12 Habits of Effective Bloggers
This is a list of blogging habits that I and other established, successful bloggers have found useful:
- Be as original as you can. Find ways to relate blogging to other topics is one great way to accomplish this, but there are others. “What Bloggers Can Learn From Truckers” is one. (More on that in a later post).
- Use relevant niche content. This is why it’s so important to decide what your blog will be about. Find a niche for your blog to serve and stick with it.
- Find your posting frequency and stick with it. Regular posting is important. Regular updates to your blog lets your readers know when to check their feedreaders for your latest offerings!
- If you miss blog posts, Be sure to make it up to your readers! I missed a couple of posts near the end of March. So, I am posting five days in a row, April 1 through April 5. I NEVER, EVER forget my loyal readers who take the time to read my blog.
- Give your commenters frequent LINK LOVE!! I can’t emphasize this enough! Everyone loves backlinks. You simply can’t give ‘em too many backlinks! What goes around, comes around eventually.
- Be Creative! THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!! Last August during one of Darren Rowse’s brilliant group writing projects, I decided to give my commenters some link love in one of my blog posts that I then submitted to the GWP. My commenters then got treated to beneficial exposure to Darren Rowse’s readership, which was then around 30,000 strong! You should try this!!
- Keep written logs all the time! Keep a notebook around with a pen or pencil. I have blogging notebooks in every room of my house, for example. I have one in my vehicle too. Have an idea that you can blog about? WRITE THAT PUPPY DOWN!! You’ll soon have a ton of interesting ideas to blog about!
- Blog with a BLAZING HOT FIERY PASSION!! If you’ve got a hot date and she asks you for a kiss, do you respond with a total lack of enthusiasm? Hell No! Whatever you do in this life, Do it with a Fiery white-hot PASSION! Know what you’re doing (or blogging about!). Know your niche and MEAN SERIOUS BUSINESS! Blog with PASSION!
- Help out other bloggers and posters on blogging forums. This also goes for posters on forums other than those on blogging. You write a blog post that solves their problem, then write a summary of the post on the forum along with a link to your blog post. Then, you follow up if they have any more questions!
- Develop a blogging cushion! You can write blog posts in advance and keep them in your WordPress dashboard for emergencies, times when life gets in the way of your blogging. Your blogging cushion can be a real lifesaver!
- Read other blogs and also offline publications. These will sharpen your writing and communications skills and advance your blogging brand across the blogosphere! You’ll also find a wealth of ideas to blog about!
- PERSISTENCE, PATIENCE, CONSISTENCE. It takes time to build a blog community of readers and commenters. You must have a lot of patience, and you must blog persistently and consistently over time.
- Show some personality, will ya!! Disagree with other bloggers and enter into some politicking in the blogosphere. It’ll get people talking about you, and enhance your traffic! People online love to gossip and will flock to your blog.
- Be open to learning new things/improve your blogging skillset!! This is extremely important! The Internet is changing, as is blogging and other channels of online media. You must study and learn new things in order to be able to adapt to the ever-changing Internet and improve/enhance/broaden/sharpen your blogging skillset.
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