A lot of people make blogs today! People create blogs for their business and corporations.
People create blogs about certain topics and niches to attempt to gain financial revenue from them.
A lot of people also make blogs to update the World Wide Web about what has been going on in their life.
The days of keeping a private diary is over because in this social generation, getting the word out to the masses is much more important and can be even more rewarding.
However, there are mistake than can be made that could send a blog to its demise before it even becomes a name for itself on the internet.
This article is about the 4 major mistakes to avoid when running your own blog! Mistake #1 - Making your reputation vulnerable! Don't destroy you and your blog's reputation on the internet! It is that simple! If you say the wrong thing or blog about the wrong thing, it will likely haunt you for the rest of your blogging days.
Don't ever slander or gossip another person because that person could bring legal problems to you or retaliate with their own reputation killing methods and you won't look innocent with slanders all over your blog.
You should also avoid bad promotion strategies such as spamming and unethical SEO tactics.
Once you are designated as a spammer, it will stick to your name and your blog.
You should always attempt to develop the best reputation possible online not only for your blog but even for yourself as well as when you are away from your blog.
Your readers will likely look up your activity on other websites and see what kind of person you are away from your blog.
Mistake #2 - Posting too little or posting too much! If you plan to create a blog as a way to create an active website or earn revenue, you will be required to be an active blogger.
In today's blogging world and the internet world in general, readers and users are looking and thriving for information.
They want new and unique information that they cannot get anywhere else.
As a blogger, you will be expected to give this new and unique information and quite frequently as well.
If you don't post often, you will lose the interest of readers and that means traffic as well.
You could also post too much and that is something many bloggers do not consider! A lot of pro bloggers offer subscription features and newsletters to alert readers of a new blog.
If a blogger posts multiple times a day, then the reader is going to get multiple emails a day which can easily become annoying and seen as spam.
1 to 2 blogs a day is probably best, or at least 3 or 4 per week at minimum.
You also want to make sure you are blogging about topics that are not found anywhere else online.
Mistake #3 - Neglecting your readers! Your readers are not just lurking around your blog looking for information; they are indeed human beings like you are.
You need to make sure you do not neglect them! Reply to comments made on your blog but engage the readers when you reply to them.
Reply with something useful and something that continues the discussion so that your readers keep making comments as well.
A lot of blog readers also enjoy to be mentioned in blogs.
So if you have a reader that is a regular on your blog, mention their name or username every now and then in your blog but do so in a very positive and non-intrusive manner of speaking.
If you mention them in your blogs, they will feel appreciated and an asset of your content creations.
If you ignore comments, in this social generation, readers will likely ignore your blogs and move somewhere else that is a bit more interactive for them.
Mistake #4 - Greed! Don't fall onto the thinking that a blog is just there to earn revenue otherwise you will fail and fail miserably.
A lot of amateur bloggers these days think they can create a blog and get rich overnight because of all the paid for eBooks out there that claim this.
However, they don't read the fine lines about how much work it takes to start earning revenue.
Blogging for revenue usually doesn't start happening until the blog is a year or multiple years old.
Don't flood your blog with advertisements and focus on everything that is about making money.
Focus on getting readers, submitting unique and fresh content and gaining popularity on the internet first and revenue earning methods will come to you.
If you focus on the cash right at the beginning, it will take a miracle to get you even the basic earnings which won't even really allow the blog to pay for itself.
People create blogs about certain topics and niches to attempt to gain financial revenue from them.
A lot of people also make blogs to update the World Wide Web about what has been going on in their life.
The days of keeping a private diary is over because in this social generation, getting the word out to the masses is much more important and can be even more rewarding.
However, there are mistake than can be made that could send a blog to its demise before it even becomes a name for itself on the internet.
This article is about the 4 major mistakes to avoid when running your own blog! Mistake #1 - Making your reputation vulnerable! Don't destroy you and your blog's reputation on the internet! It is that simple! If you say the wrong thing or blog about the wrong thing, it will likely haunt you for the rest of your blogging days.
Don't ever slander or gossip another person because that person could bring legal problems to you or retaliate with their own reputation killing methods and you won't look innocent with slanders all over your blog.
You should also avoid bad promotion strategies such as spamming and unethical SEO tactics.
Once you are designated as a spammer, it will stick to your name and your blog.
You should always attempt to develop the best reputation possible online not only for your blog but even for yourself as well as when you are away from your blog.
Your readers will likely look up your activity on other websites and see what kind of person you are away from your blog.
Mistake #2 - Posting too little or posting too much! If you plan to create a blog as a way to create an active website or earn revenue, you will be required to be an active blogger.
In today's blogging world and the internet world in general, readers and users are looking and thriving for information.
They want new and unique information that they cannot get anywhere else.
As a blogger, you will be expected to give this new and unique information and quite frequently as well.
If you don't post often, you will lose the interest of readers and that means traffic as well.
You could also post too much and that is something many bloggers do not consider! A lot of pro bloggers offer subscription features and newsletters to alert readers of a new blog.
If a blogger posts multiple times a day, then the reader is going to get multiple emails a day which can easily become annoying and seen as spam.
1 to 2 blogs a day is probably best, or at least 3 or 4 per week at minimum.
You also want to make sure you are blogging about topics that are not found anywhere else online.
Mistake #3 - Neglecting your readers! Your readers are not just lurking around your blog looking for information; they are indeed human beings like you are.
You need to make sure you do not neglect them! Reply to comments made on your blog but engage the readers when you reply to them.
Reply with something useful and something that continues the discussion so that your readers keep making comments as well.
A lot of blog readers also enjoy to be mentioned in blogs.
So if you have a reader that is a regular on your blog, mention their name or username every now and then in your blog but do so in a very positive and non-intrusive manner of speaking.
If you mention them in your blogs, they will feel appreciated and an asset of your content creations.
If you ignore comments, in this social generation, readers will likely ignore your blogs and move somewhere else that is a bit more interactive for them.
Mistake #4 - Greed! Don't fall onto the thinking that a blog is just there to earn revenue otherwise you will fail and fail miserably.
A lot of amateur bloggers these days think they can create a blog and get rich overnight because of all the paid for eBooks out there that claim this.
However, they don't read the fine lines about how much work it takes to start earning revenue.
Blogging for revenue usually doesn't start happening until the blog is a year or multiple years old.
Don't flood your blog with advertisements and focus on everything that is about making money.
Focus on getting readers, submitting unique and fresh content and gaining popularity on the internet first and revenue earning methods will come to you.
If you focus on the cash right at the beginning, it will take a miracle to get you even the basic earnings which won't even really allow the blog to pay for itself.
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