7 Things a Newbie Blogger Should Avoid Doing
March 3, 2009 by Shanker Bakshi
Filed under Blogging, Blogging Resource
1. Don’t Google analysis your traffic data frequently
As a newbie blogger you will see a very little traffic to your blog, in this situation it will definitely be discouraging to analyze traffic data if you and your mom are the only two readers of your blog. Try to comprehend technical term used in Google Analytics and master all these analytical reports as soon as possible but for god shake don’t verify your traffic data every other minutes.
2. Don’t argue with your commentators.
Once I did it in my initial blogging days and I lost one of my valuable commentators. Respect their opinion and if you have any adverse opinion then try to shout out in modestly.
3. Write more (Read Less)
Are you a frequent visitor to Darren Rowse and Chris brogan? These guys write 3 to 4 articles per day. These are master blog article writers. If you keep on reading their blog posts you will find yourself a crap writer (Yes it happens with most of the guys). One of my close friends told me that he was quite happy writing blog posts every alternate days but since he started reading these master’s blog he felt that he should write exactly the same way as these super writers dose and life was never be the same again. Now he find it difficult to express his opinion in that fashion and ultimately distract his flow of writing. Make sure you admire them, don’t try to be exactly like them.
4. Don’t spend mush time tweaking your WordPress themes.
When you surf other blogger’s sites and see something “interesting” flashing over there; you try to incorporate the same in your blog. You start tweaking and end up messing up your CSS code and chaotic look of your blog. If you are not a webmaster then don’t spend all the time is fine-tuning things by yourself.
5. Don’t apply to paid review sites/affiliate network unless your blog is stuffed with articles.
If you have only two-three dozens of article blinking on your site then don’t just apply for paid review sites, affiliate network, there are more chances that your application will get rejected. Stuff your blog with some nice articles related to your niche; at least fifty of them and then start applying for affiliations.
6. Don’t mess up yourself with something you are not an expert of;
Try to write articles around your niche. A person visiting your site frequently must have some kind of idea what usually you serve for their eyes. Don’t mess up yourself on a subject about which you have very little knowledge, or you have just come to know about it.
7. Blog for your passion and not for making money.
Much has been said on this, I don’t really think I have anything fresh to call on this. Blogging is about passion money is a peripheral attached to it. Blog out your passion.
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nice article…and I’m on your side with every point apart from where you said write more (Read less)
though when I read articles from problogger that give me more encouragement to write articles and some innovative ideas,…
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Hi Shanker,
So that means I should stop reading your blog now and better be off to write in my blog, lol.
Good remind, I need to update. Great article.
Luis
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Great tips. I think every newbie should read this post if his goal is to make money.
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8. try to make your blog in catch in fellow bloggers
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#7 is the key.
There are lots of crappy blogs out there these days and I really tired of them
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Great tips – Blog for passion not money , money will follow
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I usually do frequently the no.1
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Great tips. I spend way to much of my time tweaking my blog and not enough time writing.
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very nice advices how can we increase the traffic to site is goal of every site for getting advantage of internet business and marketing.
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I personally don’t agree with tip #4 if you can handle the css/php programming. I do agree with tip #5: Without CONTENT your site WILL be REJECTED! Very informative post!
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Hi Shanker,
Very good tips for everyone. Well you need lots of passion otherwise you’re not going to be blogging for too long. The money doesn’t come too early I’m afraid.
Peter Lee
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Good guidance providing for newbie. It’s really helpful for newbie. Thanks for sharing good information.
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2. Don’t argue with your commentators. << this is funny, imagine if all your readers read about your argument, that will totally ruin your blog and no one will visit it again.
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