Blog Monetization Myth #4: I had no revenue in my 1st year so it’s time to give up.

Welcome to another post in which I help you overcome a limiting belief as a blogger that stops you from actually growing your business. That’s the myth that if you haven’t earned anything or have just a little profit in your first year, it’s time to ditch your blog and move on to something else because it’s just not working. Also, let me know how you like those short posts/episodes I’m releasing these weeks. It’s a different format. I know these work really well for some people. Others might prefer longer ones with actual tips and strategies and step-by-step processes in each. Maybe they take notes. But here, there’s just one point and I share examples and I help you shift your mindset and take action. And sometimes that’s all we need, right? Before we dive into today’s topic, here are the other 3 blogging myths I talked about: * Blog Monetization Myth #1: It’s too early to monetize my blog. * Blog Monetization Myth #2: Affiliate marketing is the only way to make real money blogging. * Blog Monetization Myth #3: I can’t earn from my blog without social media. So, about today’s myth. If you know my story, you might know that I didn’t earn anything in my first and even second year as a blogger. And so did most of the successful bloggers I’ve interviewed over the years, many of whom are now earning six figures from their website and some even seven. Obviously, everyone’s business journey is different and there are many reasons why you might not have earned anything from your platform just yet. But the chance is very little that you might need to leave it behind and give up on the dream of being a full-time blogger. Sure, you might be in the wrong niche. You might have no time to actually work on your blog. You might prefer another business model or you don’t believe in yourself enough to stick to your project. But these reasons have little to do with the earning potential of your website. If you have a vision, if you’re in the right niche, are creating content and really want to make money as a blogger and believe this is the right business model for you, then you can only give up on this after you’ve tested all the ways to grow and monetize your blog. Why your blog might not be growing It could be that you haven’t created much content in that one year or that you haven’t optimized it well, so it never started ranking in search engines and bringing you traffic. It could be that you have no strategy in place and are just doing random things, following everyone’s advice, following trends and just doing what others in the industry are doing. But with such lack of focus, you probably won’t be able to successfull...