May 13 2009
Are you selling your blog short?
It could be a masterpiece.
I taught my Dynamic Blogging class earlier this week to a group of people, each one of them with a great deal to offer their readers. Since blogging is basically simple self-publishing, it’s easy to miss what else they can be. And it’s important (at least to me) to recognize the impact they can have. Your blog can change lives.
So here’s the deal. Whether you are one of my blogging class attendees, someone who enjoys learning about the brain and technology, or a new reader wondering what my website is about, you are likely to be a good candidate for a great blog. I want you to recognize that and take a few steps toward realizing your potential.
Step: Ask yourself what your inspiration is for your blog. If you’ve had your blog for a while, do you still feel the same way about your material? Do you still want to write the same stuff? Come up with one thing that is new or different about your motivation now. Consider acting, creatively, on that difference.
Step: Before you go to sleep tonight, run a little suggestion through your head: Ask your imagination to come up with three new ways your blog can be more helpful to your readers. Then leave the thought alone. Your imagination knows what to do while you’re sleeping. You’ll know more tomorrow.
Step: If you’re still thinking about a blog but haven’t started one quite yet, get out a piece of paper. Write on it “I haven’t started my blog because _____” and fill in the blank. Write ten reasons why you don’t have a blog right now. I already know what three of them are. Keep going. Then leave it alone. Your imagination is going to work on that too.
This post is coming out of my own recent inspiration about a new direction I’m starting to travel. I recognize a dramatic difference in my energy for the thousand tasks of blogging and my daily sense of renewal now that I have opened up some new avenues. I’ll tell you more about my new stuff soon. Today I want to trigger some of this renewal in you.
Have you noticed a quiet questioning going on in the back of your mind and heart? Something inside, wondering how things might be different – if…? That’s what I hope you will pay attention to today. Your work – your blog – your creation, might be more important than you’ve yet dreamed.
Tell me something that has inspired you today – put it in the comments below. I’d like to know.
Blessings,
Suzanna Stinnett
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May 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 am
I’m a new boomer blogger who found writing to be a therapeutic outlet when I was caretaking my 80something Dad. In setting up the blog I was swept away by the learning curve (designing, burning feeds, html, etc) but found my brain a much happier camper because of all the new input.
As I approach my 100th post, I am still trying to find my rhythm. There is so much to write about and so much to learn about how to write it.
What has inspired me today is your interest and encouragement!
June 10th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Well, I have been writing my blog for over a year now. My original ‘what if ‘ was what if I wrote. I love writing. I am a professional singer and life coach. Neither thing works in a vacuum. Both need interaction. I’m wondering about writing too. I just figured out ( oh, tech challenged girl) how to to read my stats on word press and zero to one person reads my blog. So, that is sticking at at me. I wonder what if I stopped trying to write for everyone and wrote for artists/performers/singers only and their quest for life balance and happiness?
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 am
Rebecca,
Focusing your blog on a narrow audience is a powerful way to gain readers. It seems like a paradox but it works. Your readers come because they feel you are speaking directly to them.
I love your “what if I wrote.”
Keep me posted how it’s going!
Suzanna
July 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Hi Suzanna,
I am inspired today by 2 things… reviewing my notes from a class I took this WE on social media networking and blogging for authors, and reading your publication “Before you Begin”. After the class and reviewing my notes, I pulled out “Before you Begin” and started reading it. Then I went to your blog site and started reading. I like what you say about all of this, that it is fun, playful. That puts me in a whole new mindset. Thank you. Now I am going to explore why love makes better bloggers.
) Plus, I forgot… I subscribed to your blog, so I can follow you. Cool! Have a great day!!
July 16th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Hi Carolyn,
I’m so glad you were helped by “Before You Begin.” Thank you for writing to let me know! And do let me know how I can help. That’s what I’m here for.
Cheers,
Suzanna
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