Jen Snyder

Have you thought about starting a blog but think you have missed your chance? Do you worry that blogging is dying? Or that there are too many blogs and one more can’t succeed in a crowded marketplace?

I have good news for you! Nothing could be further from the truth!

I too worried about starting another blog especially because I have two dead blogs under my belt. Did the world need another blog talking about blogging and online business? But I realized something. The world needs me and my unique voice to help other women in the world of online business. There are women out there that want my specific help.

Does that sound arrogant or what?! Here’s the even better news. The same is true for you. The world needs you and your unique voice. You are going to put a blog out into the world that changes people’s lives and impacts them. You are going to help people and serve them every day.

The world needs you too.

In part one of this post I shared five things I learned from two dead blogs. I shared with you my struggles and lessons I learned from having two very different blogs. In this post I would like to share with you six more ideas that I learned from these two blogs.

1. Blogging is Work

There is a common myth out there that blogging is easy. I think this is because looking at it from the outside is that it looks easy! Sit down on your comfy couch, write a few words and boom you are making thousands of dollars a month blogging.

“I don’t know how you do it. I don’t know how you work from home. I couldn’t do it. I would see the laundry that needs to be done. Or the kitchen that needs to be picked up. I would do those things instead of working.”

When I tell people that I work from home and have for over 10 years these are the comments I hear. My response? Actually it is harder for me to turn off my work and get the housework done. Just ask my husband. He will tell you all about it!

For most people working from home sounds like a dream. There are definitely perks that is for sure. I don’t have to sit in rush hour traffic. I can work in my sweatpants all day if I chose to (and some days I chose to!). I rarely ever put on makeup which is a nice bonus. When it is nice outside in the summer I can work on my deck. I live in Minnesota– I have to take advantage of those nice days! And one of my favorite bonuses of working from home is that I never have to put on shoes.