This post was most recently updated on August 2nd, 2016
Busy Bloggers Are Underachievers when they hide behind “being busy.”
Whether you are just learning your way around the blogosphere, or you’re itching to take it to the next level, it’s important to understand why “busy bloggers are underachievers.”
Here’s a little story to illustrate my point.
I don’t like exercising very much.
I don’t like it at all, hehe.
So, when my husband says “let’s go swimming” or “time for a walk,” I give him 101 reasons why I’m “too busy.”
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In the past 6 months, I’ve had a flurry of health issues.
Nothing serious, but all are red flags to make some changes.
So, finally, I bought a Garmin Vevofit Fitness Band.
First off… this is NOT a promotion or even a testimonial of any sort.
Vevofit is a “step tracker” which I’ll explain in a minute… and it’s just one of many such “fitness bands” on the market.
I just got my Vevofit 3 days ago, and here’s why.
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I keep wanting to get into a workout routine, but it never happens.
I’ve really mastered the art of procrastination on this front.
Here’s why I cannot exercise on any give day…
- I have to do a video
- I have to write a blog post
- I need to go to the Post Office
- I have to cook dinner
- I didn’t write my daily email to my List, yet
- I wrote my daily email, but I really should do tomorrow’s while I’m thinking of it
This is the tip of the iceberg.
Day after day, week after week and month after month goes by.
In that time, I write many emails, blog posts and cook a pile of dinners.
But my workout plan goes nowhere, and finally, I’m facing health issues.
No more procrastination.
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So, I bought the Vevofit because it’s designed to give me a daily “steps” goal.
That means that each day I’m supposed to walk a certain number of steps.
Out of the box, it gave me a goal of 7500 steps.
Everything I do is a step.
- Walk downstairs to get a glass of water
- Go check the mail
- Walk the dog
- Water the garden
- Walk around the block for an hour
Everything I do adds to my steps.
If I’m at my computer too long, Vevofit cues me that it’s time to get up and do something.
I don’t have to, of course, but if I want to reach my goal of 7500 steps, I need to keep at it.
I don’t want to get stuck needing to walk 7000 steps just before bed simply because I was too busy to keep chipping away at my goal a little bit at time.
So, here’s the thing.
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If I’m so “busy” all day long that I don’t work diligently at achieving my long goal for the day, I won’t achieve it.
If day after day goes by that I don’t achieve my daily goals, I’ll never reach my bigger goal of improving my health through exercise.
Busy Bloggers Are Underachievers
Busy bloggers are underachievers for the same reason.
How many times have you come up with excuses as to why you’re not able to build a good list of subscribers from your blog?
And why haven’t you built that list yet?
Could it be that you’re too busy creating great content for your blog that you don’t have time to create a compelling free offer?
Is it because you don’t have time to put together and implement solid campaigns to drive traffic to your blog?
Maybe you just never got around to building a coherent and purposeful opt-in campaign on your blogsite.
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If your opt-in campaign consists of subscription forms, popup reminders, inline native prompts, squeeze pages and more… maybe you don’t have the time to learn how to put these things together?
Maybe you don’t have the funds to hire someone else to do it.
Meanwhile, if you’re unclear as to how to put together any of these kinds of campaigns, could it be that you can’t afford to hire a coach to show you the ropes, either?
So, you see, you have to busy yourself with learning how to do everything from A to Z.
Then, you might be quite busy attending webinars, going through information courses or just browsing around the internet trying to learn how to achieve your blogging goals.
So, what’s your blogging goal?
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I’m not talking about “leaving more blog comments” or “writing better blog posts” or some such thing.
Those sorts of things are not “goals”, they’re either narrowly focused tasks or learning assignments.
I’m talking about your REAL blogging goals, like achieving financial independence, or establishing top authority in your niche.
These are goals.
And there are specific “steps” you need to make sure you’re keeping up with each and every day in order to reach those goals.
You need to make yourself accountable for “walking the steps necessary to reach your blogging goals” just like I’ve challenged myself to walk 7500 steps a day to reach my health goals.
And, if you’re NOT taking those steps… implementing tasks and strategies that are specifically geared toward your goals, then you’re probably very, very busy.
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Unfortunately, you’re not achieving much at all.
Just like you need to walk the steps necessary to build a list on your blog, there are many other things you need to do to build your blog into a successful business.
If you don’t get those steps clear, and then start DOING them every day, you’ll find it very difficult to reach your blogging goals.
I know.
I coach bloggers.
I coach newbies, folks who have been at this business for a long time and everyone in between.
Almost always, when my clients are not getting the results they want (afterall, that’s why they come to me)… the problem is that they are so busy doing non-productive things don’t have the time to do the things that really matter.
I’ve learned long ago that busy bloggers are underachievers because if they were achieving solid results, they wouldn’t have to be so constantly busy.
The “busy” part of their blogging is merely a smoke screen of activity that allows them to procrastinate from doing the really critical things that would give them the results required to achieve their biggest blogging goals.
Does it ever seem like you just keep spinning your wheels without ever getting real traction in your blogging business?
Do you agree with me that busy bloggers are underachievers?
I’d love to have your feedback in the comments below.
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-Donna
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