Blogging Mistakes You Need To Avoid

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by Raedy, Mar 7, 2013.

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    1. Do not write on more than one topic. Your blog will be hard to find if you write on many different topics, and you will have a hard time finding readers who want to learn on all the topics you talk about on your blog. It is best to limit yourself to one main theme so you can provide your audience with quality content related to this topic. Choose a topic that will attract a large audience, and allow you to keep writing interesting articles for years.

    2. You might be losing readers because your blog is not well-organized. Your blog should be easy to navigate so your visitors can find the articles they are interested in right away. You should add a search bar to your blog and edit each article to add a few links to more similar content. Organize all your articles in an archive so visitors can browse through them by themes and create some pages if you want to share important information about your blog with your audience. Create a menu to make your pages and archive easier to navigate.

    3. Not reaching out to your audience is a mistake. You need to place links where potential readers will see them. Buying ad space is a good option but you should spend your money to get links on websites you know your readers are visiting regularly. Do not spend money on services that promise to bring traffic to your site without getting any details on where your links will be placed or how your audience will be targeted. Find other bloggers who are interested in exchanging links and share your articles to article directories along with links to your blog.

    4. Your readers will not come back to your blog if you do not remind them about your content. You should share links to your latest updates via social media or through email alerts. Some blogging platforms will automatically create an email distribution list people can subscribe to if they want to receive links to your latest updates but it is best to create a more personalized newsletter. You should make these campaigns more valuable by sharing exclusive content or giving subscribers discounts if you use your blog to promote your business.

    5. You need a good search engine optimization campaign for your blog. If you do not have a good SEO campaign, start using the SEO plugin provided by your blogging platform or learn how to optimize your blog yourself. You should find out more about the keywords used by your target audience and place these keywords in your titles, the anchor text of your links and your URLs. Organize your blog efficiently and focus on getting some back-links to draw more traffic to your blog.

    Thanks :)
     
    Raedy, Mar 7, 2013 IP
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  2. ninjamtlt1

    ninjamtlt1 Active Member

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    Great tips I think it's important to provide a good experience for your readers so they continue to come back over and over!
     
    ninjamtlt1, Mar 8, 2013 IP
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    funmom91 Well-Known Member

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    Great advice! In order for a blog to be successful it is important that they keep their blog fresh & targeted while also marketing it as well. To some this is something that seems easy yet once they get started they find that being a blogger is not such a piece of cake. This explains why so many blogs fail within the first couple of months that they have been online.
     
    funmom91, Mar 8, 2013 IP
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    Write Quality Content
     
    alok00, Mar 11, 2013 IP
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    affilorama Active Member

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    Thanks for the tips! The key to a popular blog is the content. You need to entertain and inform through your articles. Quality content coupled with a good design and layout will make your blog a winner.

    All the best!
     
    affilorama, Mar 14, 2013 IP
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    easycontent Active Member

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    Thanks for the useful tips to make our blog popular..................
     
    easycontent, Mar 14, 2013 IP
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    Ch Sajid Ali Well-Known Member

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    nice tip
     
    Ch Sajid Ali, Mar 15, 2013 IP
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    This is great post. Thank you. ;)
     
    Romanz, Mar 16, 2013 IP
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    These tips are great information and I think they all revolve having a plan for your blog. If you have a plan and map out what it will look like, how it affects your readers, and how to get more traffic it becomes easier to implement all these tasks.
     
    quadxnet, Mar 25, 2013 IP
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    nice tips, yes I really agree to sticking with one topic, your blog needs to be about one niche, not several, it's just going to confuse the readers
     
    SteveBar, Mar 25, 2013 IP