Blogging is now well and truly mainstream.
There are more reasons to blog than I can possibly count. You can do it as a hobby, or as part of your business. You can do it to increase exposure, or to generate income. You can become a thought leader, or a cult figure. But one thing is for sure – if you want to become a successful blogger, there is a lot to learn.
And that is where I can help you, because I love writing about blogging. I love sharing what I have learnt, and what works for me. I have written an enormous amount on the subject of blogging, and today I want to share with you a pick of the best lessons I have learnt in that time. Enjoy!
Blogging for Beginners
- 5 Reasons Why You Should Be Blogging Even If You Don’t Make Money Right Away
- The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Blogging
- How to Create a Blog That Can Change Your Life
- Why Raising A Blog Is Like Raising A Child
- Bouncers, Groupies, Fence Sitters, And IEMing Your USP
- What Everyone Should Know About Growing A Blog
- The 4 Key Fundamentals of Creating a Successful WordPress Blog
- Why You Should Be A Selfish Blogger
- How To Make Your Blog Stand Out From The Crowd
- The Single Most Important Aspect of Blogging That Most People Ignore
Design
- The 5 Key Fundamentals of WordPress Site Design
- The 5 Key Fundamentals of WordPress Site Navigation
- 404 Errors – What You Need To Know About Prevention And Cure
- 5 of the Best 404 Error Pages and How to Build Your Own
Your Blog’s Most Important Pages
- Are You Neglecting The Most Important Page On Your Blog?
- Are You Losing Visitors By Omitting This Key Page On Your Blog?
- One Thing You Must Include on Your Blog Right Now (and How)
Content
- 5 Things The Music Business Can Teach You About Blogging
- No More Mistakes: 10 Step WordPress Blog Post Checklist
- 5 Steps To Becoming A Must-Read Blogger
- The 1 Simple Fact About Creating Viral Headlines That Most People Ignore
- What Is The Best Day And Time To Publish And Promote Your Blog Posts?
- Improve Your Blogging Productivity With WordPress’ Distraction Free Editor
- The 7 Free Image Sourcing and Editing Tools You Need For Blogging
- 1 Simple Step To Keeping Visitors On Your Blog
Promoting Your Blog
- Blog Promotion – Go To Where The People Are
- One of the Most Effective Forms of Blog Promotion You Are Not Practicing
- 6 Powerful Guest Post Tactics that No One’s Talking About
- The Complete Guide To Guest Posting
- 5 Things Online Dating Can Teach You About Networking for Blogging Success
- DIY SEO for Startups – How We Did It
- What Aspiring Actors Can Teach You About Blogging
- How Writing = More Traffic and Subscribers
- Why Blog Commenting Is More Important Than You Think
Mastering Social Media
- Why Social Media Is Far More Important Than You Think
- Why You Should Be On All 3 Major Social Networks
- What You Need to Know About Twitter
- How To Use Twitter For Exponential Blog Growth
- 2 Steps & 5 Free Resources To Making Twitter A Referral Machine For Your Blog
- Promoting Your Blog With Twitter – 3 Underutilized Methods
- 1 Simple Step To Increasing Your Blog Post Tweets By 27%
Converting Visitors into Subscribers
- How To Increase Your Blog’s Conversion Rate
- 10 Simple Copywriting Tips To Optimize Your Blog’s Conversion Rate
- Increase Your Blog’s Conversion Rate With This Simple Strategy
- 5 Reasons Why You May Have Your Approach To Analytics All Wrong
- 5 Ways You Can Effectively Use Web Analytics To Your Advantage
Building an Email List
- 3 Types Of Awesome Newsletters For Your WordPress Blog
- 5 Reasons Why Everything You Know About Email List Building is Wrong
- 4 More Ways to Increase Newsletter Sign Ups on Your Blog
- Struggling With Your Autoresponder Series? Here’s The Solution
Scratching the Surface
Despite having written more posts about blogging than I can count, there are plenty of areas that I have not yet covered. With that in mind, do you have any other blogging tips for us, or links to posts that you think will add to the above resource? Let us know in the comments section!
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Jorge Rodriguez
Tom,
Sometimes it’s hard to realize all the work behind coming up with a list such as yours. I’m bookmarking this post, ‘cuz it’s really a lot of info that I can’t quite process right now. So I’ll be back later. To me, it’s been rather difficult to come up with ideas on topics to blog about. I guess I’d call that blogger’s block. But with this post, I have found inspiration.
Thnx and keep up the good work.
Ciao,
Jorge R.
Tom Ewer
Hey Jorge,
It’s fair to say that the post took a while to put together 😉 I hope it can be of help to you!
Cheers,
Tom
Harsh Agrawal
Great article Tom..
How about a similar article for getting success in Social media..Will be very handy and useful…