subject: 3 Biggest Blogging Mistakes [print this page] Most new bloggers I've met over the last year or so seem to be doing the same mistakes over and over again. I guess with all the hype about how much money you can make from your blog, these guys are in a rush to get on the blogging bandwagon by any means necessary.
Still, mistakes will cost you in the long run.
If you look closely, you'll find that there are really only three bog mistakes that almost everyone is making.
1) Ignoring Search Engine Optimization
This happens for a simple reason; lack of planning. When someone starts a blog, all they can think about is how much money they can make by next Monday, when they have to drag their feet to office and join the other lifeless beings we call "co-workers".
They try to build an online income and quit their jobs in 30 days - after all, isn't that you're promised when you bought that "How to Make Money Blogging" ebook?
Therefore they start putting out tons of articles and blog posts, hoping it will make them rich fast. Most people ignore SEO at the beginning - if they even think about it at all!
When reality sinks in however, they realize that blogging is a lot of work, and it will take a while before they can see any level of sustainable income at all.
They also realize that to get a sustainable amount of traffic in the long term, they need to depend on Google as much as they depend on their writing skills. But the existing content is not getting any good ranking in Google's search results, because it wasn't optimized in the first place.
To re-optimize existing pages is way too much work. It could have been easily avoided if you corrected it in the beginning!
2) Focusing On The Technical Stuff
Between installing and modifying WordPress themes, to sorting through hundreds of free plugins to get something to work the way you want, you tend to forget what's really important for your blog - Content!
As you add more content you'll get more readers, which in turn leads to more income for your blog.
But it's so easy to get trapped in the vicious cycle of switching themes and hacking plugins. It may all seem like actual "work" while you're doing it, but it isn't.
It's just not worth your time. Outsource the tech stuff to someone else, or just make do with the fact that you blog isn't the best looker on the Internet.
3) Not Getting The Right Hosting
Most bloggers tend to try and cut corners by opting for a cheap web host. This may not seem like a real problem in the beginning, until you start to experience problems with your host.
90% of smaller web hosting companies just disappear after a while. Even if the site looks active, there is probably no one to reply your support emails or phone calls.
Support is important, especially if you're a one-person operation without a permanent webmaster of technical staff to assist you when things go wrong.
If you're REALLY treating your blog as a business by itself, then won't it make more sense for you to make sure you're with the right hosting plan right from the start?
So that's it - the three biggest mistakes most new bloggers make. Neither one of them is particularly dangerous by itself, but if you have a mix of all (like most people do), you're sabotaging your success right from the start.
by: Gobala Krishnan
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