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7 Tips To Improve Your Chances Of Being A Successful Blogger!

By Typhoon On December 13, 2009 Under Blogging Tips

There’s about 250,000+ bloggers blogging everyday on Wordpress.com with each creating, on average, 1-2 posts. Some of these are bloggers, while others are successful bloggers. The successful ones are those who have a dedicated group that follows them, interacts with them, and keeps visiting them over and over.

Being a blogger is not difficult; being successful requires hard work. Countless individuals set up blogs everyday. They spend hours upon hours customizing them, and installing all sorts of gadgets and plugins. But what they lack is the determination, direction, and will. Over 90% of bloggers will generally give up their blogging hobby after just about a week or month.

If you’re someone who’s thrilled by the whole ‘blogging’ theory and would love to start and be successful, here’s a few tips that should REALLY help you improve your chances of being successful. Just remember though, there’s no barrier to entering the blogging world. But it’s dominated by a lot of very successful bloggers. So if you’re going to make a name, make sure you’re dedicated to doing it.

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1. Establish a purpose

Don’t just jump into the blogging world. Ask yourself WHY you want to start blogging. Is it for personal satisfaction? Is it to make money? Is it because your friends do the same? Or were you inspired by some popular blogger? Regardless of what your choice is, make sure you have a ‘purpose’ for blogging (even if it’s pointless). When you have a purpose, you naturally tend to work towards it and everything you do is a lot more systematic and organized.

2. Create a schedule

People tend to wander off their real aim when they don’t have a schedule to guide them. A schedule sets a deadline for a particular task and can help prevent some of the laziness that most of the people have in them naturally. Grab a piece of paper, and write down the date and what you plan to do, besides that date. Look at the schedule time and again and follow it like any other official timetable. You’ll get more work done ;)

3. Establish a direction

You’ve already got your purpose of blogging. Now ask yourself what you should blog about. You could be completely random and spontaneous, but you’ll lose direction very quickly and it won’t be long before blogging gets boring. So set yourself a direction. And follow that direction strictly. Plan out sequences of content that you would like to create and get them done.

4. Be creative

Monotonous blogging is not the best thing, really. Your aim should be to create content that you enjoy reading. Put simply, if you’re going to blog about something that does not relate with your interests, then you’ll only end up creating posts that are not interesting for your visitors, either. A blog can only get as interesting as the author wants to make it. Give your blog a ‘life’. Write about stuff you enjoy. Don’t consider blogging a ‘job’. Consider it a ‘hobby’.

5. Engage your readers

Interact and engage with your readers. It helps build a dedicated following. Try organizing competitions, etc regularly. Do regular Q&A sessions on your blog. Get to know your readers personally. Refer to their blogs (if it’s interesting and if they have one) from time to time. This not only helps build a regular following, but also compels your readers into promoting your blog. Word of mouth, blogging about it, etc.

6. Be unique

I’ve seen countless individuals simply copying other successful bloggers. Being inspired by successful bloggers is one thing. Blatantly copying them will get you nowhere. Put simply, be unique. Be yourself. Let your blog be a medium that communicates your personality to your readers. They don’t want another ‘Successful Joe’. They want ‘Unique Sam’. So give them that. When you blog as yourself, you blog naturally. And you tend to produce high quality content :)

7. Innovate, but not too much

Bloggers think it’s cool to implement/install every new plugin that is released. To be honest, this kind of attitude will only get your blog EXTREMELY messy. You don’t want that. You want your blog to be presentable. Something that calms your visitor. If the first thing a reader/visitor sees is a whole load of useless stuff being jammed on his face, he’ll be sure to click away and never come back. You don’t want that. User-friendly, That’s the keyword. Install only the necessary plugins, or those that enhance the user experience but without the overhead of the extra mess.

Conclusion

I mentioned this earlier, and I’ll say it again. Being a blogger is easy. Being successful requires hard work. So make sure you put in that extra hard work in your blog. All it takes is effort, dedication and will to do it. That’s how the pros do it. There’s no secret to it. Only dedication. So do you have any more tips that will help a blogger be successful? Wanna share it with us? Comment using the comment form below.


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Yo! I am Typhoon a.k.a Sushant, a 16 yrs. old blogger from India and the owner of SmartBloggerz. Here I try to share useful Blogging related articles which would help a blogger to succeed. You can connect to me on Twitter.

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  1. Robin from landscaping yards

    December 17, 2009
    5:54 pm

    Good points. I’ve wanted to be linked/mentioned on big blogs for a while, but there’s one thing I always keep in mind: Is what I’ve written attractive/unique enough to have the blog owner even READ it, let alone mention it.
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  2. Freeblogger

    December 17, 2009
    9:16 pm

    Nice tips you have here!

