A few weeks ago I suggested that you set your sights on getting some interviews for your blog and gaining readership that way. From some of the comments we have received one of the biggest concerns that people have with this approach is that they feel their blog isn’t big enough and that they will be turned down.

So here is the response to those concerns. The concerns are very valid, but the response is, so what? Really, what are you worried about, if you email Darren Rowse, Chris Brogan, Ashton Kutcher or whoever it is that you want to interview and you get no response, so what. If they say thanks but no thanks, so what?

If you don’t send that email today then I can guarantee you will not get the interview. If you try and wait until you think your blog is perfect for them, you will never send the email and again you will never get the interview.

As Henry Ford is quoted as saying:

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

You will find lots of reasons not to think like an A list blogger and everyone of them will be true. You dont have enough readers, or subscribers or content and all of those things will always be true. If you start thinking of reasons why you should think like an A list blogger before you know it you will be one.

What is holding you back?

Whether they are film stars or A list bloggers, the “internet famous” are everywhere. Sometimes that is a good thing, sometimes its not so good. When Ashton Kutcher announced on twitter he was going to challenge CNN to see who would be the first to reach a million followers it caused a lot of conversation about how celebs and other popular users use Twitter.

However, what I drew from this, and Darren Rowse announcement today that he is only 24 posts from reaching 5000 posts, is that people like to see goals set and goals achieved. It the sense of a shared challenge.

This is something we as bloggers who are not on the A list can adopt and adapt to our own ends. By announcing a goal and a timeline that goes along with it, you can build excitement and tension among your readers. Think about TV shows like The Biggest Loser, a program that is basically just a weight loss show. However, the audience wants to see if the contestants will achieve their goal or fail miserably.

This is of course the downside of this type of post, what if you fail? Well thats the point, you will still have a story to tell, you can share the lesson that failure taught you.

What goal could you set yourself and share with your readers?