1. Avoid The Poor Content Writing:
I can't emphasize enough that the standard of your content will make or break your blog. Poor content not like the visitor and not return on your blogger. Good content on the other hand will attract visitors and keep them coming back to check out what's new.
Successful blogger write clearly, know their subject and develop their own unique voice. A conversational style is often recommended but I suggest just write naturally and that naturalness will shine through.
Post quality well researched content that is interesting and topical. To do this you need to know your audience. Who are your reader? Do you know? If you don't know your target audience it will be hard to put yourself in their shoes which is exactly what you need to be able to do when you sit down to write a post. Ask yourself what are my readers looking for that would make them visit my site and read my post. Are they looking to be entertained, informed or a bit of both? Sign up for visitor tracking such as Google Analytic if your visitor base. For help with implementing Google Analytic please read my post on Now Next step to add Webmaster Tools And Google Analytic to Blogger Blog.
2. Very Care full And Avoid Posting Too Infrequently:
Once a visitor has found your site you want them to keep coming back. One way to ensure repeat traffic is to post frequently. Many new blogger start a blog but find it hard to maintain a posting routine that is frequent enough to retain traffic. Just the other day I had someone comment that one of the reason why they liked my blog was the frequency at which I post.
I try to post new article every day if possible. I am usually working on lots of other articles in the background so that I might have two nearly finished and half a dozen or so at various stages of completion. Using this system I have some flexibility and a cushion if anything comes up to interrupt my posting schedule.
Whatever you do don't make the mistake of posting just for the sake of posting otherwise your readers will see through this and you will lose readership.
3. Lack of your Focus - Trying to Paint the Whole Wall:
So many new bloggers start their site without a clear focus. What kind of focus you may ask?
Well making money is not enough of a focus. If am talking about identifying your niche and sticking to it. If You try and paint the whole wall your visitors will be confused about what your blog is about and you will very likely lose traffic rather than gain it.
Having a focus is important. On Trick of Blogging for instance, I particularly aim my site at the new blogger and provide detailed step by step walk through with them in mind. At the same time, however, I canter for all Blogger webmasters who access my blog.What I don't do though is go outside the theme of blogger by writing about blogging in general in nature but are tailored to Blogger webmaster.
Yes I could get more traffic perhaps if i widened the scope of my articles to include WordPress or blogging in general put what would then make my blog stand out from a whole heap make my blog stand out from a whole heap of other blogs giving advice on blogging? Having a niche earns me traffic that is focused. Site visitors come with the goal of becoming more informed about using blogger. If they go away having learnt more than when they arrived my site will have done its job and i may have just found myself a repeat visitor.
4. Avoid Hopeless Headlines:
I have seen some pretty hopeless headlines that don't give me enough of a clue about what a post is about to entice me into reading the article. If you want to attract readers to your site you need to grab them. That means putting some thought into crafting headlines that have punch. Remember your headline needs to reel your visitors in so make sure it is well thought out and punchy. Your headlines have to stand out to be noticed as so many people read headlines in RSS feeds.
Another important consideration when deciding on a headline is SEO. consider what your readers might search under to find your post. "Blogging Pitfalls" and "Common Blogging Mistake" are more likely keyword search phrases than "bad blogging practices." So knowing your keywords will help you craft headlines that are keyword rich.
5. Most Common Thing Avoid Too Much Advertising on Your Blog:
New blogs need to build traffic and too much advertising can be a big deterrent in achieving this goal. When your site is very new it doesn't pay to have too much advertising at all. Err on the side of less advertising rather than more. Bear in mind of course that Rome wasn't built in a day and your site won't be either. Have faith that your traffic will build and you can gradually introduce more advertising like Google Adsense as visitor number increase
6. Now this is another thing Avoid too many social Bookmarking Buttons Just One:
Too many social bookmarking buttons can clutter up your blog and slow it down. Many people still don't know too much about social bookmarking so avoid the temptation to overuse these icons. Rather than use a whole bunch of popular icons like Digg and Technorati which can lead to a cluttered look and feel i use a single consolidated button like Add This. Share This is another popular button for sharing your posts.
To install a social bookmarking button on your Blogger blog follow the step by step instruction contained in my article on Add This.
