Today’s guest post is by Jayme Soulati 

If your blog was ranked (how does that even happen?) and suddenly had a ton of subscribers, would that change your outlook on blogging?

Would you love every minute of it and revel in your success?

Or would it suck the joy out of it for you?

Let’s back up…when you launched your blog, was it your goal to earn 500 or 1,000 subscribers in 12 months?

Didn’t think so.

But just like any popularity contest, numbers – votes – matter, right?

And eventually, you start feeling a little “less than” when looking at your stats.

What’s easy to forget, however, is the blogs that launched at zero and are now incredibly successful with a gazillion subscribers (usually) took a long and, sometimes, very calculated road to get there. (more…)