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As a new blogger you may be feeling terrified, lost and confused. This amazing pastime that everyone is doing isn’t feeling so amazing right now. Relief is on the way. You are not the only blogger to ever feel like this. Here are a few blog writing tips for beginners to get you moving.
Blog About What You Love. Do not choose your direction simply because “everyone else is doing it.” It is extremely hard to build a following and write new content on a regular basis when you couldn’t care less about the subject matter. Our personal taste evolves over time but a carefully chosen blog will roll seamlessly with the changes. If you are a new blogger, your first blog should be a reflection of you, not where you think the fame and fortune are.
Spend Time on Other Blogs. Not only is visiting, networking and commenting on others’ sites important from a marketing perspective, you will likely find a lot of things you can take back to improve your own site. Maybe you find a particular layout more user-friendly than yours. Perhaps there is a widget you can’t live without. Maybe that other guy is connecting with his audience in a way you admire. Be a blog reader to learn what blog readers want.
Ask For Help. Sometimes you just don’t know what to do or where to go next. Find a friendly blogging forum like SITS where you can get feedback and advice from more veteran bloggers.
Use Your Power for Good. Blogging is an incredibly powerful tool and it should be respected as such. It can be easy to go off the rails when you are having a bad day and use your blog as an emotional outlet. I strongly advise hitting “Draft” rather than “Publish” when those moments strike. You can never come back from a moment of low class online. And drama begets more drama. The platform you started to share your love with the world can quickly degenerate into a nasty little hate machine before you realize it. Remember what your grandmother always told you, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” Emotions are fleeting, written words last forever online.
Be Persistent. If you are an instant gratification-kind of gal (or guy) blogging may not be for you. Know going in that you are making a long-term commitment. It may be quite some time before you see the results you desire. Keep writing and marketing and you’ll get there. When you need extra motivation, seek out a group or event like Ultimate Blog Challenge. You are not alone, and there is power is numbers.
What blog writing tips would you give to a beginner?
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Nice Post.
People should blog what interest them. I have seen on many blogs that they advise people to start blog after searching on good keyword search tool.
Your suggestions are practical and applicable as well and all new bloggers should follow the same.
Fahad
Blog when you feel inspired (see the post in my CommentLuv below). This is so important. There is a lot of advice about sticking to a predictable schedule. This makes sense if you think of yourself (and your readers think of you) as a publication. But in most cases, it is much more important to have amazing posts than to have predictable timing.
Thanks for the tip, David!
Thanks for this wonderful tip. I’ve been blogging in a micro blogging site for the past few years and moving to a bigger site just a couple of weeks ago has become quite a challenge for me. My readers aren’t the same as before and my content has to be better. Your post actually made me realize of the things that I actually have to learn. Thanks again!
Great post. I think the most important this is to blog what you are interested in. It’s so easy to fall into a trap not to do this. I was writing a post this week, ( or should I say struggling with) and half way in stopped and deleted it. It didn’t fit with my blog, and it really wasn’t something I was passionate or interested in. Great post!
Its absolutely right that we should blog about what we love and passionate about.
Many bloggers start with a blog as they feel that they can make a lot of money out of it but end up loosing as they don’t get to know what to write about. So the most important thing to do as a blogger is to start writing about things which u luv the most.
Next thing is to put quality content so instead of writing 2-3 post in a day just try to write 1 post but of good quality
Blogging is like a ocean… There are many things you can learn from it
This article will help people who are new to blogging
Cheers,
MJ
I couldn’t have said it better myself. This is why I’ll never start a fashion or music blog because it just doesn’t interest me enough to do so. Sure, I may care about getting new clothes, but I definitely can’t write about stuff like this. Anna from Real Ways to Earn Money Online referred me to your website. I think I’ll check this site out more often to get more pointers on my blog. I could definitely use the traffic. I just need to put more time and effort into what I do.
Take a look around, Jenine. If you need anything in particular, just let me know. Welcome!