Comments on: 33 Answers To Common Struggles New Bloggers Have

By: Troy Vayanos

Troy Vayanos — Mon, 07 May 2012 10:52:34 +0000

Some really great ideas here Nicholas. I’ve added the automatic pinging. Have been guilty of spending too much time on the design of my blog but understand now the importance on focusing on writing great content.

Cheers

By: Theodore

Theodore — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:38:42 +0000

Hi Nick, thanks for your tips, you’ve proven that you’re really here to help we newbies. I use woo free theme and Imnica mail auto-responder on my site but i still have some challenges like how to edit the optin-form and how to further beautify the look of the site. Talking about the related post plugin, how does it work? does it generate related post on its own, or is it by adding links to it?
Thanks for your help so far, please keep it up.

By: Warren Kuan

Warren Kuan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:20:31 +0000

Dear Nick, this post of yours came in at a great timing for me.I started to plant this 33 stuffs in my head now 🙂

Again, thanks.

By: Nicholas Tart

Nicholas Tart — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:50:20 +0000

Those are big questions, Nick. When I first started, I struggled with all of these things. That’s why I was able to pick them out. Particularly, I struggled with getting my design exactly how I wanted it and my content strategy. To fix the design, I installed the Firebug extension and started peeking at the HTML/CSS for dozens of design elements that I liked from dozens of sites. For my content strategy, I started reading Copyblogger 2-3 times per week. Still do that. I also interviewed a bunch of people who I wanted to be like (Michael was one of them). And I kept reading and learning. I still read about 2-3 hours per day. What I meant by that comment, is you have to figure out a traffic formula that works, and transition most of your time to those tasks. If I were starting from scratch today, I would learn 4-5 hours per day and implement the things I learn 4-5 hours per day. Figure out what you want to learn (i.e. how to design an opt-in form), then find the best tutorial to fit your needs and implement it. We’re wrapping up a cool project this week that I think you’ll be interested in, Nick. Stay tuned.

By: Nicholas Tart

Nicholas Tart — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:40:49 +0000

I did see you’re original comment, Lianne-carla, but I had just stopped replying. Had to draw the line somewhere. But since you came back, I left a few comments with my thoughts. Thanks again for your feedback.

By: Nick Messenger

Nick Messenger — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:35:26 +0000

Hi Nick,
What a great read & how we are all struggling one way or another! Whilst I was re-reading the post as well as all the comments I couldn`t but help think that surely ALL these points are the result of INEXPERIENCE!
Nick, please put the clock back for us. When you started, what did you struggle with? Who did you turn to for help?
In your reply to Abigail you said ” But all of that takes time and resources. Knowing that, you need to figure out the best way to spend your time. Maybe it’s not spending time on social and creating videos, but maybe it is.” Nick, What does that mean????? How do you know if you`re spending your time on the right thing?
Here`s another question for you Nick. What would you do if you were starting today? Remembering the fact that you are NOT the genius that you currently are.
Nick

By: Lianne-carla Savage

Lianne-carla Savage — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:29:21 +0000

Great pillar post. Looking forward to seeing the articles you build around this.

I was a little late to the game on the previous post and my comment ended up on page 2. Would be great if you popped over and took a look. I’ve not only left a bit (maybe a lot) of info about my site but also:

1) The solution to number 11.

2) My thoughts on 14 clicks and the direction for it to take.

By: Nicholas Tart

Nicholas Tart — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:56:59 +0000

It’s not easy, Parth. I’m glad they come across as such… And who says that playing up to our egos doesn’t “add value to discussion in the comments?”