My Blog is Not A perfect Blog
I just changed the word under the header to "Not A perfect Blog" for a mean time or maybe it will be my permanent tagline for this blog just to remind myself that its not the perfection that I am looking for and perfection is not the pre-requisite for blogging.
Example of perfectionism in blogging
This is some of the example of perfectionism in blogging, you can make you own list if you want..
About Strength and Weakness
- My post must have good grammars without spelling error or nobody will read my blog post
- My blog must have a good header or nobody will visit my blog
- My blog must be in par with top bloggers or nobody will visit my blog
- etc .....
Waiting for the writing to be perfect is nonsense! This is not an essay examination. There are blogs with simple header but are very successfull in term of money making. There are also a lot of blog which is not a top blogger blog which are very successful.
About Strength and Weakness
There are thing in blogging that I am good at. There are also a lot of aspect that became my imperfection. I can write a little bit, throw great ideas, strong analytically and good with numbers but not in graphic design and how to make my blog look good, not in tweaking the blog layout and playing with colours.
One may say that, if you know your weakness improve it . If you do not know how to design, learn to design! While the statement is somewhat true, there are other factors need to be included. Improving the weaknesses take a lot of time and effort.
Luckily there are alternative, a good one! If you have weakness you can overcome the weakness by focusing on the strength. Let me give you two examples:
- Some computer brand are not so good in term of quality, but their computers sells like "goreng pisang panas" because the brand are very good in advertising.
- A local Malaysian internet marketer, make a lot of sales outside Malaysia selling ebook. Some ebook he wrote are not very good in grammar. He sells his brilliant ideas not the writing itself.
Of course it is better if you can improve your weakness at the same time focusing on your strength. You can take that as a bonus!
Acknowledging Imperfection
The statement "Not a Perfect Blog" is also to to acknowledge imperfections. What about you? Do you acknowledge your own imperfection.
I write just to appease and humor myself and not to please anyone. Sure I'm flattered when people say I enjoy my blog, but my blog is "very me". The way I write and the way I talk are one and the same. So there are bound to be imperfections.. what they are.. are for you to decide. I embrace my imperfections and I can honestly say that even if I don't have one reader, I will still be writing.. :)
ReplyDeleteI think "Not a Perfect Blog" is a great tagline. It's always so obvious and a little bit of a put off when I see other bloggers trying so hard to be "perfect".
good luck with your new tagline for this blog. InsyaAllah, if you trust with yourself, hv confidence and u know what u suppose to do...u will become a great pro blogger ;)
ReplyDeleteLove your tagline too... Blog Picisan tapi Bukan Blog Murahan.. look humble.. acknowledging imperfection and at the same time showing the strength.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I put that tagline just to remind me what I am supposed to focus on. :)
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