10 Steps To Become An Effective and Successful Blogger

Posted by Jonthan

When i first started blogging in 2006, i was so anxious to get my blog on the way and getting ready to post and post so that i can have more visitors, after around 2 weeks and posting almost 14 articles then i realise i have lost it all.

There was no other topic that i can think of to write and i told myself it was time to give up on this blog, i was pretty sad to see my blog and contents just go off from the platform, but i had too because there was nothing more to write.

I told myself to change my tactics and way approaching blogging and would want to reach out better, this experiment came as a self learned lesson, after i have quit blogging for sometime, i was moving about on other blogs and realise i have another niche that i am interested in, i started to read and subscribe to the feed so that i can get the latest update of that blogger. For almost 2 months i had totally stopped blogging and never laid my hands on a Blog or ever start one.

That was the time i realise it was the information and resource that i have been learning which is telling me to start my blogging regime again and this time around, i cannot fail and apparently my photography blog which i started in 2007 did not stop and got better and better.

The 10 steps which you as a new blogger should remember:

1) Research your niche. almost 40% of bloggers who start do not research their niche and in fact almost the same percentage quit blogging after less than 1 year.

2) Chose a blog platform. If you can’t afford a web hosting, do go for free domain like blogger and wordpress and they can also work well for you.

3) Chose your domain name. Even if you are on free hosting like blogger and wordpress it is advisable to get yourself a domain name through godaddy which is one of the cheapest domain provider you can find.

4) Read on blogs that are related to your niche. Look out for blogs that are related to your niche, have them bookmark in your list.

5) Make sure you have more than 10 blogs that are related to you. Almost every problogger will blog about something unique in their blog, so it is always something new to learn, 10 tips to learn a day, like how you read in school.

6) Subscribe to their feed. Now every problogger will update their blog daily, they have a secondary job, maybe a script writer or designer, who blogs with their free time. so always keep yourself update with their feed.

7) Learn to comment. Commenting is something you should do frequently and it should be constructive and not just “great post”. Try to comment as many related blogs as possible.

Build your relationship with the bloggers. Contact them and introduce yourself, make sure they know who you are and where you blog and tell them you would need an advice or 2 from them, just be friendly and keep in contact.

9) Learn to write magnetic headlines from the bloggers, those that receives many comments or views should have something interesting or powerful which led to the number of reads and views.

10) The last step requires to you compile a 5 pillar article that is of (500 words each) of what you have learned, and post them daily. Announce them to the crowd and let everyone know that you have created a content worth reading. Build your reputation from there on and continue to post exciting post daily.

By Etienne Teo