PB057: 9 Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got Over Them

Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes. How to Keep Growing a Successful Blog When It All Seems Too Hard Today's episode is about how to face the things that you are struggling with on your blog and how to make it successful despite the challenges. There are many hurdles to building a successful blog. Every blogger encounters their own unique combination of challenges. I share 9 of the major hurdles I've faced with my blogging and how I've got over them. In This Episode You can listen to today's episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we'd also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). In today's episode: How I managed to start a blog without even knowing how to make text bold! Why you need to make peace with the fact that you will never know it all How you can get other people to help you with your blog, even when it's not making any money yet Why being willing to learn new things will help you, even if you decide to pay other people to do the things you can't do How to keep blogging when you're scared of looking stupid How to find a focus for your blog How to get new ideas when you can't think of anything How to keep blogging when you feel burnt out Why taking care of your wellbeing and physical How to deal with personal attacks or criticism How to build your blog readership How to build a profitable blog (how to choose which monetization model is right for you) Why relying too much on advertising can hurt your blog How to find time to blog even when you're working other jobs and have a young family Further Reading and Resources for How to Keep Growing a Successful Blog When It All Seems Too Hard I’m not Technical Enough to Blog [Misconceptions New Bloggers Have #4] How to Blog: How to Choose a Blog Niche [6 Tips] 3 Ways to Define What Your Blog Is About 11 Tips to Breaking Bloggers Block Through Solving Reader Problems Give me 31 Days and I’ll Give You a Dramatically Better Blog… Guaranteed Previous podcasts in this series on the topic of Finding Readers 12 Blogging Income Streams [And the Story of My 10 Year ‘Overnight’ Success] Previous podcasts in this series on the topic of Making Money 'Blog Wise' - our eBook on becoming a more productive blogger that features advice from 9 successful bloggers Episode 38: How One Humiliating Experience Gave Me a Wake Up Call That Helped Me Build a More Profitable Blog Episode 40: 7 Productivity Tips For Bloggers Full Transcript Expand to view full transcript Compress to smaller transcript view Hi there and welcome to episode 57 of the ProBlogger podcast. My name is Darren Rowse. Today, I want to talk about some of the hurdles that I've faced as a blogger and how I got over them. It strikes me that many bloggers who listen to this podcast are at different stages in their journey. Because we're all at different stages, we're all facing different challenges right now.  Today, I sat down for a good couple of hours and thought back over the last 13 years of my own blogging and some of the major hurdles that I've faced along the way. I want to share them with you today because many times when I talk to people, people see the end result of what I've built and what other bloggers have built. I've got ProBlogger, I've got Digital Photography School, but the reality is that those two blogs, well, ProBlogger started in 2004 and Digital Photography School in 2007. Whilst you see the finished result or the result of 2015 today, you haven't seen the journey along the way. I'm really aware that perhaps it's useful to share some of the challenges that I faced along the way because I know many of them are similar to what you're facing today too. Today, I want to present to you nine hurdles that I've faced as a blogger and how I got over them.