Be Competitive
The thing that drives me the most while making this blog is the fact that I’m extremely competitive. I think this is a big reason why my blog is starting become successful. Many people are now starting to tell me that they enjoy my blog and it is very helpful for them. Well, this would of never came about if I was not as competitive as I am.
Everyday when I get to a point where I feel like taking a 15 minute break or so from my blog, I look at other start-up blogs and see if I have surpassed them yet. I check when blogs have received their first comments and compare them to mine. I check their RSS in relation to the time they’ve been online and compare. I check how many post they make daily. There is basically nothing that I don’t check.
I’m not entirely sure you can train yourself to become competitive, since I was born this way. But, I am sure everybody has a little bit of a competitive spirit in them. You need to use this to drive your blog to the top. You need to use it to make your blog better than everybody else’s. The competitive spirit is a key factor behind the motivation to keep your business going(I assume money is the other).
So, next time you find a start-up blog: check all it’s stats and see how well it is doing in relation to your blog. If you’re doing better than it is, you’ll be surprised at how motivational it is.
That being said.. you can take competition too far. Don’t go start hacking blogs and redirecting them to yours. Also don’t start ripping content for your blog. Keep it civilized.