There is Always Another Way

Posted by Sara

May 12, 2008

In the past few months I have learned a lot blogging. One thing I have learned from bloggers like John Chow, Darren Rowse (Problogger), and John Cow is there is always another way.

Looking and thinking outside the box is how bloggers make themselves noticed. Getting noticed and knowing what you are doing are the two major things that will get people to flock to you site and keep them coming back. The idea isn’t new, it has been out there in the business world for a long time.

If you are following what the leaders of the blogging pack are doing then you aren’t thinking outside the box, but just being “one of the herd” as John Cow puts it. It is time to quit following the herd and start being creative. It doesn’t take a degree to be creative, just a pad, pen, and some time.

I usually sit down for about an hour a day with pad, pen, and a hot green tea just to write down ideas, thoughts, and plans that I have bubbling on the back burner in my head. It is my way of just exploring new ways of thinking without risk and wasted time. Each idea I write down has two columns under it with pros and cons.

I know a lot of you bloggers wanting to make money online are spending 20 hours a day following thirty different blogs on making money. You spend countless hours reading and rereading blog posts duplicating what others have done. Isn’t it time you start to think for yourself?

Find time to unplug from the internet and let your creativity out of the box, you might find it is all you needed to do to get your blog off the ground and flying high!

photo credit: jurvetson