Blogging Tips

These are my blogging tips from a readers perspective.

1. Frequency.

Blog more often. If your schedule is once a week, that’s cool but, blog once a week.

Sometimes I find a great blog via a link on Twitter. Then the blogger disappears for days, weeks and sometimes months on end.

This is so frustrating. If you are just blogging for yourself and a few friends, please tell me that up front.

I know everyone is not serious about blogging or concerned about traffic, readership, etc, but if you are, please write and post a little more frequently.

2. Links.

I like it when a blogger shares a link to an interesting or helpful article or website.

I don’t like when that link opens in the same tab and after reading the new information I have to navigate backwards to the original blog.

This isn’t so bad if the new page doesn’t have links, too. If it does I may never navigate back to the original site.

Don’t drive people away from your site, have your links open in a new tab.

3. Who are you?

Even if you write a serious business, technology, or other type of blog, include a little something personal about you once in a while.

I like to know I am interacting with a real person.

4. Don’t be shy.

If you have a new blog post, tell me and everyone else.

Post the link on Twitter and Facebook. And, not just once. Tell me a few times over a few days.

5. Just be yourself.

I see too many people today trying to emulate a well known blogger.

They talk about things they have little experience with, but try to sound like they to. They have all the ads and promotions on their websites and they want to make a big splash.

Make a big splash. That’s awesome. But, be yourself.

I want to know about you and your experiences. Share your knowledge, interests and stories in a way that is uniquely you.

It might take a little longer to make the big splash, but when you do you will know it was all yours.