Blogging Tips for Beginners
Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.
There’s no ‘right way’ to approach blogging if you want to be successful. There are plenty of people who’ve done a great job of it though.
No doubt, even if you’re not a beginner these tips will probably prove to be useful.
1. Get ideas from your audience
Create blog posts that answer the most interesting questions from people you engage with on social media.
One of the best ways I’ve seen this in action is through blog comments or Tweets.
2. Know your audience
Knowing your audience better means you’ll have a better idea of what blog content will resonate with them, which is a good start when your first starting to write blog posts.
A technique for doing this is to ask your readers on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn with an engaging quote. If people respond well to it, than this is probably a great topic to write about.
3. Write for yourself first
Write for yourself first. Ignore the fact that anyone else will read what you write. Just focus on your thoughts, ideas, opinions and figure out how to put those into words. Write it and they will come.
4. Build your email list
Start building your email list from day one. Even if you don’t plan on selling anything, having an email list allows you to promote your new content to your audience directly without worrying about search rankings, Facebook, or other online roadblocks in communications.
5. Give away your knowledge
Don’t be afraid to showcase what you know. Too many bloggers hold back the good stuff out of fear of giving away the “secret sauce.” Truth is there is no secret sauce in a world where everyone has high speed Internet access at all times.
I’m sure there are lots more great tips out there about building a blog. What’s your favorite?
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Evin Anderson
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