Top 10 Blogging Mistakes To Avoid

Many blogging beginners think blogging is going to be easy. They are enthused and passionate about their blog at the beginning. But as the difficulties arise, their interest dwindles. There could be a simple fix that is needed, or a simple adjustment or customisation that they’ve overlooked. Beginners will often create a new blog, and take the view the first hasn’t worked, instead of correcting the issues. Top 10 blogging mistakes to avoid.

Blogging is similar to an oil painting on canvas. You just need to keep going until you reach your vision. Make sure you don’t run out of topics or ideas. You can think about your blog throughout the day, and find inspiration.

Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Creating A Blog

1. Giving Up Prematurely
2. Customisation Problems
3. Lack Of Motivation & Willpower
4. No Structure Or Taxonomy
5. No Social Media Accounts
6. Too Many Marketing Links
7. Spelling, Grammar, Editing
8. Poor Images Or Design
9. Remaining Anonymous
10. Lack Of Presentation/Effort

Giving Up Prematurely

People often spend money on a blog and expect it to be an instant hit. It can take at least 4-6 months for Google to pick up on your blog, and sometimes longer. You’ll really need to cultivate a little more patience, and write. During this window you have enough time to learn, design, and write. So, there really is no excuse!

Customisation Problems

Customisation problems or issues such as tricky themes, or not being able to customise your blog to how you envisioned it. All bloggers experience this. And aside from documentation & support, you could hire someone to assist you. But you’ll need to make sure they’re an expert, and are reliable & trustworthy before sharing logins. If you feel you’ve been hacked, don’t throw your work away. You can get your site fixed & cleaned professionally.

Lack Of Willpower & Motivation

Lack of motivation. Sometimes we all need inspiration. It can be hard to feel inspired when you are wondering if you are wasting your time. Expecting more views, or not getting the reactions you thought you would. I get that. And blogging its about reaching the people who are interested, not convincing those who are not. You shouldn’t let negative people put you off your project, or kill your dreams. The way people are, you’d achieve nothing if you listened to everyone. Sometimes you’ve just got to believe in you, and remember why you started your blog.

No Blog Structure Or Taxonomy

You should try and build some sort of logical structure to your blog for yourself, readers, and the search engines. This will help your blog site rank better, and it will also look tidy, and professional. Make use of menus, and mega-menus if you have them. And then create a site map, and include it in the footer of your site. Fill meta tags!

No Social Accounts

Have faith in your blog project and create your social accounts. You’ve invested time & money into your blog. Now it’s time to get the results. You can’t write a blog, and share it with friends and family. It has to be publicly shared, and you have to take the feedback for your creation. If you’re worried about spam & hackers, then make sure you have installed all the protection for your blog before you share it.

Using Too Many Affiliate Marketing Links

Too many marketing inks in a post, and not enough media or written content. This will create a negative impact on your ranking, people will click away from your website, and you’ll look like you don’t know anything about the blog. Instead you want to build your reputation, and build your blog, before you start to advertise. If it were that easy, we’d all be doing it. And it simply doesn’t work. You’ll also need o create internal links, and official links.

Forgetting Spelling & Grammatical Correction

Spelling, grammar and not editing your posts. I know my grammar sucks. And ideally I should check the grammar or punctuation before I publish. Sometimes I do it later. If you know you’re making grammatical mistakes, or have made them, you could clean up your posts and republish them? There’s no reason to throw all your work away. Often when we start a blog, we write quickly, either to get our ideas down, or to make the blog look complete. There’s plenty of time to make these corrections. So why not give it a try?

Not Using The Best Images Or Theme

You haven’t given enough thought, or spent enough time to perfect your design. Does your blog lookalike a blog, or expert blog? Is it inviting? Does it look like other blogs? Does the design match the topic you’re blogging about? I know many bloggers dread the idea of a theme change, often due to text & font, and small details. Change your theme if it needs changing, or customise it until it looks decent.

The Anonymous Blogger

Anonymous posting and not putting a name or face to your posts is subconsciously detected, if not consciously. This makes a blog feel sketchy, and often leads to trail-offs. Surely it’s better to find a nice professional profile picture. Then you can be legitimate, and therefore grow. Writing a blog, ranking, then dropping out will not earn you any real money. But you make it official, it gives you the chance to grow, and be recognised.

Make your Blog Stand Out

Making an effort on presentation, and completing the blog to the best of your ability shows people that your blog is real, that you are real, it builds trust, interest, empathy, and engagement. Create and build a positive reputation. It may seem as though people aren’t interested or looking or watching. But you’d be surprised.

What you put into your blog is exactly what you can expect to get out of it. There are no cheats when it comes to online blogging, and being a successful blogger or content marketer. You must first do the groundwork, and then, you must follow it through until you get the desired results.