Create Some Controversy and Voice Your Own Opinion

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You want everyone to like your blog. Therefore, you’re afraid to disagree. You don’t want to voice your own opinion when it could possibly go against what another (maybe even more popular) blogger thinks. You want to become an a-lister, but yet you’re afraid to stand out. If this sounds like you, keep reading.

Nowadays it seems there are more “rules” that bloggers have to conform to, more molds to shape their blogs. But in reality, there are no rules. Your blog can be whatever you want it to be. And nowadays it seems even more bloggers, especially the new ones, are being intimidated by the more successful bloggers. Many bloggers fall behind in the shadows and are never noticed because they’re too afraid.

DON’T be afraid to do something with your blog that is out of the norm! When Kumiko removed comments from her blog, she got a lot of crap from people telling her that a blog isn’t a blog without comments. I used to think like that, but I don’t anymore. I don’t restrain myself to a certain level of thinking like that anymore. Your blog is completely, 100% yours. Don’t be scared to step out and do something that not many others have done.

If there is a conversation going around in the blogging world between other bloggers, join in if you have something new to say. If someone else agrees on what’s being said, and you disagree, don’t hesitate to let your opinion be known! Not everyone will always be pleased with what you have to say all the time. That’s impossible. There will always be someone that’s not on your side. But if you voice your own opinion and aren’t afraid of doing that, you’ll have my respect and surely that of many other bloggers.

If you do something unusual with your blog or state your honest opinion on a debated topic, not only will you gain respect but you will cause controversy. Controversy is something many bloggers try to avoid because they don’t want to be in the spotlight, but honestly, it is a good thing. If a blogger hides in the shadows and doesn’t step out, they will not get any attention or links as if they did otherwise.

Do not chain yourself down and don’t be nervous about what others might think of you. Break free and do what you want to do, say what you need to say. I’m definitely not telling you to go around insulting others, but I am telling you not to be afraid to step out.

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