If you’re a blogger and especially if you’re starting out chances are you may not have even realised you are making these mistakes. Here are five things you should definitely avoid doing.
Not being active– If you are not active on other peoples blog than you can’t expect them to be active on yours. Blogging is definitely a two way street and being active can get you a much larger audience as well as followers. If you’re not active your blog will take longer to grow.
Commenting– As I mentioned be active but don’t spam people with comments that have nothing to do with their comments. A lot of new bloggers end up leaving their link on other peoples posts and it really does not help to do that because it can get a little annoying especially when you do it constantly. Instead leave genuine comments about the post and that will be more likely to lead them back to your blog. If you do want to share your blog you can check if they have a share and promote page which would be the appropriate place to leave your link.
Tags– As I always say tags are super duper important! Make sure you don’t overdo it with the tags though because WordPress will assume you’re spamming and leave your post out of the recommended tags section. I’ve realised that the perfect amount is ten but take a look at what works for you and tag accordingly.
Copying posts/not giving credit to the source– This is a huge no. Don’t ever do this. It is horrible to take credit for another bloggers work. If you are inspired by it and want to share it there is always the option to repost/reblog the original post or if you decide to copy and paste make sure you have the bloggers permission and give them credit for their work.
Spamming followers with posts- It’s great to post regularly but honestly the majority of your followers probably don’t want to see like 20 posts from you everyday. I would suggest don’t post more than once a day and definitely don’t post more than once an hour. You may end up getting traffic/followers for a while because you’re in the algorithm but it will mess up your blog on the long run and decrease activity.
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I’ve been an occasional blogger for several years. It may be time to get serious about it. Thanks for this advice!
Maybe it’s a sign!
Thank you for these tips. I am new at this so it will really help not make these mistakes
Thanks glad it helped!
That’s a powerful lesson. Thanks so much, I learnt a lot from it
Thank you!
Yes, this a great post. Thanks! I guess I just need to set a scheduled day of when to post. Would be helpful to know how to set up a schedule if you can write about that!
Thanks glad you enjoyed it! I’ll definitely put out a post on how to schedule soon!
Great advice!!! Thank you!
Thanks!
Great post. Thank you.
Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you for these reminders! 🙂
Thank you!
I like how short, sweet and to the point this was. Great advice!
Thanks so glad you enjoyed it!
We are just starting as new bloggers, and found this post really helpful! Thank you! 💕
So happy to hear that!
Good advice!
Thanks!
These are great tips for new Bloggers and great reminders for established ones.
Thank you so much!
Hey, thanks a lot for sharing your insight. I’ll make sure to especially take note of points 1 and 3. 🙂
Thanks hope it helps!
Thanks. I agree that a post on scheduling would definitely be something I would read.
It’s coming soon!
Will be taking note of this!
Thank you for sharing 😀
Thank you and hope it helps!
Thank you so much. This is super helpful to me. ❤
Thanks so happy to hear that!
I needed this!
Hope it helps!
Oh wow, this is so informative! Thank you for posting this ~ this has been helpful 🙂
Thank you so glad it helped!
Thanks so much for the post
I am just starting tho and I really needed tips on how to build it, ur post was enlightening.
I’m so happy to hear it helped!
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Thank you!
Wow! Great blog! I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts about blogging; very helpful and informative! 😍
Thank you so much!
You are so my go to person when I need some help. Thankyou for sharing your tips. It is really daunting when you do your first blog, but you have answered so many questions already.
Thank you so much so glad to hear the tips help!
Amazing tips ✨
Again, great tips. I’m glad I found you. Or that you found me. lol
Haha! Hope the tips help!
Great tips! These tips would go a long way. Thanks, Pooja!
Thank you so much!
Anytime!