Go online and you’ll find evidence of countless blog failures. Most of these failures occur within the first six months after the first published post. Why is this? What causes a blogger to just give up? Want my unsolicited advice? Don’t give up! This is my advice for first-six month bloggers!

1. Don’t Give Up on Your Blog: Advice
for First-Six Month Bloggers
Go online and you’ll find evidence of countless blog failures. Most of these
failures occur within the first six months after the first published post. Why is
this? What causes a blogger to just give up? Want my unsolicited advice? Don’t
give up! This is my advice for first-six month bloggers!
Don’t Give Up on Your Blog: Advice for First-Six Month
Bloggers
I received an email from an HR Blogging contact I had met in a Google+
Community last summer. This person reached out to me seeking advice on
blogging and wanted to know how to stay motivated to continue and increase

2. blog performance. Honestly, I don't recall all of my suggestions. I wondered,
"Why choose me?" I was relatively new to the blogging universe. I certainly didn’t
want to give any advice that would prove harmful to this person’s blog so I chose
my words with great care.
I told the person to tell a story and that blogging centered around the need and
want to write. You must love what you do to find the story. Regardless of the
blog, I knew this to be true. I, too, echo the love to write as my nature is a
storyteller at heart.
Finding a Story
Any writer in any medium may pose the
following questions:
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What should I write?
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What topic should I choose?
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How will I know who will read what I write?
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How can I find topics?
Have you ever asked these questions? (I think, if honest, we would ALL say “yes”
to the question.)
Three Suggestions:
1. Look for stories anywhere.
2. Don't think too hard but look for them.
3. It's a story and, as The Doctor always says....We are all stories in the end.

3. Think of What You are Writing
When you think of writing I urge you to think of what you are writing.
No, you didn’t read it wrong.
Yes, the sentence is as I intended.
When you think of writing, I urge you to think of what you are writing.
What does this mean? It means that writers should not write what one
might THINK someone wants but what you FEEL you want to write. Don't expect
to write a 10 point how-to or an in-depth discussion of XYZ topic on every single
post.
Ø Write about you.....that is what is unique.
Ø Write about a class discussion and how it changed/did not change your
perception of the topic.
Ø Write about the paper you wrote and learning about XYZ topic during the
process.
Ø Write about the really great/really bad day you had during your HR (or any
other type of) education.
Ø Write about your first time watching a TV show (Doctor Who...hint, hint)
and your impressions of it.
Ø The lists and article posts are great but it is those who make you feel
something that you remember. It is also those that make others come
back.

4. Ø Also, don't be too aggressive with your posts. What I mean is - one posts
every 7-10 days...that might be enough for now. Just make a pattern and
post consistently.
Final Recommendations
Expect and embrace failure.
Don’t Expect to be perfect.