Tuesday, November 17, 2009

8 Things to Avoid When Blogging

Alvin Phang


Tip #1 – Never Post Without First Proof Reading
You may say, “I was really gifted with great English”, but the least you can do after spending time to create post is to spend a little more time to check the grammar and spelling of your post content. A quick way is to use the Firefox browser to type your content as they have a built- in spell checker. You can also copy your content to Microsoft Words to check for grammatical error.

Tip #2 – Do Not Write If You Do Not Have Ideas What To Write
When posting, have a minimum word length about 250 words or more. And do not post on your blog for the sake of posting. You must remember that people spend their precious time reading your post so your job is to ensure you give them valuable information so that they would come back for more. A quick way to get more content for your blog would be to go to Google Videos and grab a 40-minute video clip on your topic. By doing so, you do not have to write at all, you just have to put a video on your blog.

Tip #3 – Do not Copy Content From Others
When posting content on your blog, please avoid using duplicate content or copyright content from others. You would be in for trouble when they find out you steals content from them. However, what you can do is you can take ideas from others and paraphrase them. You will be amazed that most top seller books you see today at bookshops have similar content.

Tip #4 – Do Not Post Offensive Post
Never post any form of writing that would offend anyone online. This is especially so if it is someone you know and dislike, online or offline. It is never civil to show your readers an offensive habit. More often than not, when people read your blog post, they will find hyperlinks on your post. You should never allow these links to external sites that are not yours to appear in your blog.

Tip #6 – Do Not Hard Sell In Your Blog Post
I see this happening many times on many blogs of others who try too hard to sell something on their blogs. They kept explaining why a product X should be bought and insisted it’s the best product out there.
Instead of doing hard selling on your blog, what you should do is to persuade. A soft- sell approach will be more effective and also gives your readers some solid content so that they can benefit from reading your blog.

Tip #7 – Do Not Go Off Topic On Your Blog
Writing in a blog can sometimes lead you into talking about almost anything that comes to your mind. It’s very important, that whatever content which comes out of your blog has to always be relevant to the topics on your blog. You do not want to read a stock trading blog talking about cooking, do you?

Tip #8 – Credibility Is Key In Blogging
Never lie to your readers especially when you are paid to write reviews, tell
your readers it’s a paid review.

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Alvin Phang is the creator of the blogging guide book Atomic Blogging 3.0
and blog owner of www.GatherSuccess.com where he generated $222,579
to date.


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