blogging tips for 2017

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                     What you need to start a blog

If you want to create a functional blog, you must prepare. Poor preparation can hinder the success of the blog.

The following are necessary before you start a blog:

The domain name

This is important because it is the first thing of contact with your audience. It should be memorable, give the audience an idea of what the blog is about, and easy to spell.

Include one of the keywords in the domain name. As soon as you settle on the domain name, register it and have a hosting package.

Hosting

This is very competitive. If you are new to hosting, please do intense research about hosting. This will help you to make mistakes on hosting. Choose the one that has hosting for new wordpress sites. Consider the one that is affordable.

Ensure that the page loads very fast. If it is slow, the visitors will just click the back button. They may not visit your page again. Choose a shared hosting for the start. As the blog gets more traffic get a more dedicated hosting.

Content writing

Your writing is the one that can give you more audience. This will make you to stand out. as time goes by, the content will be more valuable. It should focus on the moment. It should of substance

Think of the writing style that you will use as you work on creating the content. Ensure that the content will keep the attention of the readers. Write what your readers want.  Everything will be easier when you know what the audience expects from you. This will help you to become a good blogger.

SEO skills

Attracting traffic to your site is not a hard thing. Promotion and ranking well in the search engines are important in building traffic.

SEO has its guidelines and rules. These will make your blog to be more searchable on the search engines. For bloggers, learning SEO may seem to be difficult. But, it is very easy and simple. You don’t have to be an expert in this. Spend about 2 hours per day to learn about the basics in SEO.

The marketing skills

This is important for all bloggers. Marketing is what will make you to stand out from the rest. You should know how to market and promote your blog in order to build a potential readership.

The following can help you to improve your marketing skills before you start blogging:

Connect with other bloggers and influencers in your industry. Promote their products and services.  Find out on how they will promote your blog. If you are recommended by any of them, you are likely to get more traffic. 

Get more knowledge from books that are related to business, marketing, and psychology fields. You can get the ideas on what to do.

Don’t feel bad when you get rejected. This is common when marketing. So, don’t give up.  Analyze the reasons behind the failure and work on them.

Invest much of your time and resources in the preparation. Invest in good hosting services, writing, marketing, and other important things that will make the blogging successful.