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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
ones.
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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