Every human makes mistakes in their life but if you learn from your mistakes and never make that mistake again then you can become successful in every field in your life. In the early days of my blogging I made lots of mistakes but I learn from them and now I am a successful blogger. In this article I’m writing about those mistakes a blogger should avoid to become a successful blogger.
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1. Blogging Without Your Own Domain
This is a common mistakes, everybody starts blogging with a free domain. The main reason behind starting from a free blog is that its free of cost. But one should keep one thing in mind that free blogs can never give you complete control over your blog. So I suggest new bloggers to start your blog with your own domain and own hosting.
- Benefits of selecting custom domain for your Free Blog
- Why you should have a custom domain name for BlogSpot Blog
- How to find best domain name for your Website
2. Irregular Posting
Regular posting is the key to success in the world of blogging. You should always avoid irregular posting. Lots of bloggers start-up well and use to write everyday but after some time they start posting with irregularity. This is not a good sign for the readers of your blog. So always avoid the habit of irregular posting and post regularly.
3. Too Many Ads
Lots of bloggers think that they can earn money overnight from their blog by putting so many ads. But this can irritate your readers. I am not against putting ads on the blog in early days but you should not put too many ad network ads on your blog. Also, using too many ads will affect your search engine ranking according to latest page ad layout algo by Google.
I recommend you to refer to Adsense heatmap to add ads at suitable places on your Blog.
4. Choosing A Niche You Have No Interest
This is another common mistake of new bloggers. They read about the success stories of another bloggers and they start following them and start the blog of same niche. But they don’t have any interest in it. So it can cause a big set back for your blog as you can’t write for long time on any topic if you don’t have any interest in that topic. So always keep your interest in mind before selecting the niche of your blog.
5. Giving Up Too Early
Everybody wants to earn money online and they start thinking that they can become rich overnight by blogging. But when they start blogging and they didn’t earn anything for some time then they give up blogging. Everyone who want to become blogger he/she should keep in mind that blogging is not as easy as it looks. It takes lot of hard word and patience. You can never get success overnight in blogging. So never give up too early. If you work hard and have patience then you will get success in blogging. Hard work and patience is the key to success in blogging.
These are the mistake which I made in the early days of my blogging career. Please do share your experience in the comments section.
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Wow.. That is great tips for me.. I will follow all tips.. Thanks a lot for posting…
Thnx for the appriciation
Loveish , I certainly don’t agree on the Domain front !
Perhaps you are missing a point here : Context + Context is a king !
sethgodin.typepad.com
woork.blogspot.com
are the people who have made it with a sub domain blog too !
I agree. Though most of the bloggers keep in mind the points you have listed here, the very essential thing they would be missing out is blogging in their own domain. Great points that are clear and straight to the core.
Yeah u r right this is the basic everybody should start blogging from their own domain.
Basic yet good list.
I need to avoid irregular posting.
I avoid the remaining four.
Irregular posting can cause to traffic loss, so always try to post regularly
I admit that not start with own domain is big mistake. And if your free domain become success blog, it even more difficult. If you move, you will lost all the PR and may the readers, but if you do not move, you waste the great possibilities in own domain.
I think this is the biggest mistake of my blogging career that I didn’t start with my own domain. Thats why I include this in this article, so that it will help new bloggers and they start blogging from their own domain .
Very sound advice. As usual from shoutMEloud. Not meaning to go off topic but you’re setting some incredible records dropping your Alexa ranking huh?
Good list… “Choosing A Niche You Have No Interest” is the worst one.
Thnx Gouri
Thank you for this simple easy to read list! I am going to work hard and keep persisting with my blog now that you have helped me customise the design!!!
Thanks
So much
choosing a niche which u were not interested is the sickest one and IMO starting with a free blog never hurts one.. One can (should) always test out the things before he goes live . .
But I feel that everyone should start with their own domain name.
well, i made almost all of them..and still regret it till date
Well I saw ur blog and you are still making the mistake of irregular posting. There is a gap of 6 days between the first and second post of your blog. Try to post regular so that you get loyal and regular visitors for your blog
Nice one dude.. !
Yes you mentioned all the valid tips. It will be really nice if everyone has their own domain name..!
Thnx Pradeep for liking my work
“…you should not put too many ad network ads on your blog”. You mean, if you are using adsense, bidvertiser, or infolinks- it would be better if you will just serve few ad network? Mine, I’m just using Adsense and infolinks… What you think?
I m also using only adsense and infolinks on my site. I don’t like to put much ads because its annoying for readers and they start thinking that you are blogging only for money. Currently i m using only 2 ad slots of Adsense and infolinks.
exactly… this is what most bloggers tried, to maximize only at least 2 ad networks… because you can also place affiliate ads on some slot…
nice write up .. i think personal domain name is really needed … it might not be that important sometime back .. but now .. its greatly essential
Thanks Jaspal, yeah own domain is most important thing you should have when you start blogging.
I like the last point very much..
Its very encouraging me ..
thanks for the post
Sudharshan its my personal advice for u, I checked your blog and its really gud. So don’t give up so easily. You can get success in blogging If you have patience.
thanks loveish..
Its very much encouraging for me..
thank u so much
I think i need to have my own domain now. Thanks, for this informative post
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You should go for it ASAP. Own domain will help you building a brand name for yourself.
your post is great post , please make a post about how to get google adsense quick and its requirements for getting the approval
thank u
Thnx Fayaz
Next time when I write a guest post on ShoutmeLoud. I will try to write about google adsense
@Fayaz you can refer to an article at Ezine for getting the basic guidelines of AdSense Approval like when is the right time to apply, do you need to wait for 6 months, Is there a separate approval guidlines for AdSense publishers from India & China etc. http://ezinearticles.com/?id=3655396
Good post. My Advice: Dont give up, unique content, update daily, no ads!
how does it effect if we don’t have our domain??
If you don’t have your own domain then nobody takes you seriously as blogger. You can never build a brand name for your blog with blogspot in it. For more details read this article by Harsh it will answer all your questions regarding own domain.
http://www.shoutmeloud.com/why-you-should-have-a-custom-domain-name-for-your-blogspot-blog.html
Points taken. Identifying a niche of interest is the key, everything else will follow.
Most people read about blogging success stories and think that it is easy money. When they find out that it is not; they give up.
As always.. Excellent tips, I hate subscribing to blogs that never update it drives me nuts.
I know I am not doing any of the above mistakes.
Nice post.
I am moving from the bottom of the list. Only the top one of not having your own domain is to be corrected. Will do it soon.
great points… thanx for sharing… last point is really hard but it must… don’t give up… it really takes time to make a blog successful…
i am agree with you … nice post thanx for shaing.. i am following the 5 steps… so i am going towards successful blogger… post.. great… thanx again..
regards,
Thank you for this simple easy to read list! I am going to work hard and keep persisting with my blog now that you have helped me customise the design!!
Excellent written article, Very true bro I have also tried for 2 years and still got nothing because whatever I were started those were crap Now I am focusing on one niche content.
I got too much experience from my mistake in these two years.
Thanks again for this article.