    One more tip is to create a thirst for more in readers. This can be achieved by writing posts in series.

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  3. Rebecca Leaman

    December 18, 2009
    1:45 am

    This is solid advice that bears repeating and repeating. So much of building a readership revolves around two key elements: self-discipline, to begin with, and keeping your focus on the needs and wants of your readers. I like your “Unique Same” vs “Successful Joe” bit, too: simple, clear, and easy to remember if the blog starts to drift off track.
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  4. Tinh

    December 18, 2009
    10:54 am

    All of them are right and there are many more but not typical, thanks
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  5. Ms. Freeman

    December 18, 2009
    6:59 pm

    I think I have finally found a blogging schedule that works well for me and the current small size of my blog readership. I don’t want to post too often otherwise a lot of post would go completely unread.
    Ms. Freeman´s last blog ..3 Essential Elements Needed for Entreprenurial Success My ComLuv Profile

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  6. akira07

    December 19, 2009
    4:30 am

    OK after get enough motivation and knowledge about so many things such time management, how to be successful blogger, the difference between blogger and successful blogger, that i would like to thanks to all contributor+reader+admin. I’m aim to do all things seriously on the 2010. I will make “Be a successful blogger” as my 2010 resolution.

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  7. Davor Gasparevic from Cheap internet marketing ebooks blog

    December 21, 2009
    2:01 am

    Thanks for the useful tips. Anyway, I can say that I find myself doing most of those things right, but maybe someone would not agree.

    I often see my posts getting tweeted on twitter, shared on other blogs/sites. I say often, it’s a bit relative, but if you consider that I only have 20-30 visits a day (and that is heaven, I had 5-6 visits a day just a month ago), then some of my posts really do get significant attention in the global community.

    I know that some blogger would write 10x better content than me about the same topic I write about, but hey I am just starting out in the blogosphere, and I still have a lot of technical, tactical and promotional tricks to learn and apply.
    Davor Gasparevic @ Cheap internet marketing ebooks blog´s last blog ..Niche/money making ebook #8 – All About Baby Boomers My ComLuv Profile

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  8. Kok Siong Chen

    December 21, 2009
    4:59 am

    Yes! I think the most important point is to know the purpose we start blogging! This will be an inspiration for us to keep on our effort on our own blog. Thanks for sharing!
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  9. Keith from Business3.0

    December 21, 2009
    7:42 pm

    Creating a schedule is probably one of the most neglected tips you pointed out, myself included! Regular posting is very important, not only to keep the readers coming back, but to keep level of content up.
    Keith@Business3.0´s last blog ..Do-Follow Comments and Comment Luv My ComLuv Profile

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  10. Peter J

    March 5, 2010
    12:37 pm

    90% of bloggers give up their hobby after 1 month, that is absolutely amazing! Just because you are getting no result doesnt mean you have to quit.

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  11. Typhoon

    December 21, 2009
    2:36 pm

    PLR = Private Label Rights..This is a kind of license which gives you the authority to use the content/product under this license anyway you want to.

    You can join PLR Clubs for such products:
    http://www.smartbloggerz.com/ebookclub

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  12. akira07

    December 21, 2009
    4:52 pm

    Typhoon, is there any article on smartbloggerz comes from PLR article? Is there any disadvantage of using that?
    akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation My ComLuv Profile

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  13. Senthil Ramesh

    December 26, 2009
    12:38 pm

    Disadvantage? No unless you remake it quite well to show no resemblance to the original article. It just gives you the points and you have to write it well. I haven’t used it too.
    Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article My ComLuv Profile

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  14. akira07

    December 26, 2009
    5:51 pm

    But i find there is limited PLR package, i think this package is more better since it’s sold only for few people.
    akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation My ComLuv Profile

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  15. Senthil Ramesh

    December 26, 2009
    7:11 pm

    No no all are same Akira. Just they are charging money for it. I feel its good to write yourselves or hire a better writer for writing.
    Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article My ComLuv Profile

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  16. Deepika

    December 26, 2009
    7:22 pm

    @akira07

    unlimited package also available friend…. But as senthil said we have to change the content and make it fresh in our own way..

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  17. Senthil Ramesh

    December 27, 2009
    8:41 pm

    What do u mean by Unlimited Package Deepika? Do u mention about PLR?
    Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..Win $180 Cash Prize and more at SmartBloggerz My ComLuv Profile

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