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Don’t Copy My 11 Blogging Mistakes

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1. The document discusses common mistakes bloggers make and provides advice to avoid them. It covers topics like choosing the wrong niche, lack of consistency in posting, copying content, having too many ads, not promoting the blog, using free hosting/domains, neglecting SEO, lacking goals/plans, not engaging with comments, using free themes, and poor content quality. 2. The author acknowledges having made many of the same mistakes when starting out, such as lack of consistency, not promoting the blog, and using free themes. 3. The key advice is to find a niche you're passionate about, post consistently, create unique high-quality content, promote your blog on social media and other sites, use

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Mistakes do happen in blogging. Don’t let these mistakes shut down your blog! Rectify them.
1. Wrong Niche or Topic You cannot know everything. But you surely know something. Choosing a topic is very important before starting a blog. This will decide your coming future in blogging. Before you start a blog, you should know the whole purpose of your blog. Follow your passion, and everything else will follow you.
2. Inconsistency Or Forgot To Do It? ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS • Didn’t you get time to update your blog? • Didn’t you have patience for web traffic to come in? • You got frustrated because you didn’t know what to write? • Or you had something important, or other priorities first? • Or you thought you would start making money after giving in 5-10 posts?
• Your blog readers are looking for . • When Google doesn’t find any new content, as a technology robot, then . • Do it , with a fresh and genuine look. • Publish articles only. DO THESE…!
Sue Dunlevie, the owner of Successful Blogging says If you update your blog once a week and write 1,000 words per post after a year you’ll have written a small book. That’s impressive. It really does make you an expert in your niche and the very act of that writing will have helped you learn a lot about yourself, your goals and your business.
3. Copy & Paste Please don’t do this. Never ever! It’s called plagiarism. If readers can find the same copy of the content on another blog, they wouldn’t even subscribe to your mailing list. Always come up with new ideas and words, so Google knows about it. The main challenge is to keep your readers attached to your blog, and that is possible with unique content only.
4. Full Of Clutter & Ads Readers don’t like the ads at all. Although ads are used to earn money, that’s the source of income. But use them wisely. Don’t make it hard for your readers to read the content on your blog, for which you have worked so hard. Apply the design principle, KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. And you will have a successful blog. Clean is better. Do not complicate it. Your readers will love your site.
5. Not Doing Blog Promotion If you don’t know how to drive traffic to your blog you are wasting your time. Just like writing content, promotion plays a vital role in the blogging world. You will have to learn online marketing (SEO) skills. My favorite way of learning is through videos. And that’s why I prefer Udemy. Jerry Low, owner of Web Hosting Secret Revealed (WHSR) says, says marketing is the most crucial aspect of blogging.
Even if you are not selling anything, you have to attract visitors. Promote your blog on social media websites, and allow others to do that directly from your website. You can add social media plugins to let readers share the article. Ask other bloggers in your network to give feedback. There are forums which you can join.
6. Using Free Domain & Hosting A free domain which doesn’t look good and hosting which could make your page would only make you quit your blogging businessload slower and frustrate your readers Go for premium hosting only. Personally, I recommend Bluehost, Dreamhost, Hostgator and DigitalOcean to host your WordPress blog.
7. What About SEO? If you are neglecting SEO, your visitors will never ever find you online. The most important part of SEO is proper keyword research. SEO is like gas which keeps your blog running. The moment there is no gas, it stops. Get educated about SEO. If you know how to write a high-quality content and know good SEO strategy, half the battle is won.
8. No Plans & No Goals Take blogging as a business, which will earn you money in the long run. When you start a blog, you need a plan & goal beforehand. The plan will keep you stick to your goals. Don’t worry if you don’t have any goal. You can make one now. When I started, there was no plan at all. Big mistake. Now I have my plan, my goal. It’s important to take necessary steps to accomplish your goals if you want to be a successful blogger.
9. Comments We comment on other blogs to network with other bloggers. If you receive comments on your blog, do not miss on them. Do reply them. I found it boring initially. It was my mistake. When somebody who is earning thousands of dollars every month is commenting then why can’t you, as a newbie, do it? When you comment on other blogs, you are actually expressing your thoughts and opinions. This will help promote your blog also through a backlink given on the site, which will help you get more traffic from that site.
10. First Or Last Impression A theme is what your visitor first looks at. It’s like the first impression. A free template does not give an individual feel of the blog because it’s being used for different other blogs on the internet. I installed many free themes, and I never got satisfied with the looks. Use premium theme on your blog. So free or premium theme, the choice is yours!
11. CONTENT It should be styled simple and sober, so your reader can understand what they are looking for. It should be presentable in a clean format and must include keywords very importantly. For proofreading, I use Grammarly. You can also use Grammarly application, which finds 250 type of errors and also provides other features to suggest the best possible use.
Your Mistakes? I did blogging mistakes, and I do make them even now. I have made all the mistakes above mentioned. So don’t copy my blogging mistakes. I have learned a lot in my last 2 years. I don’t want to be a part of those bloggers who repeats mistakes always, and I didn’t want to repeat any of mine. I am sure there are much more blogging mistakes which you might have done, and not mentioned here. I would sure love to know about it.
Thank You! Read more on my blog - www.mukeshnuna.com Follow me on Twitter - @mukeshnuna Like my FB Page – fb.com/MukeshNunaOfficial

