So I’ve been blogging for a little bit now. Here’s some of my favorite tips, in the order that I thought of them:
- If you don’t love it. Don’t do it. Or quit now and save yourself the trouble.
- Go outside your comfort zone once in a while. Put up some visuals or a video post. Go way off topic.
- Just because you think someone else has “said it better” doesn’t mean you can’t add your take on things.
- There is absolutely nothing wrong with a link-baitey post every once in a while.
- Someone will always say it better. But someone will also always say it worse.
- It takes a long, long time to get a decent sized audience. Those people who have 10k readers in a week are like people that lose 100lbs on diet pills.
- Decide why you want to blog before you start, but keep in mind that it’s a fluid concept.
- Don’t be afraid to talk about whatever the hell you want sometimes.
- Put a picture of yourself on your front page.
- Use bold, headlines, bullets, etc. to make your stuff more scannable.
- Don’t get caught trying to perfect an idea before you start writing. The inertia will kill you.
- Do your best not to take yourself to seriously, get self-righteous or self-important.
- If you want people to give you their time and attention, they have to get something back in return.