6 Most Important Things Every New Blogger Should Know

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I started Findmyblogway in July and time really flies. Soon 2010 will be over and we will be looking forward to a brand new year. It is almost four months since my first post in Findmyblogway is up in July. It is a smooth and pleasant journey for me so far. Even though the timeframe is short but it is enough for me to learn a few lessons in blogging. If you are just starting out in blogging, these are the 6 most important things you should know.

1. Decide your theme beforehand

To get your hands on writing a post, you need a domain name and web host. Well I won’t want to cover that much as this is the most basic requirements when you start a blog. The next important thing is a theme. You have to decide for yourself whether you are going for a free theme or a premium theme. It’s important before your blog is alive as you wouldn’t want to spend your time tweaking with the appearance in the initial stage. The early stages of blogging should see you concentrating on writing good content. You should not spend too much time on improving the design.

Keep your design simple and visually appealing, try not to add too much fanciful stuff on it and you should be fine.

2. Blog commenting is a good way to kick off your traffic

Blog commenting is the best way to attract your first visitor to your site. Find a number of similar blogs related to your niche and start commenting on their site. I don’t really agree you should spend your time and comment in every blog that you can find. The main purpose of blog commenting is to attract traffic but I encourage you to pick a few blogs that you like, be it their design, content or the blogger personality, make sure you comment on these blogs regularly and connect with the blogger.

You are trying to build a community here. Make yourself as helpful as you can. Follow them in Twitter, friend them in Facebook and subscribe to their newsletter and feeds. Establish a good relationship is going to help you in long term.

3. Statistics is going to hinder your progress

I fully understand checking your traffic stats are going to excite you when you just started blogging. But that is not necessary. Your traffic is pathetic in the initial stages, what’s the point of checking it every day or even every hour.  Your eyes will be blind and the low numbers is going to dampen your morale lower. Your passion will die and you will be discouraged in continuing your passion.

If you can’t help to keep on checking your traffic, remember to take it easy when the number is not satisfactorily. Just focus on providing the content that your visitors want and traffic will come naturally.

4. Don’t burn yourself out

You should not be having the symptoms of burning out from blogging. Unless you are blogging full time, else you should not have a pressure to deliver. It’s important to update your blog consistently but you don’t have to force yourself to write a post just because you have to. Why torture yourself? Blogging should be fun and enjoyable. I have been reminding myself since day 1 I started blogging.

Why are people getting burn out? The reason is they focus too much on financial gains. You search for information on making money every day and this is going to cause a headache to you as there is tons of information in the search engine. You should stop doing that as this will cause you to lose your focus. It can be a motivation factor to you but it can pull you down too.

5. Don’t absorb too much information

Everyone have their own opinion on a particular subject or topic. There is lots of information circulating in the internet. Just imagine I tell you “Content is King” but another blogger will tell you it is not. Use your judgement wisely. Follow what your heart tells you to do. Whatever advice you listen from the blogosphere, don’t do all at the same time. Just follow the one you resonate most and test it out. If it doesn’t work, turn to the other advice.

I would advise you to stop searching for a foolproof solution. You just have to decide what works and put all your hearts to make it work.

6. Enjoy your blogging journey

Whether you are blogging for financial benefits or purely for passion, enjoy your blogging journey as long as you can. Your passion can be maintained and you can even prevent yourself from getting a burn out from blogging. Don’t focus on the negative elements such as low traffic, low visitors or even low income. Think on the positive side; you are able to provide value to others and people will thank you for that.

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I need to know what you have to say. What do you think is the most important thing every new blogger should know? I believe there are other things that new bloggers should know. Please add on to the list above and leave a comment below.

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