Have you been thinking of starting a blog but just haven’t taken the leap yet? Are you scared to start blogging about a topic that isn’t relevant to your readers- or that you will get bored of easily? If you’re a mom blogger, I want to help you become the blogger you’ve always wanted to be by first getting past your intitial blogging fears.

I knew that I would be making a commitment to full-time blogging about a particular topic and that it would stay with me for years down the road. I was committed to building a blog around the topic of homeschooling. I was able to eventually begin gaining thousands of subscribers and making money on that blog through my digital products and courses. It was at this point that I knew I had made a major commitment as a blogging mama.

If you’ve been pondering how to start a blog with purpose and that is the reason for your hesitation, then this post will walk you through some key steps to start your blog on the right path.

This month, I’ve been talking a LOT about starting a blog because I know how difficult it can be to get started. I just want to help you get going in the right direction.

Here are a few things to keep in mind when you don’t just want to start any ol’ blog, but start a blog with purpose and passion.

Discover what you’re good at.

Starting a blog for the sake of it (because you like to write or because your friend is blogging) isn’t going to pull you through to the business side of things. You will hobby blog and have fun doing it, but you won’t be guaranteed to build a business with it.

(I hate to be so blunt, but I thought I’d just dish it out to you anyway).

To put it more kindly, you should definitely start your business blog for reasons that will sustain you for the long haul.

If you want to build a business with your blog, the way to dive into the blogging business is to discover not what your friend is blogging about, or what is popular at the moment, but essentially what you are good at.

My friend, start with you- your gifts, talents, skills, and enjoyment.

What do you like to talk about? What are you good at?

And guess what? I have a free gift for you to help you do just that.

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As a blogger, you will begin to see yourself more as a content creator. You will ultimately be creating content of all kinds (not just blog posts). Think: ebooks, maybe even videos and podcasts, perhaps slides, worksheets and workbooks, courses, webinars– the sky is the limit!

You’ll soon begin to see how much you actually produce as a content creator. Then you can evaluate this in light of discovering what you’re good at.

If you know how much you actually produce, how much you give to your readers (or how much you plan to give once you begin blogging), you can more clearly identify your favorite ways of delivering that awesome content!

This all begins with discovering what you’re good and passionate about.

Also, remember that blogging is a long-term journey. You won’t discover how to do everything all at once. It will take time: days, weeks, months…and yes, even years.

Be gentle on yourself as you won’t get the hang of blogging just right overnight and immediately.

Overcome your blogging fears.

Okay, okay- I know that this is easier said than done. It’s not like you can just snap your fingers and “voila!’ your fears are gone. Just like that.

Blogging can be scary. I get that.

In fact, I never shared some of my passion projects, and once the word got around that I had a blog, I wanted to hide. Thankfully, I no longer feel that way.

With time, I learned to embrace my blogging lifestyle and share it freely with others. I give what I give the way I give it, and I should never hide behind it. After all, I want the world to know about my blog, right?

Check out my post on(how to overcome your fear of blogging!)

Help your readers with their needs.

It’s all about sharing and giving back to our readers.

When you realize just how much you have to share and give away to help others, you’ll discover how that it’s not about you as much as it is about your reader.

I learned to get over my blogging fears when I discovered that my readers had a lot of questions about homeschooling that I could help them with. I had answers, support, and advice, and I was ready and willing to give it.

I was happiest when I was helping a reader with a question.

I think this has been the driving force to keep me going with my blogging all these years: the fact that I can help others.

Once you start to see how great it feels to be a support to your reader and begin building a list of subscribers you can connect with, blogging won’t seem like such an empty and monotonous task.

You will be resonating with your audience, reaching out to your readers, and helping on a personal level.

Am I helping to answer some of your blogging questions? Do you have any specific questions I can answer?

I want to help- so let me know how.