19 Blogging Tips for Beginners, Newbies and Dummies
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For the past 3 months, every Thursday I have been blogging about how I make a living online, digital marketing, entrepreneurship and things that I have learnt.
In this short time I have experienced all the highs and lows, but at the same time I have learnt a boat load of stuff ever since I decided to become a professional blogger.
I was inspired to write this post after a conversation on blogging with a fellow blogger and a super talented artist Kristine Ballard.
Look I am no guru or expert in blogging, just a newbie having a go.
In this post I just wanted to share all the things that I have learnt and done on how I grew my blog from a beginner’s perspective.
Blogging Motivation and Productivity Tips
1. Make a decision – No seriously! Do you want to become a serious blogger? Just decide.
2. Schedule – Allocate a time or day in which you can fully focus on your blog.
3. Create a content calendar – Use a calendar to help you track on when and what you are going to publish for the next 60 days.
4. Find ways to regularly get inspired – This is the only way you can inspire others. When you’re empty, fill yourself up. This tip is brought to you by – Jeff Goins
Blogging Design and Tools
5. Build an email list – If you want to make money with your blog in the future, you will need a list.
6. Invest in a good design – Choose a theme you like, as you are the one who have to look at it everyday.
Better Writing Tips for Bloggers
7. Write in your own voice – People want to hear from you.
8. Write in conversation style – Use words like “You” and “I” just like you are having a conversation with someone in your posts. It makes post more engaging to the reader.
9. Get better at writing – Take a class or buy a book to improve your writing.
10. Use images – Spice up your blog posts with images.
11. Try different blog posts styles
- List Style like this post.
- How to Guide/Tutorial – How to Start a Blog
- Your Story – like this one
- Case Studies
- Interviews
- Round up posts
How to get more visitors to your Blogs
12. Shout it to the Heavens – Share it to your friends and family. Share it everywhere you can. Put it in your email signature if you want. Just get it out there.
13. I am a Blogger – Tell people you are a blogger
14. Advertise – Try some Facebook Advertising. Start small.
Essential Numbers for Blogging
15. Get Google Analytics – Just install it!
16. Don’t Worry About Them – Stop letting numbers determine your success. Success is about doing the one thing over and over again until you get there. That is how winning is done – My Rocky Inner voice.
Final Thoughts
17. Be patient and let the work speak for itself. Everything takes time.
18. Just be you – Remember it is your blog. You’re the King or Queen of it.
19. Stay consistent – Just keep blogging and writing consistently and soon the magic will happen.
There you go, these are all the things that I have learnt in the past 3 months, some you may have heard of and some you may have not.
These are the things that are currently working for me.
Are you a blogger? Do you have any tips you want to share? Please share below, love to hear from you.