New to blogging? Been at it awhile? Trying to figure out why you’re not getting any new readers, likes or comments?
Maybe you’re making some blogging mistakes. We all do it. What separates “the wheat from the chaff,” so to speak, is who identifies and learns from those mistakes and who doesn’t.
So let’s start with 7 common blogging mistakes. Then we’ll discuss how to fix them.
I about fell out of my chair. Good thing my tumble was cushioned by a wide swath of bare linoleum, or I might have hurt myself.
Really. Last time I checked my follower stats – which I do about every time Hailey’s Comet appears – I had a couple hundred followers. As in, bigger than a bread box but not by much.
Well, another comet just passed, so I checked the stats and found I’m well into 4 digits. And counting. Hence the chair-falling thing.
What did I do to increase my followers? Did I buy or import any lists? Offer new subscribers some smoke and mirrors, a fancy floor show or round-trip tickets to Hawaii? Did I bribe friends, relatives, Romans or fellow country men to sign up?
Naw.
Truthfully, I didn’t “do” anything. I just tried to post content that might be interesting, useful, helpful, entertaining, or otherwise brilliant. So no one’s more surprised at the follower “bump” than I am.
My point: If I can do it, so can you. Here a few suggestions for building your blog:
Pages & Paws 