Off The Cuff

How About Some Do’s And Don’ts Of Blogging

Posted by: From Arkansas in Blogging Tips on Aug 26 2007

Welcome back!

I thought long and hard about what I could tell you that you do not already know and it simply did not come to me. So, I will give you a few tips on blogging that might help you along the bloggers highway. Yeah. Well, if only somebody had told me a couple of the things I will tell you, I would have been a lot farther along than I am right now. So, here are just a few things that I learned as I went.

1) When you set up a blog, try to find a pleasant background. I first started with plain backgrounds and they were, oh, so boring! A boring blog will not get attention.

2) Blog on things that you know about and are passionate about, have experiences with or whatever you have an expertise in. What do you love? Write about parenting skills, money saving, politics (like and don’t like), how to wallpaper a room, you name it, you can blog about it. Got an idea that would help your readers to cope? Write about that. Try to make the subject something that people will actually be interested in…that is, if you want readers. If not, just blog. It won’t matter.

3) This might just fit into the previous tip but give your blog a theme. It will have to fit your content to at least some extent. For instance, my blog is about Arkansas views. I use a woodsy type atmosphere because Arkansas is like that near where I live. But you can do about anything with your theme. Whatever fits you!

4) Be sure to post frequently. If you don’t, the blog sort of sits there. If you want to get and keep readers, you must give them something to read.

5) Find people who have other blogs that are like yours and link to them. Give them your “linky love”. It all helps the readership. You may have heard about Google Page Rank. If you want a good number, you must get that linking to others done.

6) Try to be different in your blogging. I realize that it isn’t easy because of how many blogs are out there but put your personality into the blog. That will make it unique.

7) Enjoy your readers. Ask them to comment, read the comments and then thank them for visiting, like I do. Let them know that you care about what they have to say.

8 ) DON’T put endless ads on the blog. If you sign up for every money making thing out there, you will have littered your blog with advertising. I’ve seen a few of those. It’s almost impossible to find the posts among all the ads.

9) Don’t let your blog get bogged down in blah blah blah. I know that your aunt Mabel might have two heads instead of one but does anyone want to know about that? Maybe Guiness. If it isn’t interesting, they won’t come. Okay, we realize that your blog is yours. Do what you like but if you want readers, then you want to give them something too. Aunt Mabel can get her own blog.

Sometime in the future of the world, there will be more blogging tips.

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