Best Blog Tips Ever
What are your favorite blogging tips? There is so much advice about the do's and don'ts of blogging out there it's hard to decipher what is relevant and what is not. My bet is that most of the information that you come across is relevant in some way shape or form.
There are no right and wrong answers about blogging and content creation for the most part, and most of it you will figure out on your own once you get started but we wanted to share with you our favorite blogging tips ever.
1.Write For Your Audience, Not Search Engines
Keywords are important, and we'll talk about that in a second, but if your whole purpose when you sit down and write is driven by a search engine, then your content will probably not be very pleasing to read. Let's face it, search engines are not people, and they read content in a much different way.
It's okay to keep them in mind, but know that getting people to your blog is only half the battle, the harder part is actually getting them engaged and coming back because they actually like what you have to say.
2. Do Use Keywords
One of my favorite blogging tips is this one- Use Keywords when you are blogging. The better you get at identifying keywords for your content, the more targeted traffic you are going to get and thus the more people coming to your blog you are actually interested in buying what you are selling. It's tricky, finding the balance between well optimized content and content that is engaging but the best writers have this skill down to almost a science. If you are writing for your own blog then you need to familiarize yourself with keywords, know how to do the research, and know how to use them in your content.
No, you don't want to write just for the search engines, BUT you do want people to find you right?
3. Blog Only What You Know
What you know is enough. So often I run into bloggers or people who have businesses who have to blog and they think that they don't know enough to teach someone else. Truth is, every one of us knows something that someone else doesn't . And if you don't know something, then learn it, and then write about it. You don't have to be an "expert" to write about something. Just write down what you do know. And if you feel like that is not enough- learn more.
4. Be A Real Person, Use Your Own Voice
It should be no surprise to you that people like to interact with other people. This is even true when people read. Part of engaging your audience comes from making your audience feel like they can relate to you, like you are somehow just like them, with just a little bit more knowledge on a particular topic. Use your own voice. If you are funny, it's okay to let that out in your writing. If you are strictly professional and have an even keel, straightforward personality, then use that. There are no right or wrong answers, just you.
5. Get Involved In The Blogosphere
Okay this one has less to do with actual content creation and everything to do with networking. Aside from the professional benefits that I have seen from getting involved in the blogosphere, I have actually made friends and business associates that I've grown to love and trust through blogging. Twitter and Facebook are both great vehicles for doing this. Writing guests posts for other blogs is a great way to build your network and also grow your following.
Not quite sure where to start? Just start asking people to guest blog for you. Many times this opens the door to a great relationship and it also gives your readers a different perspective and like I said before, everyone knows something that someone else doesn't know. You will be amazed at the doors that open from this. If you are interested in guest posting on our blog shoot us an email at info@assistsocialmedia.com we would love to make friends!
What do you think of these blogging tips? Are there others that you swear by? Please share with us below in the comments!
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Love these tips. Especially the one saying you know enough. We sell ourselves short too often.
Thanks Joy!
I agree…When all else fails, stick to the common sense rules
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Hi Elizabeth.
Thank you for the great suggestions. Rather than give a long list you've focused on a few points that can really help.
Cheers Rach
Some quite straightforward yet, very powerful tips, Elizabeth.
Agree with being ourselves and developing own own voice…
It's okay to emulate someones success. Though, trying to be that persons online version of a doppelganger, is another story altogether…
I was part of a thread discussing how some people try too hard to BE the Authority figure in a particular niche, yet, they fail to establish their own brand(name, etc)…..
I think a healthy balance of both on page and off page SEO factors, may be the best way to strike a happy medium….
It's so hard to use keywords. I use them in various spots of my posts and don't seem to be effective
It takes a little time to figure it all out Ryam. The use of Keywords is the start. It’s not the only thing but it’s an important part!
Great blogging tips! I agree with blog what you know. With so much online today, it is easy to see through the ones who don't know what they are asking about.
These are great tips we all can use to be better on our Blog. I'm learning all kinds of new things here!
Thank you Barbara.. We have to keep try to get it where we need it to go!
Thank you for sharing good tips Angela! It is important for the personality to shine through, or people will find it hard to relate and as a result, hard to connect!
I think it is too Solvia.. I believe that is why you do well with yours..
Great balance in your advice to bloggers!
Thanks Sally.. I love blogging tips and sharing them!
Thank you Sally!
I appreciated what you said about not writing with the sole purpose of SEO but keeping keywords in mind, too. I'd like to learn more about using keywords naturally within a piece if you're so inclined.
That’s what we do!!! I wrote with them only in mind and Angie never used them.. Together we’ve married the two goals into a great way to have a conversation with our friends and fans and get in search and meet even more people!
Thank you Amy! I would love to write about that! Come back and check. You’ll be finding more on keywords very soon! Xoxo
Writing for your audience is so important. You need to listen to what they want to hear, not what you thing they want to hear. Thanks for this awesome, article!
Thank you Lisa!! You write just like that on your blog!
You are so correct about using your own voice! Ideally, as a blogger, you want to get to a point where people would recognize who is writing the post just by reading it, the ultimate form of personal branding.
It’s hard for people to remember at times that a blog is like an editorial piece and not a fact sheet.. tell it in your voice with the facts as YOU see them!
Great tips Angie! Love the one about using your own voice. Too many people try to be someone they're not, and at the end of the day if you can't connect with your audience as yourself, they're probably not the right audience for you in the first place.
Great point Helena.. you are so Authentic on your site.. That’s why I like it. I feel like you are just talking to me. I bet you have some great blog tips you could give!
Authenticity is key!! Our blog/website is our home base and its from there that we and our business evolves. I will be sharing your wisdom
I love visiting you and gaining Knowledge Anita!
Thank you Anita!
Some great tips here Angela and I totally agree with using your own voice when blogging. Being authentic makes what you say believable and memorable!
Great Post! After years of sort of blogging, I finally dove in full depth last year with an email magazine. And every tip you have here fits. Having guest articles/bloggers has been a life saver!
That’s what I had to do for a long time.. I only wrote for SEO and not for my readers.
Ah, the human side of blogging. I understand that many of us are using our blogs to develop our businesses … but, as you say, we are actually using our blogs to develop relationships … which will in turn develop our businesses. So, Angela, bravo for pointing that out!
Thank you!! That is a great tip for blogging Sharon
Excellent article.