Perhaps it’s just the Thanksgiving holiday, but recently I have been so distracted that has made it hard for me to blog. If blogging is something that you are looking to pursue, I want to make you aware of what I like to call the 5 blogging mistakes.
5 Blogging Mistakes
1. Money Cannot Be Your Only Motivation
If you are creating a blog for the sole intention that you are going to become rich by advertising income, stop right now. You first couple blog postings will be probably pretty thought provoking, then as you notice your Adsense account still says $0.00 after just 1 week, you will become so frustrated that you will start posting links to the most trendy, popular topics, contributing little value to your blog postings, after 2 weeks you will still have $0.00 in Adsense revenue and a worthless blog.
2. Don’t Blog About Something That Does Not Interest You
If you care very little about something, how can you possibly write about it day after day. This is very similar to your day job. Someone once said, “discover what you enjoy doing, then find a way to make money doing it.” This is very similar to blogging, if you enjoy a particular topic you will have no trouble coming up with ideas to write about.
3. Don’t Get Distracted
Like everything else, other things going on in your life: holidays, vacations, work, family, etc. can get in the way of your blogging habits. If at one point you have a momentum going and you are able to write many blog posts, save a couple of these for the days that your mind is not in the right place.
4. Don’t Give Up So Quickly
If money isn’t your motivator, but readership is, you need to learn to have a little patience. Especially with a new blog, it takes time for your content to propagate the search engines and for people to find you. Unless you are a celebrity, odds are nobody is going to be looking for your blog, but they just might stumble across your content. Also, the more time you give it, the more content you should have. When somebody does find your blog, they will have a reason to stay there instead of reading one post and moving on.
5. Don’t Try To Sound Like Someone Else
If I wanted to read a blog that sounded like someone else, why would I not just read the blog from that someone else? There is nothing wrong with having a blog topic or niche that is already covered by someone else, but the writing style has to be your own. You are more likely to connect with your readers if your thoughts are coming from you instead of trying to sound like someone you are not.
Since I’ve started blogging, I fallen victim to each one of these and those blogs have ended up in a black hole on the web.
If you’ve made a blogging mistake, please feel free to share.
5 Blogging Mistakes
Perhaps it’s just the Thanksgiving holiday, but recently I have been so distracted that has made it hard for me to blog. If blogging is something that you are looking to pursue, I want to make you aware of what I like to call the 5 blogging mistakes.
5 Blogging Mistakes
1. Money Cannot Be Your Only Motivation
If you are creating a blog for the sole intention that you are going to become rich by advertising income, stop right now. You first couple blog postings will be probably pretty thought provoking, then as you notice your Adsense account still says $0.00 after just 1 week, you will become so frustrated that you will start posting links to the most trendy, popular topics, contributing little value to your blog postings, after 2 weeks you will still have $0.00 in Adsense revenue and a worthless blog.
2. Don’t Blog About Something That Does Not Interest You
If you care very little about something, how can you possibly write about it day after day. This is very similar to your day job. Someone once said, “discover what you enjoy doing, then find a way to make money doing it.” This is very similar to blogging, if you enjoy a particular topic you will have no trouble coming up with ideas to write about.
3. Don’t Get Distracted
Like everything else, other things going on in your life: holidays, vacations, work, family, etc. can get in the way of your blogging habits. If at one point you have a momentum going and you are able to write many blog posts, save a couple of these for the days that your mind is not in the right place.
4. Don’t Give Up So Quickly
If money isn’t your motivator, but readership is, you need to learn to have a little patience. Especially with a new blog, it takes time for your content to propagate the search engines and for people to find you. Unless you are a celebrity, odds are nobody is going to be looking for your blog, but they just might stumble across your content. Also, the more time you give it, the more content you should have. When somebody does find your blog, they will have a reason to stay there instead of reading one post and moving on.
5. Don’t Try To Sound Like Someone Else
If I wanted to read a blog that sounded like someone else, why would I not just read the blog from that someone else? There is nothing wrong with having a blog topic or niche that is already covered by someone else, but the writing style has to be your own. You are more likely to connect with your readers if your thoughts are coming from you instead of trying to sound like someone you are not.
Since I’ve started blogging, I fallen victim to each one of these and those blogs have ended up in a black hole on the web.
If you’ve made a blogging mistake, please feel free to share.
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