What is the one criteria to become a successful blogger? Avoid mistakes like plagues. While it’s definitely forgivable to make mistakes due to carelessness, it’s wrong if you are not even aware of it in the first place. Recognize these 7 mistakes to avoid falling into the same trap millions have before you.
1. Your writing is boring – Ever come across writing that are both educative and entertaining? The simplest way to add life into your articles is by writing your post the same way you talk. It adds personality in your post.
2. Your blog revolves around you – Unless you are a celebrity, no one cares about what’s been going on with your life. Instead of personal ramblings, you’re way more likely to gain loyal readers by sharing tips that can help solve their problems.
3. You’re repeating what others are saying – If this is your plan to reach blogging success, you’re not going to make it. What every blog needs is uniqueness, and unique certainly doesn’t come from repeating what has been said.
4. Your video on auto-play – Videos, or worst, music on auto-play pretty much spells goodbye for most visitors. You could at least let the visitors the freedom of choice, or they are going to hate you for it.
5. Nothing but a wall of text – I’ve written many articles on what makes a good articles. Not once is this point missed out. It’s that important. And remember to put some relevant pictures to go along with your articles. It may take some time to find one, but it’s well worth the effort.
6. You post once a month – The worst you could do to kill your blog is by writing one hell of an article and leave it till next month before you get your new post up. For established bloggers, they might be able to pull this off. But if your blog is new, I recommend at least three posts a week for the first couple of months.
7. Your blog design is no good. When we start blogging, we always have the tendency to go for free WordPress templates. While I’m not totally against the idea, but I’m sure you heard the phrase, you get what you pay. In the case of “free” templates, it’s going to hurt you more than do you good.
What’s your opinion? Have any to share?
Nik Imran is the author of IMakeABlog, a blog that provides guide on how to make a blog. If you have no clue as to what constitute a blog, you can check his article where he answers the most basic question in elaborate fashion. What is a blog? Grab a totally unique version of this article from the Uber Article Directory
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