4 Mistakes We Make When Blogging
We’ve all done it before- written a blog post that wasn’t our best; started a blog with one topic in mind and then ending up with a completely different story at the end. Depending on your audience, they might forgive you; but sadly, for the vast majority of us, mistakes like these can negatively affect our credibility within our niche. Therefore, take heed of the following mistakes that are commonly made when blogging, and make sure that you’re on top of your game the next time around. Your audience is depending on you!
- Going Off Topic-One of the unfortunate things that many of us do too often is start off our blog posts with one idea in mind; then by the time we finish writing what we thought we had to say, we realize that the post has taken a completely different direction. While some readers may forgive you for this, it is usually better to err on the side of caution and avoid any confusion. Stick to the topic and keep it simple.
- Rambling-Following closely in the footsteps of going off topic is rambling. Often times, blog posts fall apart due to the fact that the author is digressing about something or the other. How does this translate to the reader? Readers will usually quite reading what the author has to say before they even finish whatever it was they were rambling on about because their writing comes across as having little or no meaning. Again, stay on topic.
- Complaining-Complaining in posts is usually a no-no, unless you are somehow tying it into some bigger point-which you had better reach quick. Remember, you want to keep your readers engaged. You can get away with complaining on a personal blog or journal, but for a professional site and for building credibility, this can be catastrophic.
- Photographs- Imagery is important when blogging. People like pictures because they like to feel a visual connection to what you are talking about. Photographs serve many different purposes such as tying a piece of writing together to help promote a deeper understanding; or they can be used in place of words to help illustrate a point. Often times, bloggers use photos to help break up the text and give their readers’ eyes a break. However, just make sure that you are careful about the type of photo you use as well as the size. Both need to be relevant to the amount of text on the page as well as related to what you are talking about. For example, if your focus of your blog post is based around an image, then your image will be bigger, etc.
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Hi, I think that the biggest mistake that people make is complaining, I find it a real turn off. I do admit that I have also gone off the suject from time to time.