This is the continuation of the first post, Common Mistakes of Blogging. In the first post I mentioned the “common” mistakes, now I’m going to emphasize other mistakes you can avoid when blogging.

Praising another blogger too much is a big NO. This was one of my biggest flaws. I would talk about what other bloggers did and what they contributed instead of emphasizing on what I can contribute. This would obviously get annoying since you can go to their site and read what they contributed instead of staying on my blog. So limit yourself when talking about other bloggers. Readers come to your blog to read what you know, not what others know, otherwise there’s no point of coming to your site.

Don’t self-promote too much. When blogging don’t talk about yourself too much, instead, try to avoid it. Do your best not to talk about how great your blog is but instead talk about how you became successful and what your readers can do to be successful like you. Blog mostly about how you can help your readers. Blogs that offer selfless contribution to others are very successful in the blogsphere.

Choose a fast loading template. Blog readers are on the go, if you can’t load your blog up all the way within 10 seconds or less then you’re more likely to loose readers. Stay away from Adobe Flash and heavy graphics, the faster your blog loads the better.

Don’t mix topics. This was a big flaw on my part. I talked about various things on one blog. I was wrong for doing it, and now as you can see I narrowed my focus down to blogging and related content. The more focused your blog is the more loyal users you’ll get since it’s your focused topic that they’re interested in reading. If you like to talk about a different topic other than the one established on your current blog, then create another blog and interlink the two blogs if you have to.

Write a good title. Don’t just make up any title for your post, compose a title that will catch the attention of a person who is randomly surfing. I remember I wrote a good article that took me over an hour to write but I didn’t get many hits on that post because I chose a poor title for it. So take the time to choose good titles for your posts.

I hope my past mistakes, which I have listed will help you in your blogging. Did you ever make the same mistakes as me? If so, how long did it take you to realize it and correct them?

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