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A big part of what makes a blockbuster article stand out from the crowd is the fact that it elicits a powerful emotional reaction.
Not only that, but it seems as if the author is in tune with the reader’s emotions, understands their fears, challenges, and objections.
One sure-fire way to better understand the emotional undertone of your article is to use the 7 Deadly Sins Formula.
The human body is a wonderfully complex mechanism, complete with gauges, systems, and a support structure.
It is, in fact, so brilliant in its execution, that we can learn and use some of the same principles to write the perfect blog post.
Most of you know about the structure of a blog post: headline, introduction, featured image, conclusion, but there’s so much more you can do, there’s so much more you can achieve if you think of your article as a living, breathing organism.
Figuring out what to blog about is one of the most difficult parts of starting a blog – it seems almost impossible to stick to a few topics.
Also, how do you stand out from the crowd anymore?
Whatever topic you choose to blog about, there are at least a thousand or so blogs that are already dominating that niche.
Or maybe that’s not your issue. Maybe you have too many ideas bouncing around in your head. Or, quite the opposite, you are struggling to come up with just one.
No matter what your roadblock is, I’m here to help figure out the perfect niche for your blog. And in order to do this, we’re going to use the Japanese concept of ikigai.
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Principles: Inversion
Sometimes, the art of blogging becomes a messy affair; a tangled web of thoughts and ideas, and this can hurt us more than anything else.
Especially when we’re starting out, when we have yet to develop much-needed instincts we can trust to guide us towards success.
Without this sort of mental clarity, most of our efforts are destined to fail.
Inversion, as a mental model, makes it easy, especially during our first venture into the unknown, to find the clarity we need to figure out a way forward.
Developed by Sir John Whitmore in the 1980s, the GROW model has been essential to countless business coaches around the world, and today we’re going to use it as a framework for blogging success.
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The Art of Crafting an Irresistible Headline
What is the first thing you notice when browsing a blog’s front page?
What grabs your attention when reading news articles? What makes you want to click on a link?
Yes, headlines are that important. They act as a hook that attracts our readers, gets them to click on our articles, and give our words a bit of time and attention.
Yet, most bloggers work hard on a post, and only before they hit that “Publish” button do they stop for a while to think about their article’s title.
It’s not how this works.
First the headline, then everything else.
Why?
Because a bad or even generic headline means your article is doomed to go largely unread.
Alexander the Great was a supremely talented battle tactician. Yet, his often convoluted strategies were used only to mask a simple endgame. He deployed his significantly smaller army in a way that would allow him and his best cavalry to break through the enemy’s battle formations and try to capture or kill the Persian emperor.
That was it. He knew there was only one way to defeat a significantly superior fighting force: by going after the commander of the opposing army.
What does that have to do with blogging?
Well… all the popular niches are dominated by bloggers who have the authority and social proof of a large audience and an impressive portfolio of content.
This means networking requires a bit more than showing up to comment “great post!” on every single article you come across. You need an alternative strategy.
You need to capitalize on the audiences other bloggers have built, and get them to share their platforms with you, whether that means guest blogging for them, interviewing them (or getting interviewed by them), or collaborating with them on certain projects.
But how do you do that? How do you successfully pitch the most popular bloggers in your niche?
You deploy the Trojan horse strategy.
Hey guys,
The Art of Blogpreneurship is our latest flagship course, designed to help you build a successful business around your blog.
If you want to make money blogging, this course offers you all the tools, the strategies, the principles you need to turn your blog into a money-making machine.
The Art of Blogpreneurship was built with the ambitious blogger in mind.
- Receive a detailed written feedback of your blog, complete with a SWOT analysis, best monetization options, and a clear plan of action.
- Work at your own pace.
- Clear action items set you up for success, teaching you how to choose the right monetization options and how to build the right products for your audience.
- Gain exclusive access to our private community, private podcast, and exclusive workshops and events.
- Ongoing live events with Cristian each month give you the opportunity to ask questions and get advice.
This course is for bloggers who already have an online presence. It’s not for bloggers who are just now starting from scratch.
The size of your audience doesn’t matter—you can actually benefit quite heavily from implementing these strategies early on in your blogging journey—but you need to know who you’re serving and have some sort of idea of your blog’s niche, your strengths and weaknesses, and the time and energy that you are willing to invest in order to earn an income online.
That being said, if you’ve been struggling to generate an income online, and you’re not sure how to start monetizing, The Art of Blogpreneurship is for you.
The best news?
The first person to enroll in the course (who also used this single-use discount code: ZFDBRQ) gets a 50% discount.
I look forward to helping you build a successful business around your blog,
Cristian
The most common question I get asked by fellow bloggers is, “How do I get more readers?”
Honestly, I’d like to tell you that building a community around your blog is as simple as writing great content, but the bitter truth is that growing a blog, especially in the years to come, will be a bit more nuanced than that.
As more and more people become creative entrepreneurs, bloggers, and content creators, the usual avenues and tools are slowly becoming less and less effective.
Now it’s the time to develop new strategies.
Now, it’s time to think outside the box.
Without further ado, let’s dive into the best strategies on how to grow an audience for your blog in 2021.