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10 Blogging Business LIES I Learned from Mentors to STOP Believing

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Who clarifies your false beliefs?

You have no reason to doubt proven advice.

10 Blogging Business LIES I Learned from Mentors to STOP Believing
Photo by Bethany Legg

But what if the advice doesn’t apply to your particular blogging business stage?

You might not realize which beliefs block your success and how you can alter them.

How about recognizing results that require a miracle for YOU to replicate?

Your head is spinning.

Instead of focusing exclusively on 10 lies I once believed, I’d like to clarify what OUTSTANDING mentors taught me to believe instead.

Think about your own negative beliefs as you consider the following insights. This advice will guide you toward your own business success.

1. Monetizing Your Blogging Business Depends on Your List Size

Focusing on increasing subscribers actually distracted from my success.

  • Clarification

Monetizing your business depends on quality relationships with subscribers, readers, viewers, social media fans, influencers, and collaborators.

Through connections, you’ll interest your online audience in what you’re doing. Eventually, they’ll trust your influence and support your business.

  • Insight

You’re growing an online audience from quality relationships. These are people who will finance your business and connect with you in various ways.

Blogging Business Lies-Chart 1

2. Follow the System

Before developing my system, I discovered how to connect well with people.

  • Clarification

Become a master at knowing what people really appreciate without asking them. Developing two habits will help you make a lasting impact. First, tune into what people value. Second, practice giving genuine value.

  • Insight

These habits won’t effect an immediate payoff. Strengthening empathy and generosity yield bigger, long-lasting results.

[clickToTweet tweet=”One day, you’ll influence others because of the value you provide. ” quote=”One day, you’ll influence others because of the value you provide. “]

Blogging Business Lies-Chart 2

3. Blog More and Grow Your Blogging Business

It takes far more than blogging practice for blogging success.

  • Clarification

All skilled bloggers actively listen to their audiences. They listen to their audiences’ words, meanings, and points of view. Listening helps bloggers to shift from their perspectives to their audiences’ perspectives.

  • Insight

Become a better blogger by listening to your readers. What keeps their interest? What do they communicate about, think, and believe? And what do they value?

Blogging Business Lies-Chart 3

4. Your Blogging Is Good Enough

My blogging quality depended on my goals.

  • Clarification

Ask yourself questions about your blogging business.

Are your blogs good enough to get published on sites where your readers are? Do your blogs make a difference in your area of expertise and leave readers wanting more of your content?

  • Insight

[clickToTweet tweet=”Readers let you know when your blogging is good enough. ” quote=”Readers let you know when your blogging is good enough. “]

5. Improve Your Sales Copy and You’ll Sell More

The selling power of authentic referrals couldn’t trump my sales copy.

  • Clarification

People believe authentic referrals over your convincing, persuasive, or compelling sales copy. Buyers want to trust that your services or products helped a similar person.

  • Insight

Strive for authentic referrals. Express gratitude in ways people appreciate because they’ll be selling on your behalf.

6. Begin with a Profitable Idea

There were too many unknowns before I researched, listened to, and communicated with my target audience.

  • Clarification

Your first test is noticing how an audience responds to your ideas. Then, you need to entice your readers to communicate with you. Continue sharing content or communicating about your ideas. Gradually, you will earn their trust and they will respect what you have to say.

  • Insight

Show your audience members you’re understanding, listening to, and learning from their perspectives.

7. Change Your Mindset

Hearing that advice alone didn’t change my mindset.

  • Clarification

When you experience a mindset shift, your perspective changes.

Your thoughts about your problems or goals change. How you think about resolving or achieving your end results also changes.

Altering your perspective makes you grow as a blogger. Your change in mindset prepares you to guide your readers, clients, and customers through their own beneficial mindset shifts.

  • Insight

Note how you feel when your mentality changes. Use your experience and feelings to help others adapt their attitudes.

8. Anything That Sounds Too Good to Be True

People told me what I wanted to hear because doing so is easier than telling the truth.

  • Clarification

If hearing what you wanted to hear was enough, you’d be successful.

Preparing for what you don’t want to hear, but need to find out, increases your success. Eventually, you’ll find out what you need to hear. Keep in mind that your discovery might require a lot of your precious time or for you to suffer painful failures.

  • Insight

Find people whose advice you trust.

When tough or unexpected situations arise, remember your resilience, open-mindedness, and thirst for learning. Think, “I can handle this!”

