Do You Fall Victim to Blogging?Noise?

(Updated 10–17–2022)

A few moments ago I noted being seemingly lost in a sphere of blogging noise. Ha!

How in the heck can I write a post about the victimhood of falling prey to blogging noise while being caught in its tendrils, not a few minutes ago? I have a good answer: I have ample practice in facing the noise and tuning out the noise. Blogging noise comes in shapes and forms, many. I scanned a few posts on page 1 of Google. Various bloggers offered differing opinions on true challenges bloggers face. I agreed with some takes. I disagreed with other takes. But I cut through the blogging noise by grabbing one piece of information and running with it.

I observed the high volume of content addressing blogger challenges and thought; this high volume of content seems helpful but still creates noise, or static in the minds of most bloggers. Who cuts through the noise? Or do bloggers almost always fall prey to the blogging noise? Unfortunately, most seem paralyzed by the sheer volume of helpful but seemingly overwhelming content out there. Analysis paralysis sets in. Who do you trust? What blogging information do you take with you? What sweet blogging content do you take to the bank?

The simplest way to cut through blogging noise is to follow 1 to 2 trusted blogging mentors. Doing this allows you to avoid confusing blogging crosscurrents. For example, even though I changed my blogging school of thought over 15 years, I followed basic fundamentals for much of the blogging journey. I kept it simple and largely consistent. Following my blog and perhaps one blog from another pro blogger gives you 2 blogging schools of thinking to follow. No noise. No confusion.

But picture yourself following 5, 10 or 20 bloggers. Imagine Googling a popular keyword to observe 7 blog posts on page 1, each laying out 5 to 20 practical blogging tips, some resonating and others not vibing at all. Picture 7 different bloggers writing 7 different blog posts stressing some similar points and some different points. Seeing 35 to 100 tips on page 1 of Google for tackling some problem related to a single keyword is blogging noise. Even if bloggers publish helpful content it feels maddening to be besieged by such a high volume of content, overwhelming you from seemingly every possible direction.

But that’s just Google.

Multiply channels to scour Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and niche specific forums to solve the same blogging problem. Once you get into 200 plus blogging tips laid out by 25 bloggers mined through 5 to 10 sites you pretty much go mad with all that blogging noise ringing in your ears. Forget trying to get all the content you can, gorging on all the content one human can possibly gorge on. Follow 1–2 pros in your niche of choice. Learn from these 1–2 individuals. Narrow your blogging sphere of influence. Cut through the blogging noise by reducing the blogging noise.

Becoming a pro blogger is not getting 100’s of pieces of information from 50 bloggers because noise overwhelms you in such a setting. Becoming a pro blogger is about gathering a handful of smart blogging tips from a few pro bloggers to dissolve noise and to avoid confusing blogging knowledge crosscurrents, pulling you in way too many directions.

I spend some time learning daily but much more time executing. Learn a little. Practice much. Be open to learning but move into action in terms of creating and connecting. Stick to the fundamentals. Being foundation-focused automatically dissolves noise because if you are working to create and connect you are not researching. Not researching means not tuning into the heavy volume of blogging noise out there.

Blogging Noise?Source

Blogging noise feeds on fear.

Fear in your mind scares you into desperately or greedily seeking for more tips, more strategies and more tactics.

Seeking more tactics, strategies or techniques scares bloggers into following:

which creates confusing blogging crosscurrents.

Conquer the fear to dissolve the urge to tune in to blogging noise.

Facing, feeling and releasing this fear gives you clarity. Being clear goads you to follow 1–2 bloggers closely for your blogging tips foundation.

From there, following a collection of bloggers gives you supplemental blogging tips to follow. But you will not feel overwhelmed in such a scenario.

Give yourself some time to face your fears. Be patient with yourself. As a rule, we all tune into noise in various areas of our lives to distract ourselves. Letting go these fears takes time and vigilant mental effort.

For example, even though I am in fairly good shape and rarely overeat I am patiently owning and releasing distraction tendencies related to food and fitness in general. I patiently observe any urge for seeking more when it comes to food and fitness, creating a bit of noise in these areas of my life. Feeling fears in these realms dissolves the noise, along with the urge to self-distract. Simplicity, clarity, peace and focus follow.

Conclusion

Slowly but surely conquer your fears.

Dissolve blogging noise.

Follow a few mentors to lay a granite-like foundation for your blogging campaign.

Originally published at https://www.bloggingfromparadise.com on October 17, 2022.