"The hardest part of any journey is taking the first step", but the best decision, you could ever take before any first step is making an informed decision and this is based on knowledge.
It is important to make five good informed decisions before starting your own blog. Keep in mind that having your own blog or posting an article would not guarantee you success except your blog is properly planned and executed. You have taking the right turn to pick-up tips on what you need to know before you start a blog. I'm going to provide you tips that are simple, versatile and efficient. They are not just blogging tips. I've applied them throughout my years of blogging and they are universally agreed by top bloggers.
So let's begin...
BEFORE YOU START A BLOG—
In a simple way, why are you motivated to blog? Are you trying to help or develop a people? Is it for your business or on a freelance schedule, to advertise a product, services or to introduce yourself or a product or to increase or update your clients? It is important to be clear about your motivation because it will inform your decisions, your blogging style, your frequency and determine your readership. Remember, “When purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable”. ― Myles Munroe. When the purpose of owning or writing a blog is not know, you would loose motivation, passion and focus with time. This is the very first step on starting to blog.
—Decide what you want to blog
You might be tempted to blog about everything and anything. You might get distracted talking about something on your blog that is of no value to you or your blog readers. There is a tendency to turn your blog into a dumping site. So before you start to write a blog, pick-up a note pad, and think clearly by writing a list of interested areas, themes or topics. Follow trendy discussions and decide what you want to blog about and things you will never be caught writing or talking about.
—Decide who you are blogging for
Your audience determines the success of your blog. If your write-ups are targeted towards children, you will need additional goals to get them to read your blog or follow. You might have to try other options or not to blog in the first place. So is your blog addressing children, women, adults, young professionals, grandparents, teenagers, school leavers? Who are your readers? Even the worst read newspapers have a target audience.
—Decide where you want to blog
There are so many blogging platforms. While some come at a price, others are essential free and a few would grant you a tasting session before asking you to pay. To find a list to choose from and how it applies to your idea, read my post on 'Top blogging platforms you should not ignore'.
—Decide to learn how to blog
I guess you've started practicing this before you get to read about it. Following the link and reading up to this point meant just one thing. You wanted to know how to start or improve your blog. There is a good and a bad way to running a blog. If you put up content that is of no use to your readers, you have opened an exit way just before you started. You might have so many brilliant ideas and perfect words but if it is not presented well, you've only shut yourself on the foot. Look out for best blogs in your area of interest and observe good things that they are doing and include them in your blog. Get to read more blogging tips. Feel free to ask me questions.
—Decide when to blog
You don’t have to blog everyday and certainly you don’t want to blog once a year. You best understand your time schedule. There is no point updating your blog daily, if your post won’t arrive daily. You should take out time to understand your audience. By following your blog statistics, you can predict the best time to post, type of articles to post and where your traffic is coming from. If your post follows a trend, for example, seasonal, you don’t have to post every day. So decide how often you want to send in a post. Most TV soups are weekly. News or Magazine features are long and requires time for proper editing and development and tweets are just a few bullet point throughout the day. So decide before hand how often you want to write a post. You've got to know when to blog. It is as simple as a ABC. You can add a post to your blog at anytime and create a schedule for publication, especially if you are going to be away for a long time.
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