In regards to blogging, I struggle to post regularly (2-3 weeks). I don’t believe in just putting anything out. I’d rather wait until I have a meaning topic and quality content to match. Ideally, I’d like to post daily but I’m not sure how realistic it is given how much time I put into content creation.

If anyone has any tips on how I could improve I welcome it openly.

Also, please let us know what you are struggling with most in your blogging efforts so we can offer you insight.

My goal is to blog twice a week, yet I find it difficult to come up with ideas with good to great quality. I have tip sheets, work sheets, articles, and other research I have gathered from blog experts that talk about content ideas and although I think they are great, I still have a hard time. And because I’m still trying to get my blog and business off the ground, I only have a few followers. So when I have posted polls and questions (as the experts suggest) to my blog and social media profiles, an average of three people reply.

I know it takes time to build a following and get my name out there, yet after six months I thought I would be farther along. I’m willing to put in the work and wait, it’s just that some days are more frustrating than others. Also, my blog is on Blogger and an opinion out there is to make sure your blog is privately hosted and use a site like WordPress as it supposedly makes a better impression. I have put off switching my blog to WordPress because I have a few questions and am confused by a couple of things, but I can’t seem to find someone who can clearly communicate the basics to me about it. I’ll keep looking, though!

I suggest reading tips from these blogging experts:

• http://kikolani.com/blogging
• http://denisewakeman.com/
• http://www.quicksprout.com/
• http://www.problogger.net/blog/

My blog in case you’re interested: http://virtuallyondemand.blogspot.com

@mutunga I prefer just having 2 – 3 posts a week and having them all be quality. You could also consider doing 3 posts yourself and 2 guest posts, assuming the guest posts are as high quality as yours (and on topic).

My biggest writing struggle is just getting started. The blank screen is intimidating. I find that if I can at least get the outline going, filling in the details goes much smoother.

@kristi-hines

I hear you. For some reason I’ve always shied away from guest posts, well mainly because I blog using my name as a domain so I feel that only I should provide the content though I know it doesn’t have to be the case.

I’m working on a new flagship blog for my business and I think I will allow some blog spots occasionally. It’s about the reader’s getting value at the end of the day right? lol

@karenataylor

If you have questions about Wordpress please feel free to private message me and ask away!

Thank you for sharing the resources.

I blog for our HVAC business and I am certainly NOT the expert.  My struggles:

• Writing like I am the expert
• Getting the information to be the expert
• SPAM COMMENTS – how in the world do you all combat them?  I get an average of 10 a day and they are driving me MAD
• Getting people to READ the blogs

I struggle with these people who just don’t get how awesome my site, Our Special Families Village, is. Don’t they understand that it is the best thing since sliced bread?

OK, seriously…

I struggle with monetization. I agree with the build a loyal following first philosophy but I also would really like to hire a VA (who is not me), buy a new car, get a logo designed and go on a cruise. 

And I’m not a very patient person.

Oh well, all in good time.

P.S. If you are thinking about hiring a VA and have questions, please feel free to ask me (since I am one). I promise honest and straightforward answers and will not try to get you to hire me. Really. 

@mutunga I struggle most with adding graphics, pics, charts, etc. I’m not very adept at finding or formatting them into a blog. Any tips/articles/guides would be welcome.

Thanks!Marc

@mutunga

I am not sure how you want to go about adding new content to your site but i use something called an article spinner. I write one quality article and spin the article over 200 times. 40% uniqueness usually does the job.

With my articles on submission autopilot, about 3 times a week, new content is added to my site leaving me time to create backlinks and traffic.

Skype me at Fobusiness or send me a message if you would like to talk more. I can show you where to get the article spinner i use as well as help you learn how to use it.

@marcbaldwin   Marc, I do  my picture editing (including adding a border in most cases) before i upload the picture to the blog. There have been a couple of discussions here about photo editing tools here. I use Snagit. Great for resizing, color editing, adding captions. It saves the jpgs to a hiogher qulaity that some other tools. FWIW I also own Photoshop but that is a lot more functionality, time and overhead when all I really want to do is resize and add a border.

@abigailgorton  Thanks!  I have never heard of it, I will check it out!!