5 Blogging Lessons Which I can give to Bloggers!
Although I am not a pro or an expert blogger, whom everyone is looking for tips, though there are a few bloggers who do appreciate my blogging tips. For them only here is my new blog post on 5 blogging lessons which I can give to bloggers.
Read on this blog post if you too want to become a well known blogger and increase the number of followers of your blog.
If you are new to blogging, or just researching about starting your first blog, then it is a great idea to read some of the most popular blogs on Blogging Tips. It will certainly boost your knowledge about how can you start a great blog. You can also read some of my blog posts on the same, especially the one on the 10 blogging mistakes which every new blogger should avoid.
It is always better to have as much information as possible so that you cannot do any such blogging mistakes. So here are the top 5 blogging lessons which I can share on the basis of my own experiences:
While developing a new blog, or any blog, the most important aspect is the niche. Niche is the area of expertise of a blog. What I can suggest everyone is to write on topics which you enjoy writing.
To be very frank blogging is an art. If you don’t know how to paint, it will be a waste if you start painting. Although with continuous and dedicated efforts you can learn how to do painting.
Similarly with blogging, you cannot and should not start a blog on any topic. Choosing topic or niche is very crucial in developing your blog as an authority one. If you like sharing recipes, then you should start a food blog only, as then you can blog about something which you really love and enjoy.
On the other hand if you started a blog on SEO, then I am quite sure you won’t get the motivation to write any post for it.
Always remember blogs are not at all something which can become successful overnight. You need continuous efforts, dedication, quality content and consistency to create a mark in your segment of bloggers. Do remember one most important thing, if you don’t like what you are writing I am sure none of your readers will like that too.
To attract an audience base you need to write killer contents for them and if you selected a niche in which you don’t have an interest, how can you expect to attract an audience base?
A blog is successful only if it does interact with its readers. Either through the post content or from the comments of the site, the interaction with readers is very much required for the success of a blog.
No matter which niche you opted for your blog, try to write interactive blogs for it. Interactive blogs plays an important role in building relationships. If you interact with your readers, they will surely remember your blog and try to visit it again and again.
Do try to respond to any comment posted on your blog. Try to give them a homely feeling on your blog, like we say for hotels 🙂
You all know that a blog is dead if it has no new posts. No matter what schedule you do follow, but remember to update your blog on a consistent basis, so that if a user get back to your blog after some time, they should get something new to read.
I always emphasize that a blogger must need to be consistent. Now you might ask me that why am I not consistent on other blogs of mine?
The answer is that though I am not updating the blogs like Tech Acid, etc. on a regular basis, but still I am not leaving them completely. I always make sure that I should at least post on them on a monthly basis too. On the other hand those who know me also know that I am running I News India as well, and here I use to post on a regular and daily basis.
So the point is that, if you are a blogger, then you must need to post a blog on a regular basis. If you cannot give that much of time, then I honestly feel you should not start a blog.
I know that one of the most common feelings while starting a blog is to earn from it. Though earning is quite important aspect of blogging, but still I must say that it should not be your primary goal to start a blog.
First try to establish your authority and then only start thinking about how to monetize through it. When you will have a good number of followers or readers then certainly you can think about monetizing your blog, but before doing so might give you heartburns and you can even think about quitting blogging.
Do remember the fact, if you are a new name, no one will care to click on a link which you might suggest them, be it an affiliate link, or a direct link of your advertisers, but on the other hand when you will be a known name in your industry, people will happily click on your suggested links.
So the first thing which you might think about is developing credibility of your blog, then of thinking about monetizing it.
People say that for becoming a successful blogger, you need not to know SEO. But I will say that SEO is crucial behind the success of any blog. Try to learn it as much as possible.
Being a blogger you should know about what Search Engine Optimization is and how to rank higher in search engines; else your blog posts won’t get the desired attention. Actually there are so many things about SEO, but you should not try to learn every aspect of it. You can learn the basics of SEO so that you can be able to prepare Meta data and other things properly on your blog.
When you learn about SEO, you will come up to know about using some plugins with your WordPress blog, which can really nullify your SEO efforts.
So those were the top 5 lessons which I can teach to everyone. Those who are planning to start a blog for themselves must understand these points. Please do share about what is your opinion about this and other blog posts of mine. Also understand that quality content is the most important thing which any blog is required to become an expert blog.
So I would advise you to create the best possible content for your blog, which should be interactive as well and engaging too. It will definitely help you to brand yourself.
Spot on Alok. I am completely with you on the consistency, niche, money bit. And also the idea of trying to connect to the readers, try and understand what they want and respond accordingly. It sure is a beautiful process 🙂
Thank you so so much Vinay. I am extremely delighted that you liked my post 🙂
Mr Alok,
I liked this post, it’s very useful and important for any blogger.
Awesome
Thank you so much Raghunath 🙂
Thanks alok !
Another informative post !
Thank you so much Ananya 🙂
Hey Alok, thanks again.. Wonderful topic and as always, another great day @ school. :D.. Cheers.. Rajesh
Thank you so so much Rajesh. I am delighted that you liked it 🙂
Great write up….and wonderful tips to new bloggers and for me too….. 🙂
Thank you so much Remya 🙂 I am extremely delighted that you liked it 🙂
very informative Alok.. specially the point about creating Niche wisely ….. as I find it really hard to niche my blog considering the wide range of things I want to blog about … 🙁
SEO.. i wondered what SEO stands for … now I know its Search Engine Optimization … Thanks.
Yes Kokila, niche is very much important, though as bloggers like us can write on any topic so finding niche for us becomes really difficult and challenging. But still as you will find my blog revolves around two niches, one is SEO and other is Blogging, so you can say that my main niches are those two. Similar for your blog, you yourself can decide about which niche is best suited for you.
Thank you so much Kokila, I am glad that my blogs are so useful for you. But you know what, I will be more than happier and understand that my blogs are useful to anyone, if he/she would love to upgrade their free blogs after reading my blog 🙂 That will be my real victory 🙂
“if you don’t like what you are writing I am sure none of your readers will like that too” -I so agree to this statement. If you really want to know whether your blog post would be liked by people or not, just read it as if you’re a reader and see if you like it. You would always get the right answer.
Great post sir. This contains good and to the point advice. 🙂
Thank you so much Manpreet 🙂 I am delighted that you liked it so much. Thanks for your comment and appreciation, I will always try to inspire others with similar contents in future as well 🙂
An Educative Post!
Thank you so much 🙂
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Thank you so much Moon, I am extremely delighted that you considered me and my blog for this prestigious award. Thanks a lot 🙂