Comments on: 7 Blogging Mistakes You Should Avoid

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:14:49 +0000

I had always thought that if I post MORE (like every day), not only would people get tired of hearing what I had to say, but they wouldn’t come visit as much – and not nearly all of my posts. But, then I participated in this online thing where you blog every day for an entire month. EVERY DAY. And, my visitors doubled! Some days my posts were super short and lighthearted, but I know I gained more visitors as well as more loyal readers.

By: Dieta

Dieta — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:20:12 +0000

The last one is a often commited “blog crime”. People think that the only way to get traffic is by search engines while in fact it’s those pesky daily/weekly readers that make up most of your community – you need to care for them and write posts that they might enjoy. Even if it means ranking a little lower in search engines.

By: Steven-Sanders

Steven-Sanders — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:03:49 +0000

Thanks for the catch on the misspelling.

By: Change Your Life for Better

Change Your Life for Better — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:16:15 +0000

I agree with you on all things.. I just realized that Google is successful because the way it works is based on accurate modeling of how visitors interact with a website. So by delivering value to the reader we automatically get search engine traffic.

I am sorry to point out, but there is a spelling mistake in the last point – “If you’re writing is so cryptic that you sound like a 2nd grader because..”. It must be “If your writing is so cryptic that you sound like a 2nd grader because..”. I noticed that many native English writers do very silly mistakes when foreign writers find problems mainly with vocabulary.

By: Steven-Sanders

Steven-Sanders — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:06:42 +0000

Well, your participation in the comments here matter, as do everyone’s comments!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:49:06 +0000

Creating a community is huge. Most people only have a limited time each day to read posts; I know that the ones I’ll get to first are the ones where I feel like my participation in the comments really matter to the blogger.

Great tips! Thanks!

By: Tara R.

Tara R. — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:11:17 +0000

Great tips. Thanks for sharing.

By: Keg of Wisdom

Keg of Wisdom — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:09:07 +0000

Sometimes we try and rush posts out and it shows. Thanks for the tips!

By: Millionaire Acts

Millionaire Acts — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:41:59 +0000

Great tips you have here. I implement all of them. I always believe that to be successful in blogging, one must write good quality content, a little SEO technique and definitely a lot of marketing. A quality content blog site is definitely a plus since readers might do the marketing for you thru word of mouth especially if they liked your content and might catch a link bait from other bloggers as well.

By: Loki

Loki — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:06:11 +0000

Great article and very useful, but

whispers: Meaning no disrespect, was using “grammer” instead of “grammar” a spelling joke or a rushing to post joke?

If so, very clever, if not, you proved your point well.