Fundamental Principles Every Blogger Should Know
After going through several blogs and books on blogging, making money out of your blog or website and marketing on the internet, it has been my observation that all bloggers agree on certain things that each successful blogger has religiously followed throughout the years. Here are the principles I observed:
1.) Keep the fire of Passion burning - The topic on your blogs should be topics on things that you are passionate about. It must be on things that you have somewhat achieved a level of expertise in, things that puts you on fire, things that makes your eyes wide open when discussed about, things that amazes and awes you.
2.) People First ! - People should be the primary consideration when writing in your blog. This should be kept in mind, although search engine optimization is something that should be seriously considered by all bloggers. The most important thing is that people keep coming back to your site because the posts in your blog actually helps them or is relevant to them. Things like keywords, tags or any other gimmick out there in order to make sure that we all each get a higher search engine should be of secondary consideration. Legendary blogger John Chow aptly said it when he said "People First before Google."
3.) Its not how long are your posts, its how many times you post. - What is important about a blog is that it is frequently updated. The length of your post will depend on the topic discussed. It does not matter how long the post are. What is important is how frequently you post.
4.) Just blog - If you are a new blogger, don't worry about your site statistics or that you still do not have comments on your site. Just blog away ! It takes a while for search engines to index your site. Also if you write good posts and you are blogging for people the traffic will just flow.
5.) Learn more about blogging - Bloggers should not stop learning about how to be more effective in their craft. Learn more about topics on how to be effective on your blogging, about search engine optimization, etc. The moment you stop learning, you stop to blog.
6.) Read, Read Read !!! - What can you possibly blog about if you do not read ? You must have a voracious appetite for learning. You must also have a passion to tell your readers what you have learned.
7.) Be organized, schedule the topics you blog about - Having a blogging schedule will force you to come up with something to blog about. Others may disagree with this idea as they just write on whatever they feel about writing. For me personally, I work best when I submit myself to an organized way of doing things. In addition to that, following a blog schedule will help me have a balanced number of posts on the categories that I blogging on.
8.) Be personal - Your readers must feel as if you are personally speaking with them. The words you use should not be too complicated that your readers will have to search a dictionary before they could comprehend what you are trying to tell them. Write in layman's term as much as possible, no matter how complicated the subject matter is. Be funny if you must.
9.) Aim for excellence in your blog - Edit your posts, review your presentation and layout. Make sure it is user friendly and not an eye sore. The principle of excellence very much well applies when it comes to blogging.
10.) Blog for life - Don't view blogging as something that you are temporarily doing just because you don't have anything to do as of now or something which you do in order to achieve a certain amount of money and afterwards you will then stop blogging since you have already achieved your goal. Plan to blog for life. Blogging may bring you monetary "blessings." However always consider that such is only secondary. As you go about your day to day experience, having an attitude of blogging for life will make you further appreciate such experiences since you will looking forward to writing it to on your next posts. Author: Zigfred Diaz :: Hits: 0 :: Added: Thu Jan 03 2008 ::
