How to Blog Series
Once upon a time in the real world, I started a blog. . . .
I thought it was going to be a writer’s project. I’ve been wrong before, plenty of times, but I don’t think I was ever quite so spectacularly off. I thought a blog would offer me a place to practice my writing and maybe allow me a chance to offer a thought. I thought a blog was a flat surface for communication. That’s not what I found.
I found the secret to a successful blog is more, and more touching than that.
Readers come for the information in a blog post. There’s no question of that. Readers read what writers write and writers write to teach, inform, entertain, mystify, motivate, and inspire. Every word we write, every idea we construct to share, moves from our minds to others on a fine silver thread of digital thought.
Still the thoughts alone would be sad and lonely without a heart to back them up.
It’s the heart and the passion that fuel the words, make the magnetic. It’s the heart that plays the beat that resonates to bring readers back. Even when our hearts find themselves in distant places, we still recognize our humanity and our relatedness. When we write with our heads and hearts together, people notice.
Heads engaged, hearts beating, a blog has power.
A truly successful and outstanding blog also has meaning. Somehow, in some way to each individual, a successful and outstanding blog makes a difference by adding something of value to being one who visits. You might call that spirit. You might call that direction or focus. I call that soul.
The soul of a blog is carried by the person who writes it and the folks who come to read it too.
That’s what I found, a successful and outstanding blog is head, heart, and soul. It’s all of what makes us human and worth paying attention to. Bring it who you are and the folks you meet will help you become more.
I know. It happened to me. It happens again every day.
Be irresistible
Thank you to everyone who has made this our successful blog.
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Happy Birthday Successful Blog! I wish I could join the party this morning but it will probably be early afternoon here in Texas before I can swing back by. 🙂
Liz – your spirit is great!
Hi Aruni!
Thank you! You can stop by to comment any time you like. You’re always welcome! 🙂
Thanks for teaching us this – over and over again.
Here’s my link – to my definition of success – inspired by a certain someone with a very big heart
http://coachingwizardry.typepad.com/confident_writing/2007/10/the-blogging-de.html
Happy birthday again – I’m looking forward to dipping in and out throughout the day (and night, if I can stay awake)
Joanna
Hi Joanna!
That link is so fun! Thank you for writing it. It’s a great addition to the celebration!
PS The party has already started!
https://www.successful-blog.com/1/the-mic-is-on-happy-2nd-birthday-to-sobs-everywhere/#comment-495207
Hi Liz,
Happy Birthday.
For me, this is one of your best posts yet because it is so you.
Vernon
Hi Vernon!
I like this one too. 🙂
Thank you.
I doff my hat to your success, miss, and wish you all the best in continuing to write with heart and enjoy the amazing community you’ve gathered here.
Happy second birthday, and cheers to you!
Liz, yours is truly an outstanding blog. I find so much value not only in the content but also in the comments! Thanks to all who contribute to Liz’s blog and Happy Birthday Successful Blog!
Wow, Kathy!
Thank you. It’s an amazing group of people who share their wisdom here on a regular basis. I’m one lucky blogger. 🙂
Beautiful! Thank you for the dreams, Liz!
Thank you, Mihaela!
We need dreams. 🙂
You have a wonderful & soulful blog, Liz. Great work 🙂
Hi Alvin!
Thank you! Hopefully, that’s what keeps you coming back again. 🙂
What an inspiring post Liz – I’ve learned so much from you about blogging. Especially that and outstanding blog has a “head, heart, and soul.” I am certain that you are creating a better blogosphere by always coming back to these points in your posts.
Thanks Christine,
It’s what I’m finding as I write . . . the ones that folks respond to, the ones that I find myself returning to see again, the ones that are unforgettable are head, heart, and soul . . . the blog posts they write are too. 🙂
I like your soulful blog Liz.It help me to understand lot of new things.Thanks.
Hi Vashu,
Thank you.
Sometimes I help myself understand things too. Sometimes I still have to think more about what I wrote. 🙂
Hi Liz– thanks for sharing this article….it inspires me and my blog! Keep up the great work, and let me know if you need anything 🙂
Todd
Hi Todd!
Wow! Thank you. It’s really something to be called an inspiration. It’s even better to be offered unconditional help from a friend. 🙂
I agree. A successful blog should really has a meaning and purpose. That, it will have a clear and bright future.