The 3 Truths About Becoming a Successful Blogger in 2023

The harsh realities of becoming a successful blogger aren’t what you think.

A Grain of Salt | ElbyJames
2 min readOct 2, 2018
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I’ve read every post on Medium about how to become a successful blogger so you don’t have to. There’s a lot of conflicting opinions on how to be successful at blogging.

After a year of researching and reading, these are my conclusions:

  1. People (except immediate family) don’t care about you,

2. People don’t care about your content,

3. People don’t care about your brand.

A little harsh but the truth hurts. So, how do you become successful at blogging?

Quit concentrating on writing and do something else, that’s how.

Became great at sports. Become a celebrity. Become a politician. Become a musician. Become a criminal. Become controversial. Become great at anything other than writing. Become famous, or at least infamous.

Then, pen a memoir, write a blog, or be columnist for a major newspaper and you will be successful. Success begets success.

Those who do find success at blogging on their talent alone, are anomalies.

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A Grain of Salt | ElbyJames

ElbyJames is an American disabled combat vet exiled in the UK & a free speech absolutist. He’s an occasional Top Writer