Eat Blog Talk 470: How to Keep Going Despite Setbacks - Define Your 'Why' with Anja Eckert
In episode 470, Anja Eckert teaches us how to keep going despite setbacks caused by major changes in the blogging industry or in our personal lives.
Anja's been a food and lifestyle blogger since 2018. What first started as a pet project, turned into an almost full-time job after a severe knee injury that prevented her from continuing on as Yoga teacher. In March 2020, Anja was at almost 25k sessions when MediaVine raised their requirement to 50k. It took her another setback and 3 years to finally reach the 50k. Refusing to give up, continually learning and upgrading, and remembering her "why", were the qualities that got her to the goal.
In this episode, you'll learn how to persevere through blogging challenges especially by understanding your 'why' and nurturing a strong mindset around it.
- Define your 'why' and visualize it.
- When you feel like giving up, think of your 'why'.
- How to deal with potential setbacks from Google Updates and other changes.
- Diversify your income so that you don't rely only on your blog.
- Use your email lists, look into sponsorships or create courses within your niche.
- Create an additional revenue stream through a digital product catered to your niche.
- When things aren't going well, they can only get better.
- We tend to dwell on negative experiences and forget positive ones.
- Find a supportive community that you can rely on.
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