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Common mistakes of a new blogger
Every
 
blog
 
goes
 
through
 
different
 
stages.
 
First,
 
as
 
a
 
new
 
blog
 
(beginning
 
stage),
 
then
 
a
 
growing
 
stage,
 
then
 
maturity
 
stage
 
(and
 
hopefully
 
no
 
decline
 
stage).
 
It
 
is
 
in
 
beginning
 
stage
 
that
 
many
 
of 
 
us
 
make
 
mistakes.
 
In
 
this
 
post,
 
I
 
would
 
like
 
to
 
discuss
 
some
 
of 
 
these
 
mistakes
 
that
 
new
 
bloggers
 
make.
 
I
 
will
 
start
 
the
 
list,
 
and
 
hopefully
 
you
 
will
 
complete
 
it
 
by
 
contributing
 
in
 
the
 
comments
 
section.
 
Display RSS chiklet too early
Displaying
 
your
 
RSS
 
count
 
too
 
early
 
can
 
have
 
a
 
detrimental
 
effect
 
on
 
your
 
RSS
 
readership
 
growth.
 
Usually
 
people
 
will
 
not
 
subscribe
 
when
 
a
 
blog
 
has
 
10+
 
RSS
 
readers.
 
People
 
like
 
to
 
follow
 
the
 
majority,
 
because
 
common
 
sense
 
tells
 
them
 
that,
 
if 
 
many
 
people
 
are
 
reading
 
something
it
 
must
 
be
 
interesting!
 
On
 
the
 
other
 
hand,
 
when
 
nobody
 
(or
 
less
 
people)
 
is
 
reading
 
a
 
particular
 
blog,
 
they
 
see
 
no
 
reason
 
to
 
subscribe
 
to
 
its
 
RSS,
 
neither
 
will
 
they
 
visit
 
back
 
in
 
the
 
future.
 
Therefore
 
in
 
the
 
beginning
 
it’s
 
better
 
not
 
to
 
display
 
your
 
RSS
 
count,
 
it’s
 
better
 
to
 
concentrate
 
on
 
writing
 
good
 
articles
 
instead.
 
When
 
you
 
have
 
at
 
least
 
several
 
hundred
 
RSS
 
readers,
 
then
 
you
 
may
 
put
 
it
 
up.
 
Display too many ads
Most
 
bloggers
 
want
 
to
 
make
 
money
 
with
 
their
 
blogs,
 
and
 
new
 
bloggers
 
are
 
no
 
different.
 
One
 
of 
 
the
 
mistakes
 
that
 
new
 
bloggers
 
make
 
is,
 
putting
 
too
 
many
 
ads
 
on
 
their
 
blog.
 
They
 
think
 
the
 
more
 
ads
 
they
 
put
 
on
 
their
 
blog,
 
the
 
more
 
money
 
they
 
will
 
make.
 
(Wrong!)
 
They
 
might
 
make
 
more
 
money
 
during
 
the
 
first
 
few
 
days,
 
but
 
later
 
their
 
blog
 
will
 
be
 
cannibalized
 
by
 
their
 
ads,
 
thus
 
generating
 
very
 
low
 
income
 
or
 
no
 
income
 
at
 
all.
 
The
 
blog
 
that
 
have
 
too
 
many
 
ads
 
on
 
it,
 
simply
 
cries
 
out
 
to
 
new
 
readers
 
saying
 
“Go
 
back,
 
and
 
never
 
come
 
back
 
to
 
this
 
blog
 
again!”.
 
 
Start the blog on free blogging platforms
Making
 
money
 
from
 
blogging
 
is
 
not
 
an
 
easy
 
thing,
 
so
 
new
 
bloggers
 
take
 
it
 
with
 
caution.
 
Their
 
caution
 
results
 
in
 
starting
 
a
 
blog
 
with
 
free
 
blogging
 
services
 
like
 
 
They
 
don’t
 
want
 
to
 
invest
 
any
 
money
 
beforehand,
 
rather,
 
they
 
want
 
to
 
see
 
first
 
if 
 
the
 
blog
 
will
 
bring
 
any
 
money
 
to
 
them.
 
