If you had to share 5 blogging tips, what would they be?

[ffnstuff]

We just put together 5 Indepth Blogging Tips | Blog About Your Blog. If you had to share 5 what would they be?

In our post they are:

1. What’s In It For Me?
2. Always Show Big Numbers
3. Act Now, There Is No Later
4. Make A-List Blogging Friends
5. Make People Feel Important

[MarketLeverage]

1. Blog about what you are passionate about
2. Don't try to monetize your blog too quickly
3. Write awesome content
4. Give away free stuff (i.e. ebooks, newsletter, tips,)
5. Post an email opt-in form

[CaffinePhil]

Originally Posted by MarketLeverage

1. Blog about what you are passionate about
2. Don't try to monetize your blog too quickly
3. Write awesome content
4. Give away free stuff (i.e. ebooks, newsletter, tips,)
5. Post an email opt-in form

Number 1 hit it on the head for me, Can I have that 5 times.
Trying to create a blog (which is 95% content) on someting you are not really interested in just because its "a good niche" is 10 times as hard and a hell of lot less fun than blogging about something you love.

[erikko]

the thing here is when you blog, dont think about money, because if you do so then that's the start of stress that may affect your health

[CaffinePhil]

Thinking about earning money wouldn't stress me, its the spending money that does that.

[ffnstuff]

if you are in the business of making money, being passionate about the topic is last on the list.

[rhyswynne]

I disagree with you there

One thing I've learnt about recently with blogging is that passion sells. Of course, it does take a little more hard work rooting out advertisers/money making schemes than in the more traditional make money online/tech niches, but there's less competition, and to become authoratitive takes a lot less work.

The issue is we - as blog/tech/mmo bloggers on the whole aren't aware of it, but one of my friends told me that he had quit his job to become a full time blogger (he blogs about Liverpool FC - Thisisanfield.com if you're interested). Sure, you've never heard of the guy, because he's in a different circle, but he is doing well and is passionate about Liverpool FC, so much so that it translates into a successful blog.

So passion does become profitable

My five tips are

1. Have a passion/something to talk about
2. Don't spellcheck (it humanizes you. The example I give is this: what is The Fonz's catchphrase in Happy Days? Is it eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyy or hey?)
3. RSS + Explain how to use RSS
4. Get your own template, as in design one. Not only will it make you unique but it'll also be a valuable learning experience.
5. Don't worry horrendously about SEO. Social Media is your friend.

[nyomot]

Originally Posted by rhyswynne

I disagree with you there

One thing I've learnt about recently with blogging is that passion sells. Of course, it does take a little more hard work rooting out advertisers/money making schemes than in the more traditional make money online/tech niches, but there's less competition, and to become authoratitive takes a lot less work.

The issue is we - as blog/tech/mmo bloggers on the whole aren't aware of it, but one of my friends told me that he had quit his job to become a full time blogger (he blogs about Liverpool FC - Thisisanfield.com if you're interested). Sure, you've never heard of the guy, because he's in a different circle, but he is doing well and is passionate about Liverpool FC, so much so that it translates into a successful blog.

So passion does become profitable

My five tips are

1. Have a passion/something to talk about
2. Don't spellcheck (it humanizes you. The example I give is this: what is The Fonz's catchphrase in Happy Days? Is it eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyy or hey?)
3. RSS + Explain how to use RSS
4. Get your own template, as in design one. Not only will it make you unique but it'll also be a valuable learning experience.
5. Don't worry horrendously about SEO. Social Media is your friend.

I really agree with you on this..most people nowadays blog to earn money,the put ads,referral links,affiliate links or whatever on their blog..but where is the content?If you slowly build your blog,write from your heart,not your mind,gain real readers who wants to read your posting and keep on wanting more,I'm sure the monetary reward will slowly but surely come.

1.Write from your heart.
2.Write good,quality content.
3.You are not writing to get grades.
4.Readers first,keywords second.
5.RSS.

