As bloggers, there are definitely some things that you shouldn’t be doing. We often see ”Must Do” type of lists but what about things that we shouldn’t do? Becoming a successful blogger isn’t that easy because you have to do some things right. Blogging can be fun and profitable if you work hard and try to avoid doing mistakes that a lot of newbie bloggers do. Networking is something important for any bloggers whether it’s with your own readers or with other bloggers.
Writing quality content is something really important as we all know but there are also some other aspects that you have to consider. Hard work and patience will help you succeed and become a well known blogger. Isn’t that our dream? I don’t know for you but for me it is! Here is a list of things that you must not do as a blogger:
1. You Must Not Ignore Networking
Networking is really important for bloggers! Why? Because if you are writing to a large audience, some people will want to know more about you. You can’t become successful if your readers don’t know who you are. Being active and get in touch with other bloggers will benefit you in many ways.
2. You Must Not Expect Fast Results
Blogging isn’t an overnight success, it takes months and months of work. It took some top bloggers as much as 5 years to start being successful. Making money blogging is possible but only if you provide hard work and do things right!
3. You Must Not Ignore Posting Frequency
Not updating your blog often can be a big mistake because if you don’t write often, your visitors will think that your blog is dead! Posting often has a lot of benefits such as helping you improve your writing skills, helping you increase your RSS subscribers and ,etc. Be consistent and work hard and you will surely see benefits in a few months. Because as I have mentioned, succeeding quickly isn’t something you should expect!
4. You Must Not Ignore SEO
A lot of newbie bloggers don’t optimize their blogs for search engines mainly because they lack of knowledge in that field. One of of the advantage of blogging is that each time that you write a post, it will index on Google and this will help you generate free and targeted traffic! Having a lot of targeted traffic to your blog will help you succeed.
5. You Must Not Try To Be Someone Else
Personality is something that is really important because there are millions and millions of blogs on the World Wide Web. The competition is definitely huge and you have to stand out. Having your own touch will definitely help stand out from the big competition. Be yourself and try to write the content yourself because this will help you adapt your readers to your own writing style. Each time you make a post, they will know it’s from you and not from someone else.
This guest article is written by Fazal Mayar. The blogger behind Richer Or Not. You can follow Fazal on Twitter @fazalmayar. If you wish to write for us, kindly check this.
You should never expect fast results at all when Blogging. It takes time to see results so don't give up.
You Must Not Ignore SEO !
i wonder this is it a must for SEO. I believe that no matter how good a content is but yet no SEO will equal to a nice foods but no one eat it.
So i still choose SEO but you can see in most of forum, everyone would told you blog content come 1st. So till now,, i still unable to choose which is the correct one. But to get high PR, you hard to avoid from SEO.
thanks for the kind comments guys 🙂
Man, I love your article, seriously I U will become a successful blogger some day, I bet….
I see more and more bloggers that have no clue about how to network, I also see those that preach and brag about it, but honestly never do it. Ignoring networking amongst bloggers today is a massive downfall and missed opportunity. Sure, the auto tweeters, fake multiple accounts and huge retweet numbers all look great, but if no one is really paying attention because you fail to network then it will all be for nothing.
Nice tips as always, hopefully a few will figure it out from this post.
This is David. Hello to all. As I am new to the internet and blogging in particular,I have a lot to sort out and to learn. Thankfully, bloggers are some of the classiest and most informative people anywhere. I need all of the information I can get and this post helps a whole lot. Thank You for posting this. I am determined to hang in there because I believe in the process.
Hi David, blogging isnt an overnight success. Try to learn from the best blogs in your niche, it will help you through the process!
good luck!
Superb article and very informative. You are spot on, man. Though these are not the only points for succeeding as a blogger, but the most critical ones. Looking forward to reading more interesting posts from you. BTW I wanted to add something here – <a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/index.html" target="_blank">Blog Carnival</a> is a cool way to get a lot of exposure and back links to ones blog.
Blogging is not not a one night stand that will make any one rich overnight . work hard on SEO and write useful content that may help you reader to get them back again
Very nice fazal! Tips are really good for blogger
Networking always help you a lot so always try to create honest network.
Nice points. Be focus and work smartly.
nice points mate.. yes we should not except fast results. the results depends on our hard work.
nice post fazal , be consistent and blog regularly
Good to see you here Fazal
gr8 post fazal! i think 5th point is You must not try to be someone else! i liked ur post all in all and especially the 2nd point. we must not expect quizk results, all we should concentrate on is to blog good and blog frequently! 🙂
Oops, guess some editing mistake. Fixed it. Thanks mate. 🙂
thanks gautam:) I agree 🙂