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Don’t Copy My 11 Blogging Mistakes

  • 2. Mistakes do happen in blogging. Don’t let these mistakes shut down your blog! Rectify them.
  • 3. 1. Wrong Niche or Topic You cannot know everything. But you surely know something. Choosing a topic is very important before starting a blog. This will decide your coming future in blogging. Before you start a blog, you should know the whole purpose of your blog. Follow your passion, and everything else will follow you.
  • 4. 2. Inconsistency Or Forgot To Do It? ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS • Didn’t you get time to update your blog? • Didn’t you have patience for web traffic to come in? • You got frustrated because you didn’t know what to write? • Or you had something important, or other priorities first? • Or you thought you would start making money after giving in 5-10 posts?
  • 5. • Your blog readers are looking for . • When Google doesn’t find any new content, as a technology robot, then . • Do it , with a fresh and genuine look. • Publish articles only. DO THESE…!
  • 6. Sue Dunlevie, the owner of Successful Blogging says If you update your blog once a week and write 1,000 words per post after a year you’ll have written a small book. That’s impressive. It really does make you an expert in your niche and the very act of that writing will have helped you learn a lot about yourself, your goals and your business.
  • 7. 3. Copy & Paste Please don’t do this. Never ever! It’s called plagiarism. If readers can find the same copy of the content on another blog, they wouldn’t even subscribe to your mailing list. Always come up with new ideas and words, so Google knows about it. The main challenge is to keep your readers attached to your blog, and that is possible with unique content only.
  • 8. 4. Full Of Clutter & Ads Readers don’t like the ads at all. Although ads are used to earn money, that’s the source of income. But use them wisely. Don’t make it hard for your readers to read the content on your blog, for which you have worked so hard. Apply the design principle, KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. And you will have a successful blog. Clean is better. Do not complicate it. Your readers will love your site.
  • 9. 5. Not Doing Blog Promotion If you don’t know how to drive traffic to your blog you are wasting your time. Just like writing content, promotion plays a vital role in the blogging world. You will have to learn online marketing (SEO) skills. My favorite way of learning is through videos. And that’s why I prefer Udemy. Jerry Low, owner of Web Hosting Secret Revealed (WHSR) says, says marketing is the most crucial aspect of blogging.
  • 10. Even if you are not selling anything, you have to attract visitors. Promote your blog on social media websites, and allow others to do that directly from your website. You can add social media plugins to let readers share the article. Ask other bloggers in your network to give feedback. There are forums which you can join.
  • 11. 6. Using Free Domain & Hosting A free domain which doesn’t look good and hosting which could make your page would only make you quit your blogging businessload slower and frustrate your readers Go for premium hosting only. Personally, I recommend Bluehost, Dreamhost, Hostgator and DigitalOcean to host your WordPress blog.
  • 12. 7. What About SEO? If you are neglecting SEO, your visitors will never ever find you online. The most important part of SEO is proper keyword research. SEO is like gas which keeps your blog running. The moment there is no gas, it stops. Get educated about SEO. If you know how to write a high-quality content and know good SEO strategy, half the battle is won.
  • 13. 8. No Plans & No Goals Take blogging as a business, which will earn you money in the long run. When you start a blog, you need a plan & goal beforehand. The plan will keep you stick to your goals. Don’t worry if you don’t have any goal. You can make one now. When I started, there was no plan at all. Big mistake. Now I have my plan, my goal. It’s important to take necessary steps to accomplish your goals if you want to be a successful blogger.
  • 14. 9. Comments We comment on other blogs to network with other bloggers. If you receive comments on your blog, do not miss on them. Do reply them. I found it boring initially. It was my mistake. When somebody who is earning thousands of dollars every month is commenting then why can’t you, as a newbie, do it? When you comment on other blogs, you are actually expressing your thoughts and opinions. This will help promote your blog also through a backlink given on the site, which will help you get more traffic from that site.
  • 15. 10. First Or Last Impression A theme is what your visitor first looks at. It’s like the first impression. A free template does not give an individual feel of the blog because it’s being used for different other blogs on the internet. I installed many free themes, and I never got satisfied with the looks. Use premium theme on your blog. So free or premium theme, the choice is yours!
  • 16. 11. CONTENT It should be styled simple and sober, so your reader can understand what they are looking for. It should be presentable in a clean format and must include keywords very importantly. For proofreading, I use Grammarly. You can also use Grammarly application, which finds 250 type of errors and also provides other features to suggest the best possible use.
  • 17. Your Mistakes? I did blogging mistakes, and I do make them even now. I have made all the mistakes above mentioned. So don’t copy my blogging mistakes. I have learned a lot in my last 2 years. I don’t want to be a part of those bloggers who repeats mistakes always, and I didn’t want to repeat any of mine. I am sure there are much more blogging mistakes which you might have done, and not mentioned here. I would sure love to know about it.
  • 18. Thank You! Read more on my blog - www.mukeshnuna.com Follow me on Twitter - @mukeshnuna Like my FB Page – fb.com/MukeshNunaOfficial