Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Blogging Tips You Really Need To Know

By Bree Salomon


It might be tricky, but with a little work, you can create and maintain a popular blog. These days, it's easy for anyone to throw a blog online, so making yours stand out from the crowd can be a real challenge. If you desire to learn how to go about this, then you need to read this guide.

Make a posting routine. This requires lots of self-discipline, but it's essential to your blog. If it's not updated constantly, then there's no blog. Try experimenting until you find one that fits your pace. There are some bloggers that post around 2-3 articles each day, while others post about one each week.

Headlines are what your readers tend to read first. They act like bait. If your bait is good, they will "bite" into the blog post too. However, if your headline is dull, repetitive, commonplace, predictable, or just not intriguing at all, your readers may decide to skip the entire thing.

Do not copy other people's articles. Plagiarism is taken seriously, and if you do plagiarize you are ruining your reputation. You need not be a professional wordsmith to maintain a successful blog; you simply need to be passionate--and original--when it comes to your subject matter. Refrain from using blog designs that are similar to MySpace. This means using extremely busy designs that have too much content on your screen, too many animated graphics, etc. Having these busy designs makes it extremely difficult for your readers to read your blog. As a result, they'll likely leave.

Ask a blog that is popular in your niche to post a link on their blog. It may take a few days for them to get back to you, but you should not get discouraged. It's important the blog you want your link posted on is relevant to your niche.

Write posts in advance that you can use when you are busy or just can't come up with a new topic. We all have those days that we are on a roll and the words are just flowing. Take advantage of those days and write some posts that you can stash away for a rainy day. Use those posts when you need to take some time off.

Make use of images within your posts often. Pictures are attention grabbing and are an easy way to convey your ideas without words. Blog readers like to see what you are blogging about. Pictures often communicate message more easily then just words. So, try to use images as often as you can.

If you are writing an article, and it is under 500 words, it is best not to use it. People are reading your blog to gain knowledge or information, and you want to make sure that you are meeting this need properly. Articles that are too short will not give your readers everything they are looking for.

As was stated earlier, blogging is popular for so many reasons. Everyone seems to have something that they want to say. The first thing is to decide what you want to say. Once you have that established, the helpful hints from the above article can help you to craft your blog into the success that you want it to be.




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