Though there are various reasons why people blog, the main ones are: Passion of writing i.e. to share with the world what you know and to make money on your blog. Successful blogging needs dedication and patience on the part of the blogger. In this article we look at some of the reasons why bloggers fail in their first year.
Writing quality content without promoting it to the desired audience is one of the biggest mistake that any blogger can ever make. Getting people to read your content should be your main goal after hitting that publishing button. You should have plans and strategies on how to drive traffic to your blog way before you even publish your content. This will ensure that your content reach the right audience. Promotion may involve sharing it on Social media (Facebook, G+, Twitter, Pinterest), submitting your articles to news feeds on popular websites. You can also submit your articles to Bookmarking sites like Pearltrees, Reddit, Digg, Bizsugar, Flipboard, etc. Promoting quality content to reach the target audience is the key to successful blog.
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Passion is what keeps a person going even when things don’t seem not to be working. When you pick a niche that you are not passionate about, you will notice that, with time your drive towards it slowly deteriorates, this may include number of your posts you write over a given period of time reducing, or the quality going down. This will translates to reduction of the number of visitors to your site, and in some cases, your readers may stop completely from visiting your site. Therefore it is paramount you pick on a niche that you are passionate about to ensure that you don’t get run out of content or drive to keep writing quality content.
Making money on your blog shouldn’t be the main reason why you started your blog. When you are starting out on your blogging journey, your main focus should be growing your blog through writing of quality content then promoting it to the right audience. With a good blog, that has enough quality content and traffic then you can think of monetizing it. Successful blogging requires discipline and perseverance.
SEO is one important part of successful blogging. Optimizing your site for search engines is one aspect that is looked down by most new bloggers simply because most of them believe that is a difficult area that only tech savvy people can handle. SEO is something that anyone can easily learn and start implementing it immediately on his/her blog. I would recommend you read the following articles on SEO:
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Running plenty of blogs can be a challenging and daunting task. Blogging involves so many tasks like: Coming up with articles to write on through say research, writing, publishing and promoting the content. All these tasks are time-consuming, and can be very challenging if you have many blogs that you are running at the same time. It is better you focus on one blog but if you must have more than one, then ensure that it doesn’t affect the quality of content that you publish and promote.
Though search engines play an important role in driving free traffic to your blog, it is not advisable to write your content just for the search engines. Your readers should be the main focus. Try to find a balance between writing articles that your readers can open & read and at the same time rank high in search engines.
Try as much as possible to write original content, that you have done enough research on and you can back it up with relevant sources. Quality content is what keeps your visitors coming to your site since they know they will learn something new from your posts.
When you stop learning new things, then you would not be at par with the current trends and latest developments in your industry or niche. What you know may become outdated. When your visitors recognizes this, then they may stop visiting your site. Therefore keep learning, especially on the niche you are writing about.
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Thanks for the tips
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Very good reminder. Many jump into blogging without thinking and quickly get burned out.
Hi Vladimir, am grateful for dropping by again. Yes, blogging requires patience and dedication.
Very helpful tips for me as I am very new to this blogging world. Submitting sites to digg, flipboard and other which I was not knowing is truly a friendly advice. I am submitting now only.
Hi Yukti, it is good to share content with as many social media networks as possible but try to find out the best networks that are bringing in most results, then focus on those.
Great tips. I'm still in my first year of blogging so I'll take your advice into account.
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Thank you for sharing this! I'm struggling to improve the traffic in my blog and your linked articles where invaluable.
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Thanks for the useful reminders!!
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These are great tips! I know I need to step up my SEO game, so it's great to have a few links to check out to get me started! Thanks!
Hi Rob, am grateful for your comments.
All true! I'd add inconsistency. Great post.
Hi Mariella, thanks for the positive feedback.
Some excellent tips. And I agree - you must be diverse and understand your personal brand to succeed with blogging. Great topic choice!
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I have not even made it through my first months and I am already struggling with some of these issues. Yes I am blogging for money because this is a way that I can create income. My wife is disabled and I am her caregiver. I know that this is going to take some time. But I want to be able to create enough income where we are not struggling all the time. Thanks for the info.
Yes, you can make an income from a blog, but all you need to know before hand is that, it may take time to realise some reasonable income from it. Some bloggers make it faster others take time but this should not discourage. Keep working, and money will find you on the way.