15 Blogging Mistake
If your business is not blogging, you should probably read about the SEO Benefits of Blogging as well as how it can become one of your most most effective marketing initiative. Once you decide to pursue blogging as a marketing tactic, here at SearchAnyway, we offer 6 Simple Steps to Blogging that can help get you started. Of course, once you get rolling, you might also want to avoid some common mistakes.
Dawud over at Healthy Web Design recently picked-up on John Chow's and decided to add another 5 of his. Summarized, John Chow's are:
Blogging Mistake #1 - Not Updating Blogging Mistake #2 - Blogging Only For Money Blogging Mistake #3 - Rushing a Post Blogging Mistake #4 - Not Being Personal Blogging Mistake #5 - Being a Copycat Blogging Mistake #6 - Not Replying To Comments Blogging Mistake #7 - Not Giving a Full Feed RSS Blogging Mistake #8 - Not Reaching Out To Other Bloggers Blogging Mistake #9 - Writing For Google Instead Of People Blogging Mistake #10 – Not Reading John Chow dot Com
To this, Dawud adds:
Not Having a Clear Focus For Your Blog. Blogging Mistake - Be Careful What/Who You Write Blogging Mistake - Not Allowing Comments Blogging Mistake - Making Your RSS Feed Link/Button Hard to Find Blogging Mistake - Not Linking To Other Blogs
Of course, if you want some elaboration on these points, you'll have to check out the complete article yourself.
Further Reading (beyond what's linked above)
Setting Up a Blog - Some Things You Should Know From an SEO Perspective @ Search Engine Round Table
5 Prerequisites for Blogging Success @ Problogger
The Foundation fo Blogging Success - Part 2: Marketing Your Blog @ Healthy Web Design
Related Posts
6 Simple Steps to Blogging
How to Blog: The Ping-Release
Viral Marketing and The Blogroll
Comments
Chris, what do you have to add? Thanks for the mention.
Posted by: Dawud MIracle | February 13, 2007 10:08 PM