus on your work & yourself that includes everything youtube, podcast, Instagram…

2-Build your confidence & self belief. Increase your self esteem

to build your confidence read these articles

Mindsets to have to help you when you feel there’s something wrong or you’re not doing the right things for your business

you can borrow this thought

“I’m on the right path”. “This is my path because you can’t compare someone’s beginning with someone’s ending”

2-Always looking for new strategy

As I said before. If you have been in it for few months then you know enough information to take action.

Trying to learn every new strategy or thinking that you’re missing something

Comes from lack of focus, comparison

You need to stick to a strategy long enough to see results and if you’re wondering what’s the right strategy sorry to say there is none.

you need to try one that you like and seems good to you, easy and simple to do without complications.

Because there are many ways that leads to your goal of growing your business/blog 

Tips

1-Decide on one that appeals to you

learning more doesn’t help you need to choose so, you need to stop learning more and choose one

I learned a lot of strategies but that only caused me to get overwhelmed, confused because I didn’t know which to choose.

How did I make my decision? giving myself a time limit eg. an hour to choose one then working on the thoughts, beliefs & feelings that brought up

2-Stick to it for at least 6 months before you change it and fully commit to doing it. How do you know that you’re committed? if you keep doing it consistently

How did I make my decision? giving myself a time limit to choose one then working on the thoughts, beliefs & feelings that brought up

3-Neglecting your analytics

At the beginning of any blog, Instagram account… analytics isn’t helpful yet but once you start having attraction you need to look at it 

You need to see what’s working & what’s not to know what to create more of/similar to to attract more people to your platforms

At the beginning and beyond, Try different styles, lengths, formats when creating your content for any platform.

because you can always try new things that you don’t have data for & get data about if it’s helpful /working or not.

-trying to create content that your analytics says is working can raise the resistance.

since many & of us want to write what we want & we don’t want to be limited to this only.

It feels limiting at first if that’s how you feel I get you

I have an alternative solution which is creating both. even if the content you want to create doesn’t attract enough people

& you want to create it by all means do them while still creating ones that do attract people & people respond well too

I neglected mine at the beginning because it was no use and I was on my own way because I want to create content I want and to me that meant I can’t write what people want I was thinking in either-or instead of  doing both

Tips:

1-Mindset shift “you can write what you want & still focus on helping people”. Just remind yourself with that until your mind accept that

2-It’s not limiting to create the content that people wants. I know you could be thinking if I only create content that people wants that will limit me, you need to realize

that’s not true & I can create both. knowing that even the content that I want to create even if it doesn’t attracts a lot of people it still attracts some, you know

3-Be experimental when it comes of creating content, you don’t need to create the same types & ideas over & over again.

you’re allowed to experiment & see what you like to create and what your people enjoy. find the sweet spot by experimenting

It’ll help you create more or similar to what people want and you still can create what you want alongside that & see how people digest

( you can keep creating those even if it doesn’t get traffic for your loyal audience)

4-Abandoning your blog after 3 months or less

This can be so subtle: by getting busy with life. you don’t make time for it. because you’re not seeing the results yet. You know that no one reading it

so, you feel disheartened, sad because of that and you wonder what’s the point.

then after a while you get back into doing it(creating content) & repeat this cycle

I want you to stop this cycle by

1-Creating a clear schedule & date of publishing new posts/ new content on your social media

2-Stick to your dates no matter. and to do that you need to make it so easy to stick to it

3-Mindset Shift “with persistence you can succeed, if you keep at it, it will work”.

“I get better at creating content every time I do it”

4-Build your self believe and know that isn’t about you

5-Work on separating yourself from your work. that’s a huge reason why many abandon their blogs, accounts and business…

you’re not your business. you have a business but not you or part of you. it’s part of what you do. that’s it.

5-Rigid and unrealistic schedule

If you don’t have a schedule you won’t see results but that doesn’t mean to make it so hard to follow through

so prefect that it’s hard for yourself right now to do

When planning & creating Schule always do it for yourself right now not your future self that already have it

How to create an easy schedule for you?

1-First, see what commitments you have in life other than your biz/blog

Your work, your family, workout, sleep…

2-Plan those on your calendar first then see how much time lift

After that, make a realistic plan for the time that is lift for your biz/blog

don’t go full on and make a prefect schedule that you can’t follow right now

3-Set a date when to publish new blog posts/content, how many times

Schedule the time you have for the  tasks that help you create your posts & build your biz

eg. searching for keywords, coming up with ideas, the actual time to write. connecting with others on social media..

That includes marketing( don’t forget that!!!)

6-Lack of a process & batching

This can be developed over time (tip: you can look online on the process from others to save time)

but if you’ve been at it for few months you already know even if you’re not aware

so, break down the steps you need to take to create a blog post or a post on social media

Batch similar things/tasks together eg. keyword research, brainstorm ideas, write outlines for each idea you chose, creating graphics..etc

This will make things easier for you

However, be aware of your mind because it can trip you by overcomplicating this & overthinking it

Consistency is a mindset even batching won’t help you if you don’t make your mind understand

7-You’re not working on your confidence

This is so important!! I can’t emphasize enough. if you lack confidence you’ll be more prone to imposter syndrome, doubt& fear.

not to say that it won’t happen at all but you’ll be able to manage them if you have confidence & be less frequent.

” my content isn’t good, who would want to read it, I know it’s no use , it’s not helpful to anyone,”

these kinds of thoughts won’t lead you to be confident & are not the thoughts you have when you’re confident noting that if you had a habit of criticising yourself you’ll need to break that habit while building your confidence

How to build your confidence?

Note: The questions will help you move through the process in the picture with ease & depth

1-Write the thoughts that make you feel less confident ask yourself: what makes me feel insecure? feel scared? feel no confidence?

become aware of them that’s the first step because your thoughts create your feelings which in turn will affect what action you take which will ultimately affect the results you get

2- what these thoughts make you do? become aware of your action

3- what do you really want? what action do you want to take instead of the ones you’re taking right now?

(instead of the ones you wrote in the previous question)

4-what would you want to feel? what do you need to feel in order to take action from question 3?

5-what thoughts will help you feel this way which in turn will help you take the action you want to achieve your goal? what do you need to think in ones to feel this way ( the feelings from question 4)

These are steps going to help you start building your confidence & take the most important steps to gain the confidence you want to ultimately take the action you want to build your business/blog.

I’ll write a blog post about this whole topic of confidence but you can watch this video here

where I how I developed mine and this article with thoughts that help you become more confident if you repeat them so, your mind starts to believe them

peace&love

Wafaa