Most people aren’t going to associate blogging with risks to your health and safety. However, every job has ways to damage your body or mind if you aren’t careful and aware, so it’s crucial to take a step back and think about safety in every career, even ones that seem like they’d be completely healthy, […]
How to Encourage Readers to Follow Your Blog
A blog doesn’t get to have a solid readership base without any real effort from the blogger. Encouraging people you don’t personally know to follow your blog requires some basic work and preparation. Once they are in place, increasing viewership is attained more quickly. The first requirement is almost like a mantra for every blogger. […]
Benefits of Guest Posts
In my last post Beating the Blog Rut I neglected to mention another way of making sure that you still have entries even when you are having a writer’s block – having guest bloggers. Asking friends and colleagues to write one or two posts on your blog is actually very advantageous and will benefit you […]
Make The Most Out Of Your Reading Time
More than writing actual posts for your blog, I bet that you spend a considerable amount of time reading other blogs. This is in fact one good way to get ideas for your posts. Though of course I am not advocating stealing copy, you can always get inspiration and learn lessons from reading other blogs. […]
Finding Your Niche II
Last time I said that when finding your niche you should choose one that you are already knowledgeable at and that isn’t that competitive in terms of number of bloggers already writing about that field. Today I will be giving a few more tips on finding your niche. 1. Find out what people want – […]
Finding Your Niche
Although it is much easier not to constrain yourself to a specific theme every single week, when it comes to blogging, creating a niche is essential. Blogs that do not have themes just don’t have a chance at success since readers come back for a reason – to read something they are interested in. It […]