Hey lovely people! I recently got tagged by one of my best friends and an amazing blogger Noor to share my experience with you and tell you what is it that I would have done differently If I could start blogging again. Consider this as a personal letter to myself (well and you) of all the things I wish I knew before I started my blog. I also wanted to announce that Monday Confessions will be coming back and will be live first Monday after fashion week season is over, so basically in one month time. Who is excited?
1.Dont sweat the small stuff. I guess this is jut as important for anything in life, but somehow blogging was always what I stressed about a lot. I would stress if I can’t publish a post in time, or edit a video, I would be annoyed with myself if I missed an event due to work or if I wouldn’t upload a photo on social media. Really I used to stress about a lot of stuff- which I guess is normal considering blog is like my baby. But really, nothing happened, blog is stil here, my lovely readers are still here, and all I wasted was time and energy. Don’t stress about small, unimportant things that will not affect your overall success. Its okay to shoot even if your hair is not at its best or you have a spot on your forehead.
2.Consistency. This is the most important one by far. I started my YouTube channel long long time ago, but as I was really inconsistent it could never grow. Lately I started a schedule and I am finally taking it seriously, uploading twice a week helped my channel growth. Same rule applied for the blog, unless you have a schedule, how will people know when to come to see your new post? Yep! Consistency is everything
3.Quality. Qualiy is what differentiates someone who blogs for hobby and someone who blogs full time. If you want to make your blog your job, you need the best photography you can make, and this really doesn’t have to cost you a lot. You have to learn some camera skills. Play with your equipment, with light, learn some tricks and bring your photography to another level.
4.Dont be scared. What do I mean by this one? Don’t be scared of failure, don’t be scared of negative comments, just don’t be scared, because fear is the only thing that could prevent you from making it when you have all the other relevant parameters in place. I always trust my heart now, I don’t read websites and forums with negative commentary because I don’t like to let anything have that power over me. I like to be free and post whatever I want to post- and if people don’t like it, well its me and that’s something I really can not change.
5.Be yourself! Funnily enough, Noor also put this one, but its actually something we really feel strongly about. You can’t make it in any industry if there is already someone like you there. Be yourself, cause if you are not already in the industry there is for sure gap in the market for that :) Its so easy to get carried away and to copy some one out of admiration, but that won’t take you far. Think about topics you want to cover and about looks you want show, very soon people will pick it up and give you attention.
I really enjoyed reflecting on stuff I did in the past and thinking how I could help anyone wanting to make it in blogging. Hope you liked this post and are looking forward to Monday Confessions being back. Have a lovely week ahead.
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Hej dragi ljudi! Pre par nedelja jedna od mojih najboljih drugarica Noor koja je takodje blogerka, tagovala me da napisem ovaj post. Zelela sam da podelim sa vama sta bih to drugacije uradila da sam pocela sa ovim zanimanjem opet i napisem neko pismo sebi (a i vama) koje bi koristilo svim potencijalnim blogerima. Takodje zelim da najavim da se Ispovesti ponedeljkom vracaju posle fashion week sezone, dakle za mesec dana. Ko se raduje?
1.Ne gubi zivce zbog sitnica. Ovo je jednako vazno generalno u zivotu, ali nekako blogovanje je meni cesto donosilo dosta nepotrebnog stresa. Nervirala sam se ako ne bih imala post za sutra, ako ne bih stigla da editujem video, bila bih ljuta na sebe kada bih propustila event zbog posla ili kada nisam stigla da postavim sliku na drustvene mreze. Sama sam sebe ukoravala zbog neazurnosti i cesto bila lose raspolozena zbog tog. Na kraju sam shvatila da bez obzira na jedan post, moji divni citatelji su i dalje tu, a ja sam jednostavno samo potrosila vreme i energiju. Nemojte se nervirati oko malih stvari, sada se slikam i ako imam los dan, i ako mi je iskocila bubuljica ili mi kosa ne izgleda najsjajnije, sve je to realnost.
2.Azurnost. Pocela sam moj YouTube kanal pre nekoliko godina,ali nikada nisam bila redovna u izbacivanju videa. Onda sam napravila raspored i sada postavljam videe dva puta nedeljno sto zaista donosi velike rezultate. Moj kanal konacno raste, a ja bih volela da sam ovo znala i ranije. Azurnost je takodje vazna na blogu, ako niste redovni, kako ce ljudi znati kada da se vrate na vas blog i pronadju novi post? Da, azurnost je kljuc.
3.Kvalitet. Ovo je ono sto razdvaja osobu koja bloguje iz hobija i osobu koja bloguje jer mu je to zanimanje. Ako zelite da blogovanje bude vas posao, morate imati sjajne fotografije, a ovo zaista ne kosta mnogo. Naucite kako da upravljate aparatom, igrajte se sa svetlom, sa opremom koju imate, naucite neke trikove i ovo ce zaista unaprediti vase fotografije.
4.Ne boj se. Sta mislim kada ovo kazem? Nemojte se bojati neuspeha, negativnih komentara ili reakcija. Jednostavno nemojte se bojati, jer ovo moze da zakoci vase stvaralastvo i strah je jedina stvar koja moze zaustaviti vas uspeh cak i kada imate sve ostale parametre potrebne za njega. Ja sam odavno prestala da citam negativne i zlobne komentare, ne citam sajtove koji nemaju nista lepo da kazu,ne posecujem forume, jer ne zelim da ista ima tu moc nada mnom. Zelim da budem slobodna da postavljam sta god zelim, a ako se ljudima to ne dopada, nazalost sebe ne mogu promeniti.
5.Budi ono sto jesi. Zanimljivo da smo i Noor i ja stavile ovo, ali ovo je zaista jako bitno. Ne mozete uspeti u industriji u kojoj vec postoji jedna takva osoba. Budite vi, jer ako vec niste na samom vrhu, onda sigurno ima mesta za nekog poput vas :) Jako je lako udubiti se u neciji stil, posmatrati nekog, diviti mu se, ali to vas nece odvesti daleko. Razmisljajte o temama koje zelite da pokrivate, tekstovima, modi, ljudi ce ubrzo primetiti da kod vas mogu naci nesto novo i dati vam svoju paznju.
Zaista sam uzivala putujuci kroz vreme i razmisljajuci o tome sta sam mogla bolje uraditi od pocetka bloging karijere. Nadam se da ce ovaj post pomoci nekima od vas i nadam se da se radujete sto se Ispovesti ponedeljkom vracaju. Zelim vam divnu nedelju!
