Every blogger has that awkward feeling. It is the absolute struggle to come up with an idea for your first blog post. You can write about anything, and that’s the main reason why writing the first blog post feels so awkward–anything doesn’t really narrow it down! There are so many topics, sub-topics, sub-topics of the sup-topics, and other things to choose from. It’s just too much.
What makes the situation awkward is that people overthink the situation. Overthinking makes the entire experience more awkward because many people try to put all of their knowledge in a particular area in one blog post. In order to make the experience less awkward, I am going to share with you good limitations you can use so you write the first blog post faster.
- Create a blog post relating to your niche.
- Choose a topic you know enough to the point where you do not have to do any research.
- For how-to articles, make it a list of three. No more and no less.
- You have a 200 word limit. That will make the entire experience less awkward.
You want to write a quick blog post the first time just so you know what it’s like to be out there. Blogging becomes less awkward as you publish more blog posts for the blog. Then you will get into a comfortable groove. The first blog post is the hardest, but afterwards, it becomes easier to write blog post after blog post.
Did you write your first blog post, and if so, how was that first blog post? After you wrote the first blog post, did it become easier for you to write blog post after blog post? Are there any words of wisdom you would like to offer people who have not written their first blog posts yet? Please share your thoughts and advice below.
Great post Marc. It does indeed become easier as you write more posts. When you get into the habit of posting daily, both your writing skill and confidence are built. My best advice for writing is to brainstorm, then write a draft without reading over your work, finally after the whole draft is complete, edit for clarity and strength. You will be surprised by how well your writing is and it will help to build confidence.
That is great advice for writing the first blog post. Thank you Rodney for leaving the valuable feedback. Confidence is an important component of any writer’s success, and it gets built with practice.
I started blogging earlier this week. It was okay. I wrote two blogs in one day. Right now, I will mostly blog on weekends, but I will start doing them regularly whenever I feel comfortable doing so. I would tell people to think about a topic for their first blog post before they write one … and I would tell them not to make it too “personal.”
Thank you for the wonderful advice on writing the first blog post. I noticed you are a new blogger and am very proud of you for starting. It is important to remember that there is no overnight success, but there is success. By being persistent and learning new techniques along the way, you will get a big increase in traffic.
I agree about making sure the first blog post is not too personal because people do not know your story yet. The ideal approach is to write valuable content so people would want to know your story.