If you are a professionally full-time blogger or part-time and
earn your bread and butter from blogging, people think it is as easy to do as
it seems.
But the scene behind this story is far different from that. It is true earning money from your blog is not a cakewalk. It takes a lot of effort and energy along with your patience to make it successful. However, many bloggers especially the ones new to blogging fail to carry on their blogging journey due to some significant mistakes they make at the very scratch.
Here you will learn about 9 significant blogging mistakes new bloggers make in the beginning and as a result, they are compelled to terminate their blog completely. You must be aware of these basic things first and mistakes before you start a blog.
Mistake #1: Getting Free Platform
But the scene behind this story is far different from that. It is true earning money from your blog is not a cakewalk. It takes a lot of effort and energy along with your patience to make it successful. However, many bloggers especially the ones new to blogging fail to carry on their blogging journey due to some significant mistakes they make at the very scratch.
Here you will learn about 9 significant blogging mistakes new bloggers make in the beginning and as a result, they are compelled to terminate their blog completely. You must be aware of these basic things first and mistakes before you start a blog.
Mistake #1: Getting Free Platform
This is yet another significant mistake new bloggers make at the beginning. Using a free platform like WordPress.com or BlogSpot impedes them from getting a professional look for their blogs.
Yes, if you are serious about blogging you have to invest some money for your blog to get a good custom domain.
Choosing a custom domain along with a hosting not only makes you look classic and professional but also boosts up your website ranking. So before you start a blog choose a platform like WordPress. WordPress gives you full freedom to do whatever you want to do with your site. Besides tons of plugins, classic themes, huge facilities draw many bloggers to it.
This idea recently came to my mind and I will very soon move to a custom domain from the free one. You can also choose an expired domain with high DA instead of a new one to speed up your website ranking quickly.
Mistake #2: Much
Post or Irregular Posting
If you have come to blogging you have to maintain a regular posting schedule for your blog. Not maintaining a schedule casts a negative impact on your blog readership.
If you are a busy person at least try to take out as low as two hours for your blog. Whether you post thrice a week or twice a month doesn't make a difference; if you are able to write quality posts your audience and readership will increase gradually and you will be happy too.
So be consistent and regular in your writing both in quality and publication frequency.
Mistake #3: Choosing the Wrong Niche
choosing the wrong niche while coming to blogging is one of the significant mistakes new bloggers make at the very beginning.
What they do is that they grab the niche of what their competitors are writing on and start writing similar posts on them. They have probably read some of their articles and out of impulse they set in writing for their blogs. As a result, after publishing a few numbers of articles they lose the topic.
But if you want to ensure the long-term success of your blog you should hear your heart first, instead of focusing on others. First, find out in which niche you are interested and knowledgeable enough to provide your audience with the necessary information so that they return satisfied after reading your post. Then start developing your writing gradually.
choosing the wrong niche while coming to blogging is one of the significant mistakes new bloggers make at the very beginning.
What they do is that they grab the niche of what their competitors are writing on and start writing similar posts on them. They have probably read some of their articles and out of impulse they set in writing for their blogs. As a result, after publishing a few numbers of articles they lose the topic.
But if you want to ensure the long-term success of your blog you should hear your heart first, instead of focusing on others. First, find out in which niche you are interested and knowledgeable enough to provide your audience with the necessary information so that they return satisfied after reading your post. Then start developing your writing gradually.
Mistake #4: Doing Improper SEO
SEO or Search Engine Optimization helps your blog receive tons of traffic from search engines like Google and helps in getting a higher rank on SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages).
Including proper keywords, Meta descriptions, tags, image alt and text, heading, etc. help in SEO hand-in-hand. Submit your blog posts to various search engines including Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster. For your convenience, I have given the website link here from which you can submit your blog to a lot of search engines with just a few clicks.
Additionally, submitting your blog posts to directory submission sites, forum posting sites, bookmarking sites, sharing them on social media will help you increase your site authority and become more visible to search engines. So, if you want to ensure your blog's success don't forget to research on proper SEO.
SEO or Search Engine Optimization helps your blog receive tons of traffic from search engines like Google and helps in getting a higher rank on SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages).
Including proper keywords, Meta descriptions, tags, image alt and text, heading, etc. help in SEO hand-in-hand. Submit your blog posts to various search engines including Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster. For your convenience, I have given the website link here from which you can submit your blog to a lot of search engines with just a few clicks.
Additionally, submitting your blog posts to directory submission sites, forum posting sites, bookmarking sites, sharing them on social media will help you increase your site authority and become more visible to search engines. So, if you want to ensure your blog's success don't forget to research on proper SEO.
Mistake #5: Too Much Of Ads on Blog
A lot of bloggers dream of making money online by putting ads on their blogs. There is a wide range of popular ad-serving networks for bloggers to monetize their blogs, especially with Google AdSense.
The biggest mistake that many bloggers make at the early stage is they put too many ads on their blogs in expectation of making a lot of money overnight. However, this notion is purely flash. Putting too many ads on your blog irritates readers and heavily spoils the readership quality. This would not be a good thing for bloggers!
Too many ads on site hide the original content and confuse the readers. Hence, an ad above the post title and one in-article ad would be an ideal choice for new bloggers. So be judgmental next time you put ads on your site.
Mistake #6: Lack of Promoting
Lack of promoting blog posts is another biggest blogging mistake new blogger’s do at the beginning.
You are the first person who shares your contents. The more you share the higher traffic you will end up generating. Promote your contents after publishing on different social media, submit them to forum posting sites, PDF submission sites, many bookmarking sites, and directory submission sites to reach more audience. This will help you increase the visibility of your blog and derive a considerable number of engagements.
Mistake #7: Giving Up a Compelling Title to Blog Posts
more another big blogging mistake new blogger’s make is they fail in generating a good and compelling title for their blog posts.
The title is the first thing that draws a visitor to your site. If you give a dull or commonplace title for your blog post, you are likely to get lesser readership. Try to glue a catchy and compelling title to the very first of your blog post. This will make visitors attracted to your site and see what the inside holds.
If you want you can start your blog with some kind of questions that supports it. For example, you are writing a post on how to make money online from blogging. You can start the post by including sentences like who doesn't want to make money these days? Or maybe are you passionate about making money online? Etc.
This will trigger interest in your audience and they will definitely sacrifice some time to go through your entire post.
Mistake #8: Giving Up to Follow Passion
Blogging is all about patience and passion as I already said in my previous articles. If you are passionate about blogging you are fixed to achieve your dream as a blogger.
To be personal, blogging is my first hobby and at the same time a passion too. Most of my days I spend reading other bloggers, following what they are reading and interacting with others. Remarkably, many of them, like Harsh Agarwal, suggested every new blogger should follow and chase their passion first to come out successful in blogging. They asserted passion makes one love work by heart. And what is loved by heart always ends up being successful!
Mistake #9: Giving Up Too Early On Blog
This is the last but not the least mistake. Many bloggers start blogging hoping to make money within a few months or even some think overnight. However, this is like building a castle in the air.
Pelt a glance at some of the most successful persons in the world like Bill Gates, Jack Maa, Thomas Alfa Edison, Albert Einstein, or Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of mouth-watering KFC - they all faced one thing in life which is a failure. Still, they were reluctant to give up. Their obstinacy and continuous hard work brought them where they are today.
So if you want to reach a well-established position with blogging never ever give up. Success so the result of continuous efforts. And you have not chosen blogging to give up eventually, right?
Hope these few significant mistakes will make you more conscious next time you start a blog. Have you enjoyed reading this? What experience have you got after reading this post? Do let me know in the comment.
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