Blogging Worlds: 8 Biggest Misconceptions About Blogging

The biggest misconception I see in blogging is that you have to always extend thought leadership on a particular subject area. Readers need variety to stay engaged. As such, it's ideal to have a mix of blogs that are informational, inspirational, personal, and promotional. Targeting this mix also makes it easier to come up with original blogs posts on a consistent basis. It's a win-win for writer and reader!

Contributor: Charlene from charleneignites

This was my biggest fear when I started my blog in April 2018. I knew I already had a few great topics in my head but was afraid once I created and published those I would be at a loss for new topics and my blog would fail.

It is amazing but when you start a blog you become more observant of your surroundings and you will soon create topics out of thin air. Knock on wood, so far the creative well is full and I have topics and posts I have scheduled out now more than 6 months out.

Contributor: Xrayvsn at xrayvsn

I think there is a common misconception that bloggers are journalists. It bothers me a lot as such comparison lowers the status of journalists who actually do study journalism and do take degrees to specialize on that. Meanwhile, anybody can claim to be a blogger nowadays. I don’t mean to lower of the status of bloggers either who do amazing work but there should be clearer borders between the work of journalists and bloggers.

Contributor: Omar Oualili from in a city near you

What takes a reader typically 5 minutes or so to read takes me approximately 4-6 hrs to create. There is coming up with the title/concept, writing the content, finding appropriate graphics for the post, finding multiple appropriate links, multiple rounds of editing, scheduling the post, and re-reading the post typically right before the launch date to make sure links work, etc.

Contributor: Xrayvsn at xrayvsn

You can write the best content in the world but if you do not have eyes on it, it will not matter.

The key is marketing and getting your content out there. This can be a time consuming process as well, using social media sites such as Twitter, Reddit, Pinterest, etc. Each of which has their own rules and regulations you must adhere to.

Contributor: Xrayvsn at xrayvsn

The biggest misconception I’ve found about blogging is that most people think I’m just a bored housewife when I tell them I’m a blogger. They don’t understand that my blog is now my business where I make more than triple what my husband makes.

On the flip side of that though, once they find out that it’s my full-time job, they then think that anyone can start a blog and make six-figures from it. I’ve heard so many people saying that they started their blogs to make tons of money only to find out that it is just that… a job. It’s hard work! But it all goes back to the first misconception – that only bored housewives have blogs.

Contributor: Caroline Vencil from caroline vencil

Almost all websites point out that making a blog is very easy to rank it on google first page but actually it's not that easy and you need time and effort for this to happen.

Plus you need to build some backlinks and not all the websites point that out!

Contributor: Bruno Santos from easiest way to earn money online

One of the biggest misconceptions about blogging is that it isn't any work. I blog, and I still fall into thinking it's easy for others. Or I underestimate the amount of time it will take me to complete a post.

But it's still pretty cool to be a blogger.

Contributor: Barbara Fischer from the fisch life