[Harald Johnsen]

1. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
2. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
3. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
4. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
5. Blog About What You Have A Passion For


I've only dabbled in blogging in the past due to severe time constraints, but since I absolutely love blogging I decided to get into it again, this time in a serious way. I'll be writing about what I do for a living, which is also what I've been intensely passionate about for two decades now. I have set some good, juicy goals for my blogging, and I don't think I'd even have a chance of getting close to reaching them if I did it any other way - by, say, blogging about legal services because of high paying AdSense keywords etc. Let's face it by just looking at the statistics: There are millions of bloggers around the world, and the very best at it make only six figure incomes. That's it. It's good money for sure, but not considering that these people are practically world champions at what they do. They are very the top achievers in this field, they seem to work all day long, have been at it for years, and they make perhaps a thousand dollars a day - like John Chow, for example, I think he averages a grand daily. That tells us quite a bit. The people who are the very best at this stuff make what a pimply twenty two year old stock broker with less than a years experience can make. And there really aren't many John Chows or Darren Rowses. So I gather that to be successful at blogging, you probably have to do a thorougly outstanding job. And how often do you see people do an outstanding job at something they don't have an intense passion for? Like never?

So that's my take on it (and I realize my post here can perhaps sound a little gloomy, but that's not my intention at all - I just wanted to get my point across.). I think those who enjoy a high degree of blogging success do so because they love what they blog about - and they also love the blogging itself.

Obviously, not everyone is blogging for money, or measure their blogging success in monetary terms. While I have set clear money goals for my blogging now (partly as a fun experiment that I journal on my 'Corner blog' but also because I want to earn more ), I'd also blog even if I didn't make a dime out of it. Still, even if you have no monetary goals whatsoever I don't think you'll enjoy much success if you don't have a passion for what you're doing. People who read your blog will know - and they will go read someone else's blog instead.

Just my two cents, though. I'm a noob at this so I'm really not sure if you should listen to anything I say at all.

[nyomot]

Originally Posted by Harald Johnsen

1. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
2. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
3. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
4. Blog About What You Have A Passion For
5. Blog About What You Have A Passion For


I've only dabbled in blogging in the past due to severe time constraints, but since I absolutely love blogging I decided to get into it again, this time in a serious way. I'll be writing about what I do for a living, which is also what I've been intensely passionate about for two decades now. I have set some good, juicy goals for my blogging, and I don't think I'd even have a chance of getting close to reaching them if I did it any other way - by, say, blogging about legal services because of high paying AdSense keywords etc. Let's face it by just looking at the statistics: There are millions of bloggers around the world, and the very best at it make only six figure incomes. That's it. It's good money for sure, but not considering that these people are practically world champions at what they do. They are very the top achievers in this field, they seem to work all day long, have been at it for years, and they make perhaps a thousand dollars a day - like John Chow, for example, I think he averages a grand daily. That tells us quite a bit. The people who are the very best at this stuff make what a pimply twenty two year old stock broker with less than a years experience can make. And there really aren't many John Chows or Darren Rowses. So I gather that to be successful at blogging, you probably have to do a thorougly outstanding job. And how often do you see people do an outstanding job at something they don't have an intense passion for? Like never?

So that's my take on it (and I realize my post here can perhaps sound a little gloomy, but that's not my intention at all - I just wanted to get my point across.). I think those who enjoy a high degree of blogging success do so because they love what they blog about - and they also love the blogging itself.

Obviously, not everyone is blogging for money, or measure their blogging success in monetary terms. While I have set clear money goals for my blogging now (partly as a fun experiment that I journal on my 'Corner blog' but also because I want to earn more ), I'd also blog even if I didn't make a dime out of it. Still, even if you have no monetary goals whatsoever I don't think you'll enjoy much success if you don't have a passion for what you're doing. People who read your blog will know - and they will go read someone else's blog instead.

Just my two cents, though. I'm a noob at this so I'm really not sure if you should listen to anything I say at all.

Blog about something you love,something that really interest you,something your passionate about..don't start a blog with the intention of making immediate money..blogging about things you love are way much easier than blogging just for the money.