Comparing Yourself to Other Bloggers

One of the first things I learned about blogging is that you cannot compare yourself to other bloggers.    I know this is difficult to not do especially when you first start out blogging.  When you read someone else's blog and look through their design, you have no way of knowing how many hours the commit to blogging each week, whether they hired someone to do their design, or quite frankly even their true gender.  In some cases the blog posts may even be written by different authors.  In addition to that never, ever, ever compare your blog stats to a similar blog.  Traffic stats can easily be over inflated for any blog and just because a blog is getting a lot of traffic it doesn't mean it is quality traffic and it doesn't mean that you will get the same amount of traffic if you mimic that blogger.  Comparing yourself to other bloggers simply sets you up for failure as a blogger.  Each blogger brings their own personality and skills to their blogs that are ultimately influenced by internal and external pressures.  Each blog is unique because each blogger is unique.  You have to be you!

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