How to overcome the fear of blogging

Do you have a desire to express yourself? Do you need to promote your business but not sure how? Do you want people to listen to why your business is the best one out there? Then you should consider starting a blog.

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I am an extrovert. I am probably overly extroverted -- is that a thing? -- and I must express myself every chance I get. My first interaction with expression was when I acted in community theatre. It was exhilarating. Having the ability to put your feelings out there, each night, for the world to see is more euphoric than any type of drug on the market. The end of my theatre life, and expression, came when I took a job as a flight attendant and realized that I would not be home enough to act on stage.

I was devastated. Not so much about acting and being on stage but about having the ability to express myself. 

My husband suggested I start a blog. I had no idea how to do that. A blog? Who would read it? What would I write about? Why would I want to start a blog?

With his encouragement, and help with all the website design, I started my first blog in 2008 with the title, Confessions of a Flight Attendant.

I can’t lie; it was horrible. I could barely write a sentence --I still question my ability today -- and my punctuation, sentence structure, and content was embarrassing. When I look back at articles that I wrote in 2008 I want to print them out, start a bonfire, and roast marshmallows on the burning sheets of paper.

What got me to where I am at today? Determination and hard work. I continued to write, albeit horribly, and never gave up. I trained myself not to take some negative comments personally. I realized that even those have something to teach me. I focused on that and continued with my work. Eventually, some months later, I started to feel better and more confident. I didn't even think about what people might say about my blog. I thought about how fulfilled I was typing my thoughts away and hitting the "publish" button. The fact that I started getting great reviews, positive comments and increased traffic was a much appreciated bonus.

The way to become a successful writer and blogger is to do it for yourself and eventually people will follow. The same principle applies to blogging about your business. If you love what you do, if you are passionate about it, the writing part will come really easy. And don't forget! Your audience is smart. They will always pick out the blogs that are written from heart, with a lot of passion. And they will pick out those that are scripted and written like school assignments. 

Are you blogging because you enjoy it or because you have to?

Who is Joe Brucker? Joe Brucker is the author of this article. He also writes his own blog called The Joe Show. He is a great story teller! If you love to travel, you will find his stories familiar and quite funny. And If you don't enjoy traveling, Joe's blog may help you realize why not.