Ten Things I’ve Learnt Blogging

I’m not really one to talk about the process of blogging here on Made From Beauty (check out my Twitter for lots of that!) but today I thought I’d just share just ten short things I’ve learnt over the past seven months!

1.) Daylight is KING

In the past three months I’ve turned into one of those crazed bloggers who chases the daylight when taking photos. Although I have two box lights and a ring light, I have found that nothing beats good old day light when it comes to getting that perfect picture!

2.) Photos mean the world

I would love to be one of these bloggers who doesn’t mind all that much about their photos, or who simply don’t use them at all because taking great photos is…stressful! I have absolutely no training in photography, and to be perfectly honest, I haven’t got a clue what I’m doing! But, if I do manage to get myself a half-decent photo my views double, literally!

3.) People STILL don’t know what blogging is

I mentioned on Twitter a little while ago, I had to explain to my manager what a blog was. She really has no clue. But she’s no the only one I’ve had to explain it to!

4.) ‘Blogging is easy’

I’ve also come across the attitude that blogging doesn’t take all that long – well here’s the kicker, I spend about 2 hours on average on every single post. When you’re working 40 hour weeks and trying to get a post up everyday – boy are those 2 hours difficult to find! Also, it’s not a case of just putting a post together, chucking it out into the web and watching it thrive – if only it worked like that!

5.) I am the most unlikely blogger

Well, to my friends at least! We had a big get together recently and all my friends said how surprised they were to see I had a blog.

6.) Google is tough

Despite blogging nearly every day for seven days, I still do not come up in a ‘Made From Beauty’ search on Google, which is frustrating, but I guess something I have to work at. Also I have had my Google Adsense account totally disabled because I was click-bombed, great!

7.) Blogging is my passion

I will forever kick myself that I didn’t start my blog sooner. I sat around umming and ahhing about getting Made From Beauty started for about three years! I have loved and learnt so much in the past few months like never before.

8.) Blogging can be isolating

When you’re the only one at a party thinking about all the blog work you should be doing, or the one not getting an in-joke on Twitter, blogging can seem a little isolating. I know a lot of other bloggers have spoken about feeling a little out of the clique and I agree that it can be hard to make in-roads with strangers on the internet, as well as have the confidence to approach other bloggers.

9.) All the friends

As much as blogging can seem a little isolating sometimes, equally I have made friends along the way as well! It kind of struck me the other day at the Southampton Bloggers Meetup – these are all people who are into the same things as me (something I’ve never had before, none of my school or uni friends care about beauty or blogging really). It’s a lovely feeling and some of the people I have met will hopefully be friends for many years to come!

10.) There’s still an awfully long way to go

I’m trying to create great content and push Made From Beauty to the highest standard I can possibly make it, so boy is there a long way to go! Stick around to see what happens! It would mean the world!

Do you blog? If so, leave me a comment letting me know one thing you’ve learnt too! Maybe we’ve had similar experiences and challenges?

Sam

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