This article has discussed 6 common mistakes new bloggers make when developing a new Blogger Blogspot and given suggestions on how to avoid them as visitor number increase.
Successful blogger write clearly, know their subject and develop their own unique voice. A conversational style is often recommended but I suggest just write naturally and that naturalness will shine through.
Post quality well researched content that is interesting and topical. To do this you need to know your audience. Who are your reader? Do you know? If you don't know your target audience it will be hard to put yourself in their shoes which is exactly what you need to be able to do when you sit down to write a post. Ask yourself what are my readers looking for that would make them visit my site and read my post. Are they looking to be entertained, informed or a bit of both? Sign up for visitor tracking such as Google Analytic if your visitor base. For help with implementing Google Analytic please read my post on Now Next step to add Webmaster Tools And Google Analytic to Blogger Blog.
2. Very Care full And Avoid Posting Too Infrequently:
Once a visitor has found your site you want them to keep coming back. One way to ensure repeat traffic is to post frequently. Many new blogger start a blog but find it hard to maintain a posting routine that is frequent enough to retain traffic. Just the other day I had someone comment that one of the reason why they liked my blog was the frequency at which I post.
I try to post new article every day if possible. I am usually working on lots of other articles in the background so that I might have two nearly finished and half a dozen or so at various stages of completion. Using this system I have some flexibility and a cushion if anything comes up to interrupt my posting schedule.
Whatever you do don't make the mistake of posting just for the sake of posting otherwise your readers will see through this and you will lose readership.
3. Lack of your Focus - Trying to Paint the Whole Wall:
So many new bloggers start their site without a clear focus. What kind of focus you may ask?
Well making money is not enough of a focus. If am talking about identifying your niche and sticking to it. If You try and paint the whole wall your visitors will be confused about what your blog is about and you will very likely lose traffic rather than gain it.
Having a focus is important. On Trick of Blogging for instance, I particularly aim my site at the new blogger and provide detailed step by step walk through with them in mind. At the same time, however, I canter for all Blogger webmasters who access my blog.What I don't do though is go outside the theme of blogger by writing about blogging in general in nature but are tailored to Blogger webmaster.
Yes I could get more traffic perhaps if i widened the scope of my articles to include WordPress or blogging in general put what would then make my blog stand out from a whole heap make my blog stand out from a whole heap of other blogs giving advice on blogging? Having a niche earns me traffic that is focused. Site visitors come with the goal of becoming more informed about using blogger. If they go away having learnt more than when they arrived my site will have done its job and i may have just found myself a repeat visitor.
4. Avoid Hopeless Headlines:
I have seen some pretty hopeless headlines that don't give me enough of a clue about what a post is about to entice me into reading the article. If you want to attract readers to your site you need to grab them. That means putting some thought into crafting headlines that have punch. Remember your headline needs to reel your visitors in so make sure it is well thought out and punchy. Your headlines have to stand out to be noticed as so many people read headlines in RSS feeds.
Another important consideration when deciding on a headline is SEO. consider what your readers might search under to find your post. "Blogging Pitfalls" and "Common Blogging Mistake" are more likely keyword search phrases than "bad blogging practices." So knowing your keywords will help you craft headlines that are keyword rich.
5. Most Common Thing Avoid Too Much Advertising on Your Blog:
New blogs need to build traffic and too much advertising can be a big deterrent in achieving this goal. When your site is very new it doesn't pay to have too much advertising at all. Err on the side of less advertising rather than more. Bear in mind of course that Rome wasn't built in a day and your site won't be either. Have faith that your traffic will build and you can gradually introduce more advertising like Google Adsense as visitor number increase
6. Now this is another thing Avoid too many social Bookmarking Buttons Just One:
Too many social bookmarking buttons can clutter up your blog and slow it down. Many people still don't know too much about social bookmarking so avoid the temptation to overuse these icons. Rather than use a whole bunch of popular icons like Digg and Technorati which can lead to a cluttered look and feel i use a single consolidated button like Add This. Share This is another popular button for sharing your posts.
To install a social bookmarking button on your Blogger blog follow the step by step instruction contained in my article on Add This.
This article has discussed 6 common mistakes new bloggers make when developing a new Blogger Blogspot and given suggestions on how to avoid them as visitor number increase.
