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I was listening to Amy Porterfield’s podcast the other day and she mentioned that one of the things that makes a blogger successful is consistency in coming out with content. I think this is what made me successful, too. MommyGinger.com comes out with fresh content almost every day. Enough though with the technicalities. Thinking about coming out with fresh content every day can stress you out though. Thinking about all of these technicalities WILL stress you out.

Do you want to know my secret?

My secret is (aside from the great love for writing) I consider my blog as a documentation of my life. When I pass away in the future, people will see how fun my life has been, urging them to cherish their life as well. Living is FUN!

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Me with my daughter — excited to start Journaling!

Martine of MakeitBlissful.com

My Lovely Daughter holding Hey Kessy Materials

An event that made me remember and solidify why I love blogging is the Journaling event that Make it Blissful and L’indochine came up with (LindochinexMiB). Martine of MakeitBlissful.com invited me and other women for a light afternoon of just coming together to start our own journal. I know a lot of people who want to start a journal, but they think it’s so tedious to start and sustain. Here are some of my tips on how to sustain once you have started a blog or a journal.

1. If you don’t know what you’re first entry will be, notice the first thing that you think about and write about it. It can be a thought about building something from scratch, to your child’s doctor’s appointment, to cleaning your house later today.

2. During days when you feel uninspired, try to walk around and just rediscover the fascinating things that you see around you — how trees grow into certain weird shapes, how the sky changes in color especially during sunrise and sunset. Simple things like that will amaze you and inspire you!

The first page of my Journal

3. Another way to start writing (especially when your mind is blank) is to write down everything you think of. Let me try it now…

I am sitting on a chair here in Coffee Bean and Leaf Burgos circle. I have no idea why I automatically gravitated to this branch tonigh. I could have gone to Starbucks Reserve, which was nearer to the place I live in. It must be this Moroccan Mint Tea Latte. I love this drink. Oh, currently checking out this lovely yellow dress of a woman who just arrived. Thinking that it would be perfect for me, since I love the color yellow. I think this color makes people happy. She’s also wearing pumps. I think I should start wearing pumps, too. I’m always in FitFlops or Sketchers rubber shoes. When I wear my Melissa flats, it’s already an indication that it’s a formal event. haha!

There you go, ladies and gentlemen. You could try this technique. As you can see, there are a lot of topics that you can now discuss or write about further — like how colors affect moods, proximity of places or why location of businesses matter, etc. You get the idea!

4. It doesn’t often have to be your own content (just as long as you quote your source). If a quote, lyrics of a song, a poem, a book, or any other thing inspires you then, write about it. The main thought doesn’t have to come from you. You can give your own opinion on things like these.

You can use pictures like these to tell people about the amazing moments in your life!

5. It doesn’t always have to be written. If you have a journal written in a notebook, it doesn’t always have to contain words. Clippings, doodles, drawings, splatters, pictures, etc. will do. If you have a blog like MommyGinger.com, then entries can be audio recordings (which I have done lately because I just felt like making these), pictures or videos. Just let it go! (Now I’ve got that last song syndrome of Frozen).

6. This is something interesting that you can do if you are going through difficult times in your life. Write about it from a third person point of view. You can write about how you see it from an angle that moves you to be non-partisan and unbiased about it. This will make things clearer!

We enjoyed this event!

These are some of the things that I have been doing for the past years of blogging and it has helped me a lot with consistency. Being consistent has definitely made me successful at what I do. Oh, one more thing to remember and this one is really important.

This is your blog / journal. Don’t let anyone tell you what you can or cannot post in your blog / journal. Remember that this is a documentation about your life. Do you really want people dictating you what you can or cannot do with your life?

We got this beautiful bag from L’indochine’s travel collection

We had fun at the #LindochinelovesMiB Gathering!

This is what I like about the Make it Blissful events and also with the soon to be implemented Beauty Biz Bliss events and other events like the ones of our friends from Wholemom and Pursuit Manila. They make you feel empowered and inspired to take on life’s challenges, knowing that you have friends in the community. Your journey is just happier, brighter and more blissful!

Thank you to Make it Blissful, L’indochine, Gourdos, Stabilo, National Book Store, Hey Kessy, She Dreams Ink, Raintree Restaurants, Shop House Coffee and Hey Jow for supporting the #LindochineLoveMiB Journaling gathering! Looking forward to more gatherings like these!

I have my blog to thank for a lot of things that I have now. To be honest with you, I get 50% or probably, even most of my income from blogging. If you want to know about the different ways you can earn from blogging, let’s talk about it in my workshop on October 24 on Blogging 101 for Raket One. Sorry for the shameless plug! But going back to my point, I am grateful for all of the things that my blog has given me — from the free stuff, to having my very first commercial where I actually spoke (haha!), to meeting new people, to giving me a ‘voice’ that I could use to tell people about my advocacy and mission.

But being a successful blogger is not easy. Mahirap sya ha! Success is not achieved overnight. I have been a blogger for 7 years, but to tell you honestly, it was just 3 years ago when I started feeling the success (financially, emotionally) that everyone who wants to be a blogger wants to feel.

So today, while lying in bed with this damn sore eyes, I would like to share with you some of the realities of being a blogger, especially when you want to monetize your blog (since starting a business is my forte’… or I would like to think it is. Hihi!).

Number one. Realize that your blog is a tool for communicating. Look around you. We have so many tools for communication. Phones, chat applications, paper and a pen, newspaper, the television, flyers, printed out pictures (do these still exist?), picture on Instagram, lyrics of a song — see! We constantly communicate with one another using different tools. So, a blog for me is a tool. It’s a tool that you can use to communicate a message. What people don’t realize sometimes is that they are lured into the blogosphere, and they suddenly want to start a blog, not knowing what is it that they really want to write about. This brings me to my second point.

Number two. Communicate a strong message that will spark change. Don’t you want to inspire change? Don’t you want to contribute to the betterment of society? All of us want to make a difference. Yes, believe me. The difference just comes in when we talk about the degree, expanse or scope of change or difference. For example, looking at a blog about creating a greener environment may be impressive, but also reading a blog about a motherhood, especially of a mom who raises a child with Autism is also impressive. It’s all about finding your own personal message. What do you want to tell the world?

Number three. Know your audience and develop content specifically for them. I don’t mean literally, but if you want to meet every single one of them, go ahead (just kidding). What I mean is that you need to have at least an idea of who you want to talk to. Look at it this way. Imagine yourself in a party with different people in a table. Will you start a conversation about menstrual period if they are all men at the table? With your blogs, you need to have a clear picture of who you are talking to in order to write stuff that they would be interested in reading.

Number four. You need to converse with your readers. Yes, I know about it but I am not an expert in SEO. I am not the most amazing digital marketer there is, but there are a lot of marketing tactics that I have used. And these tactics are, to tell you the truth, mostly based on common sense. For example, a lot of the followers that you will have will be people who trust you and believe in you. They will continuously read your blog because they see you as a friend who is willing to help them out. With this, think about how you can gain their trust? They need to really know you, right (either personally or virtually)? They need to see that you are someone that they can talk to and converse with.

See? There are a lot of things that you need to think about if you want to be successful at blogging. What people don’t see is that there is a thought process behind everything that goes behind building a blog.

This is just the beginning. There are other realities or things that you need to think about or even consider thinking about before you start a blog. I’m thinking of creating a part two or even a part three for this post. I have so many things that I want to share with you about blogging.

Do you have things that are boggling your mind about blogging? Feel free to comment and share it with me!

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