There are a lot of things to avoid when blogging, at least for bloggers who want to be successful.
This article does not focus on those.
Instead, here are five things a blogger should aim for, in order to be more widely read.
Every blogger, of course, wants to be read by many people.
That is ultimately the point of a blog.
The mark of a successful blogger is an active community and audience who follow the blog.
1.
Build a Blog Community There should be healthy and friendly interaction on the blog, with plenty of commentary from the readers and replies from the blogger.
Such a community will reinforce the loyalty of the blog readers, making them feel like the blog is a place they'd like to come back to visit frequently.
Readers who provide useful comments can only make the blog better and enhance the content of the site overall.
2.
Write Content in Advance Keep writing.
A blogger will not always be able to post on time or as frequently as he or she might like to post.
For those times, it is a good idea to have some posts ready that can be put up on the blog quickly.
It could be something as simple as writer's block or as extensive as a vacation or as sudden as a family emergency.
Have content ready for the blog for those times when it is impossible to write something new so the readers will not be disappointed,.
3.
Post Regularly Serious bloggers need to show some serious work.
Posting once a week will only bring in readers once a week, and some may stop coming altogether.
Anyone who wants to build a reader base needs to post several times a week.
Daily is not necessary, but weekly is not enough.
Keep the readers coming back for more, always wondering what will come next.
4.
Learn from Mistakes Mistakes are only wasted time if we fail to learn from them.
Take the time to find out what went wrong and how to prevent that mistake from happening again, and you will become an even better blogger.
Living in denial will only make the problem, whatever it was, even worse.
Those who do not learn from mistakes will only repeat them, to paraphrase a famous quote.
5.
Listen to Feedback The readers are the reason for a blog site and the real secret behind its success.
Listen to them.
If there are changes that many readers are asking to see, consider making those changes.
The readers will appreciate the feeling of being heard and they may even bring others to the site.
This article does not focus on those.
Instead, here are five things a blogger should aim for, in order to be more widely read.
Every blogger, of course, wants to be read by many people.
That is ultimately the point of a blog.
The mark of a successful blogger is an active community and audience who follow the blog.
1.
Build a Blog Community There should be healthy and friendly interaction on the blog, with plenty of commentary from the readers and replies from the blogger.
Such a community will reinforce the loyalty of the blog readers, making them feel like the blog is a place they'd like to come back to visit frequently.
Readers who provide useful comments can only make the blog better and enhance the content of the site overall.
2.
Write Content in Advance Keep writing.
A blogger will not always be able to post on time or as frequently as he or she might like to post.
For those times, it is a good idea to have some posts ready that can be put up on the blog quickly.
It could be something as simple as writer's block or as extensive as a vacation or as sudden as a family emergency.
Have content ready for the blog for those times when it is impossible to write something new so the readers will not be disappointed,.
3.
Post Regularly Serious bloggers need to show some serious work.
Posting once a week will only bring in readers once a week, and some may stop coming altogether.
Anyone who wants to build a reader base needs to post several times a week.
Daily is not necessary, but weekly is not enough.
Keep the readers coming back for more, always wondering what will come next.
4.
Learn from Mistakes Mistakes are only wasted time if we fail to learn from them.
Take the time to find out what went wrong and how to prevent that mistake from happening again, and you will become an even better blogger.
Living in denial will only make the problem, whatever it was, even worse.
Those who do not learn from mistakes will only repeat them, to paraphrase a famous quote.
5.
Listen to Feedback The readers are the reason for a blog site and the real secret behind its success.
Listen to them.
If there are changes that many readers are asking to see, consider making those changes.
The readers will appreciate the feeling of being heard and they may even bring others to the site.
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