Blogs are everywhere. From personal to small businesses and even large corporation, they all may have blogs that are meant to highlight certain things they want to show off.
With more people using the internet, blogs still have a special place in the ecosystem. Becoming more influential than traditional and non-informative websites, blogs can relate knowledge and experience in a way that is more personal and appealing.
To become a credible blogger, you need to first make yourself "credible".
Credibility means to make people trust you with your words, and when it comes to blogging, you need to think beyond your personal gains. You need to work hard to become one, and there is no simple ways to do it.
Time will tell. This is because trust is earned, not given.
Think Beyond Profit
Exposure and money are two of the top motivation factors for blogging. But to be credible, you need to think beyond what matters most to you.
When you're building a quality blog, the opportunity to make money is always there. But you should never forget the power of community building. By putting a little greed aside, you can focus on creating high-quality content over content that is designed to make money/fame.
Humans are social creatures. To appeal them, not only you should be "human" when approaching them, but you should also give a healthy engagement with your contents. When you're responsible for community building, it would be easier for you to earn people's trust.
Do What's Right
On the web, everyone is a stranger. The biggest trap in working with people you don't know, is to understand what is right and what is wrong.
Being "right" here is to be authentic. In blogging, don't follow what others are saying or doing blindly. In order to become credible, you need to have your own opinion and views. You may correct someone if he/she is wrong, or disagree on things that you see isn't right. But when you do so, always provide a good answer to support your thoughts.
Everything you say (write) counts. So make sure that you're always backed up by logic.
Confident
The key to almost everything. Confidence is the attribute of all successful people. Whether it's the confidence in talking and preaching people, or confidence when doing their work, success is usually the measurement of credibility.
To become a credible blogger, you need to display confidence wherever you put your blog (or your name as the blogger) on the web.
In order to be confident, you may want to exercise both your body and mind, relief your mind from stresses, learn to fight your fears, go out of your comfort zone, learn to be better in verbal and non-verbal communication and others.
In short, you need to have peace in mind. Understanding the higher meaning in life will open your mind into all sort of things that were previously out of your league.
Words That Speak For Themselves
From how your pronounce yourself, how you write posts, how you respond to queries and questions, how you engage with your audience and how you use your social media profiles, all have their own role in building your overall credibility.
Working online means that you're not seeing the people you're talking to. Your audience read your words; and this means that you need to impress people with the words you're saying.
Make sure your words are meaningful, and make sure that any interaction you make has value.
Don't use social media to post things when you're bored. Instead, use them to build connections with your fellow readers. And always make sure that your social media profiles stay updated.
Lovable And Likable
Likes can come from a tap or a click on a button. But "real" likes come deep within.
It can be either easy or difficult to become likable. Different people have their own ways to express their character, and in any ways, some work for one and won't work for others.
But one thing is certain when you want to be a credible blogger. You need to have a mindset of giving back to the community, more than your expectation for your personal gains. Because everyone is unique, we tend to talk about the things we have knowledge or experience. When you can be consistent in what you say, you can create that likable status.
all like to talk about things we like or believe in, and it’s this which will help us become consistent. And when we become consistent, we become likable. you wish to become a credible blogger, you need to have the mindset of giving back to the community.
Remember that people have respect on altruism. And also remember that the more you give, the more you'll receive.
Summary
To be a credible blogger, you need to be a credible person. It's all about training yourself to highlight the best parts in you while concealing the bad parts.
You shouldn't be credible as a way to make money. There is a value in which you can be authentic in order to become more successful. You need to be professional, and always open for new experience and knowledge. Build your brand to the top.
When everything goes well, you don't have to work as hard to gain exposure and money because those two will come by themselves to you.