9. Success Takes Hustle

I quickly learned hustle isn’t enough.

  • Clarification

Besides hustling to create and promote your content, your content should make an impact.

Want to make a bigger impact?

Create content that’s interesting, informative, and educational.

  • Insight

Multi-purpose content has greater impact.

10. I’m Not Good Enough

This is what I believed.

  • Clarification

You can change this belief, too.

Have a coach or mentor guide you through skills, communication, and experiences that will boost your confidence. You’ll undergo a mindset shift and eventually change this false belief.

  • Insight

[clickToTweet tweet=”Reach out for help if you don’t believe you’re good enough. ” quote=”Reach out for help if you don’t believe you’re good enough. “]

In sharing what I’ve learned, I’m expressing gratitude for two of my BIGGEST mentors.

Paying wisdom forward helps your blogging business success.

I’d like to amplify my gratitude with a surprise introduction!

Welcome to a 3-way introduction between YOU and each mentor: Jon Morrow and his SmartBlogger.com team and Conor Neill with Moving People to Action.

Recognizing your negative beliefs removes the obstacles to achieving your vision. Seek guidance from your mentors so you can identify false beliefs, clarify questionable advice, and learn deeper insights.

Sending positive vibes that your mentors and quality relationships will guide your blogging business to success!

Which mentor has boosted your growth the most?

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Keri Vandongen

Want to improve your listening and communicating, online? I can help you with that. I wear two hats as an empathy marketer, plus a corporate speech-language pathologist. Your customer journey taps into audience insights, active listening, and two-way communication for connections and trust.

Comments

  1. wow..wow….wow what an article…really very impressive i like this article very much….thank you for sharing. yeah you correct some blog are lies your examples are good.
    JAYAKUMAR G would love you to read ..CampsMy Profile

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    • You’re awesome, Jayakumar for sharing your enthusiast praise.
      Glad you found the examples helpful.
      Sending blogging vibes your way…
      ~Keri

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    • Exciting first step, Subrica!
      Glad my post was helpful.
      Come back and visit GrowMap for more helpful blogs.
      What are you blogging about?
      ~Keri

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  6. Nice one, Keri.

    But somehow, I still disagree with your first point.

    Quoting you: “Monetizing your business depends on quality relationships with subscribers, readers, viewers, social media fans, influencers, and collaborators.”

    To build a quality relationship, you need an email because not all your updates or posts would get seen by readers, influencers, collaborators, or fans.

    And to have their emails, we’re talking about email list already. Either ways, I learned from other 9 points.

    Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
    Saheed Oladele would love you to read ..How Mistakes, Innovations, and Grit Made This Female CEO Take On the Email GiantsMy Profile

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    • You’ve made an excellent point, Saheed.
      Communicating with your audience via an email list is essential for monetizing an online business. The ultimate trust is receiving someone’s email address.
      Keeping a person active on your list -opening and reading your emails -takes strengthening the quality of relationships. i.e. Show them you care, provide what content they really need, listen for what approach they appreciate.
      I applaud you for critical thinking -that’s an asset for your blogging success, Saheed!
      ~Keri

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  8. I completely agree with you. You explain step by step clearly. I hope it will help me in my blog. Thanks for the information.

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    • Thanks for dropping by, Golam. Keep learning from experts and avoid what’s not working.
      Recent advice I heard is “blog about what you’re learning instead of what you’re an expert in.”
      ~Keri

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  9. Yes, I agree with your false beliefs, Ravi to begin with a profitable idea or follow your passion.
    Part of the reason blogging is a long term process is people lack expert advice and how to learn from deeper insights.
    ~Keri

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  10. Hey Keri,

    There are many blogging lies people believe. They should know that blogging is a long term process and they should keep going until they reach their goal.

    Begin with a profitable idea or something more than that. All you need to follow what you love. People should try to know what they really want to blog about.

    You have mentioned some great points .
    Thanks for sharing with us.
    ~Ravi
    Ravi Chahar would love you to read ..Do You Make Any of These 5 Guest Post Offer Mistakes?My Profile

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    • You’re welcome and thank you for reading and leaving a comment!
      Appreciate your encouragement for me to follow my mentors’ advice when blogging.
      Do you have wise mentors you trust?
      You’re welcome to follow me on Twitter @KeriVandongen. I’ll reply to your direct messages.
      ~Keri

      Reply

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