Getting to a full-time income with a blog isn’t easy. It definitely takes work, skill, and perseverance. But it does work. We and our students are starting new blogs all the time that are repeatedly growing to produce a great income! But when we asked you, we heard from thousands of viewers about where they’re stuck and we’ve identified 5 primary reasons why some bloggers never make it.
Link to the video mentioned: https://youtu.be/u8rDr3CnJSM
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Why Your Blog Isn’t Succeeding
0:13 – You Haven’t Actually Started
0:37 – Formula for a Good Niche
4:56 – Search Analysis
5:42 – Lacking Time or Motivation
7:14 – You Don’t Like to Write
10:19 – Fear of Failure
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Best motivational!
Blogging won't make a lot of money overnight. It takes a long time and continuous effort before you can make money sustaining the daily living cost. I totally agree with Ricky about the side hustle for some beginners in blogging supporting their day-to-day financial needs. For my situation, it is a bit less hustle as I can live on my retirement plan while I am doing blogging.
I don't want to set up that blog. Don't want to spend time on looking for a design and all that stuff. 😂
I really do have a lot of domains. I have to start taking action!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Such value here… I wish you all the blessings and earnings that you can attract and earn. Again, thank you!
thank you so much for this video, I've really been thinking all the negative thoughts that you said, I've just started a blog and I never wrote anything in my life but I know that blogging may change my life for the better, and after watching the video I feel already more comfortable, thank you so much for the tips you gave us, may God bless you
I think even if you don't like your blog topic and you treat the writing process as a job you can still succeed. After reaching 100,000 page views you can just export the writing. It's the first 100 posts that are the hardest.
I thought up a niche idea yesterday, made the site and wrote two blog posts. Not even shared to Google or linked it anywhere and I am already getting visitors from USA. Is this bot traffic? or is this good signs of things to come?
Sound effect Ricky (for the screen titles at 4:56)
Problem 4 Writing – I think anyone who likes to talk to others, like friends and family, just needs to write like they are having a conversation. That is definitely makes them 'authentic' and much more relatable to readers. Heck, there are even apps that can do voice-to-text. 🙂
Unrelated question: Is Income School only for affiliate blogs or it would help an e-commerce site?
Nice one! Thanks for sharing 👍
Great video, getting back to the basics!
What a great idea – writing 30 articles before judging. I have heard similar ideas with creative works such as the 100 in 1 (100 creative accomplishments done in one year) before evaluating. Such great advice. If this is typical then Income School is a bargain.
Hi Ricky, Its been a month now. 10 of my articles are not indexed by google. These 10 articles are not bad, atleast better than those which are already ranking. I have tried almost everything i know. What could possibly be the reason for this? Can you guys help? Please
Valuable content! Thank you very much!
I really enjoyed this video you guys. Thanks for the chat 😀
Another great video guys. My situation reflects what you’ve spoken about. I work full time and started a site in the hope of having a side hustle. I’ve reached 39 articles penned by myself and have basically hit a brick wall. I needed time out and am letting my site mature for the moment. Impressions are increasing weekly with the odd click. I almost want or indeed need to see the stats improve to validate what I’ve done so far is okay. That would then encourage me to continue. 👍🏻
She resembels my favorite Dani Daniels
Hy Rick! IHave you notice that after coming the paid ad version of social media, simple or unpaid version posted doesn't reach that much!?
Ive written 70 blog posts, a good number are low/no competition. My blog is 7 months old but still no traffic. I think back links is what is holding me back. My DA is just 3 since it's a brand new domain
Your writing will improve, but the most significant improvement was probably my keyword research. It's night and day from when I started.
Just a short question, can interest on a niche topic adequately compensate for no credibility, when first starting with a blog? Or are credentials a must before blogging?
I recognized the voice. This is the lady who wrote 10 blog posts and did not know what was going on with the cats🙃
I love your channel and content. I started my blog over a year ago in the weight loss niche before I found your site. I'm up to 50 posts but alas am lost in the google ocean of the biggest niche on the planet lol I'm going to finish it out, but I'm still starting another blog this year.
Hey Ricky! Thank for this great video again. I have a couple of content not ranking high on Google, should I delete them? I want to start fresh and publish more quality content
The way Americans say niche. There’s no ‘T’ in niche. It’s pronounced NEEEEEEESH LOL
"Nitch" or "Neeeech" 😜
It has become a habit! I never considered myself a writer at all. I was a really mediocre student in school. A year in, I don't dread it, I don't even think about it, I just do it. I am pretty proud of some of my articles.
Great video! Question: when you start a blog, should the blog be integrated with your website… or… should you blog start on page 1? Thanks.. love you guys.
Yes, even as an experienced blogger, I need to create blogs that I have interest in. I tried to start a gardening blog because I knew it would be easy… NOPE. I freaking hated every second of it!
Well done..
It isn't the highly technical issues that make people fail at blogging. It is those simple issues mentioned here that really impact a site's success. I think the most critical are search analysis and quitting too soon. Thanks Ricky and Anna. Happy New Year to everyone behind the scenes at Income School!
This video is so good I just had to watch it twice. In fact I'm just gonna go ahead and put it on repeat.
I swear you guys must have read my my mind somehow before you made this video. Everything you said is literally what I'm going through… Again thank you for the great content. #U Rock!
nice video!! thanks!!
The cringe is part of blogging. I have re-written and deleted posts from months or a year ago. They did not work. I found you have to develop a writing style that fits the niche. In one niche a certain style of writing will work but in another, it may be a flop. The target audience determines the style and readability levels of the content.
I see people expect dramatic results in a short time also. If in a competitive niche. It may take 2 years to be somewhat successful. It takes longer to establish E-A-T in some niches.
Love Project 24 and the process they teach.
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I have three blogs one is monetized with ezoic and adsense (wiki niche) and ezoic is not giving approval to my animals niche blog and I don't want to work on wiki niche because of low Revenue potential and I want to continue with animals niche so should I work on wiki blog with animals wiki name or I should work on animals niche blog where ezoic is not giving approval. I am very confused. Note – I am not gonna write anymore wiki post on wiki blog so should I write animals post on that blog because that is monetized and have good authority or should work hard on animals niche and wait for ezoic approval.
As usual another video full of good advice. Really struggled for the past few months but trying to get back in the groove
I love writing but I hate research. I know that's a part of my problem. The other part is that when I do sit down to write I'll write like 20 articles at once and get burnt out really fast.
Hii.. I want some information about blog. How is the influence of domain authority of a website to rank on serp.
great video! I love Income school and how honest and down to earth they are. Next month plan is to be an IS student 🙂
How is the future of display ads monetization for Blogger in web 3.0?
IDK why, watching income school always make me optimistic 🙂
Good info here as always…thanks peeps 😍😍