They
 
reason
 
such:
 
“If 
 
the
 
blog
 
starts
 
to
 
bring
 
some
 
money,
 
I
 
will
 
shift
 
it
 
to
 
its
 
own
 
domain
 
name
 
and
 
hosting”.
 
But
 
often
 
times
 
that
 
never
 
comes!
 
If 
 
you
 
really
 
want
 
to
 
make
 
money
 
with
 
your
 
blog,
 
you
 
should
 
make
 
the
 
initial
 
investment
 
in
 
it.
 
It’s
 
not
 
a
 
big
 
investment
 
after
 
all,
 
because
 
domain
 
name
 
costs
 
maximum
 
$9/year,
 
hosting
 
at
 
godaddy
 
is
 
 just
 
$3.99/month.
 
But
 
this
 
small
 
step
 
can
 
make
 
a
 
big
 
difference.
 
Especially
 
when
 
it’s
 
combined
 
with
 
good
 
articles,
 
good
 
marketing
 
and
 
good
 
design,
 
which
 
is
 
the
 
next
 
topic
 
of 
 
discussion.
 
Design their own theme
There
 
are
 
some
 
new
 
bloggers
 
who
 
instead
 
of 
 
using
 
some
 
of 
 
the
 
great
 
 
resort
 
to
 
designing
 
their
 
own
 
themes.
 
I
 
simply
 
do
 
not
 
understand
 
them.
 
It
 
is
 
ok
 
if 
 
they
 
design
 
a
 
nice
 
professional
 
theme,
 
the
 
problem
 
arises
 
when
 
they
 
have
 
a
 
theme
 
that
 
looks
 
like
 
the
 
websites
 
of 
 
90s.
 
The
 
graphics
 
are
 
most
 
probably
 
done
 
in
 
 
(funny
 
video
 
about
 
paint).
 
So
 
if 
 
you
 
are
 
not
 
good
 
at
 
designing
 
blog
 
themes,
 
 just
 
get
 
the
 
 
Or
 
ask
 
someone
 
to
 
design
 
it
 
for
 
you.
 
Not posting own ideas
What
 
is
 
the
 
most
 
important
 
success
 
factor
 
for
 
a
 
blog?
 
It’s
 
the
 
person
 
behind
 
the
 
blog,
 
more
 
specifically
 
it’s
 
his/her
 
ideas
 
that
 
make
 
the
 
blog
 
successful
 
and
 
set
 
it
 
apart
 
from
 
other
 
blogs.
 
Unfortunately,
 
new
 
bloggers
 
make
 
a
 
mistake
 
of 
 
talking
 
only
 
what
 
the
 
blogosphere
 
is
 
talking.
 
If 
 
a
 
big
 
shot
 
guy
 
says
 
A,
 
new
 
blogger
 
will
 
say
 
A.
 
If 
 
he
 
says
 
B,
 
he
 
say
 
B…
 
etc.
 
Therefore
 
if 
 
you
 
want
 
to
 
be
 
successful,
 
then
 
you
 
should
 
 
Because
 
people
 
want
 
what
 
is
 
in
 
your
 
mind,
 
not
 
what
 
is
 
in
 
someone
 
else’s
 
mind
 
and
 
that
 
you
 
 just
 
summarize
 
it
 
for
 
them.
 

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Thanks for the information. I am extremely new. I am mainly reading & taking in as much information as I can at this point so that when I start I will get it right from the beginning. I am a criminal defense lawyer and my biggest questions is whether I need to confine my post strictly to legal news, opinions etc. updates on the law, you get the idea; or if I can post about other topics within same blog? For example can I have a lawyer/legal news blog that has a sidekick so to speak with news, coverage, opinions on L.S.U. Tigers football, or N.C.A.A. football. I am talking about interviews with Sabin, or Les, or something interesting from tigerland, or an original article wrriten by me that covers the new recruits (Just an example) I do not know if you or anyone else will see this or bother to answer it, but if anyone does I would appreciate it. I am so in the dark on so many topics. Again Thanks for the tips on beginners blogging. I have read 1000's of pieces and yours is very concise, direct and to the point. You cover a good amount of info withjout boring the reader. Thumbs up.