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7 Blogging Mistakes that Can Stop Your Blog Growth

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new

― Albert Einstein

So making mistakes is not sin not correcting it is foolishness! ;)

There are thousands of new bloggers coming up daily; most of them start make money, few out of passion and few to set up career, but we seen only few reach their goal and thousands of them fail!

And the reason is they don`t try to correct their mistakes.

Do You Make these 7 Blogging Mistakes?

If you`re a newbie or not yet started blogging, these are few common mistakes that you need to avoid to have successful blog.

mistake

#1 Inconsistency in Blog Posting

I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.

Yes being consistence is very important when it comes to blogging.

Inconsistency in blogging kills your blog. It makes your readers to lose trust on your blog. Also, it may affect your rankings directly or indirectly.

If you have more time for blogging and have lot of confidence that you can write daily, then go for it.

But If you can`t spend time writing daily (like me). Write 2 or 3 posts (at least 1) weekly and make sure this goes consistently.

#2 Underestimating SEO

SEO TACTICS
SEO plays vital role for blog success, underestimating it is big mistake which most of them doing.
Does this mean that worthy content is of no use? No, if SEO increase your blog visibility, then content attracts visitors to your blog.

Few quick SEO tips

Add keyword in your post title
Spend some time on keyword analysis
Improve your blog speed
Compress images before adding it on your blog
Maintain keyword density
Link to related posts (internal linking)
Build links with guest blogging, blog commenting, YouTube etc…

#3 Writing for Bots

In 2nd point I mentioned that SEO is important soon I added this point to make clearer, that we need to write to attract users to only bots.

I recommended few SEO tips before which helps your blog get more visibility but the last and important game is played by content.

What if I write worthy content in single paragraph?

Will not attract any user, internet users don`t have much time to read your paragraph writing. You need to write a readable post with bullets and highlight important points.

I`d like to mention about Internal linking here! This will help you to decrease bounce rate of your blog and give more information to user.

#4 No interaction With Fellow Bloggers

Interaction helps to improve your blog performance.
Being active in your niche network can bring you more opportunities.

You can Join blogging networks like Bloggers.com, Blog Engage.com etc… and connect with fellow bloggers.

#5 Ignoring Visitors

Engage with your visitors this will help you to know what your users need.

Blog comments are the place where most of visitors interact with blog owner, so take time to respond to their queries. Be first to help them if they have any problem.

When someone approaches you through email then try to add him and give quickly reply.

If anything went wrong don`t step back to apologies.

Another way to interact with users is Email marketing, send regular newsletter to your subscribed users, and suggest them few blogging tips. Give some special gifts to your subscribed users.

#6 Spending too Much Time on Blog Stats

Don`t expect too much from just born blog.

Your blog is new and it takes more time to get good results. So don`t spend time daily on analytics. Once a while is OK, but wasting time on it will not return you anything.

#7 Being Everywhere

Is being everywhere over the web recommended?

No am not against going social but if you`re wasting time being on all social networking sites by checking status, sharing and not spending time on your blog. Then I don`t recommend being everywhere.

Select few top social networking sites in which you can get targeted visitors. Like if you are targeting Brazil then your must not ignore Orkut! So depending upon your niche try different but less social networking sites.

It’s Your Turn Now!

These are few common blogging mistakes which I thought are important, Do you have more such tips? Please share here in comments. :)

New Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect Widget V2

By Ammar Ali / Blogger, WordPress, WordPress Widgets

After a lot of trial, efforts and modify Previous Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect Widget. I finally created this cool, stylish , awesome Social Icons With Hover Effect Widget v2. You can now add this social icons with hover effect v2 widget to both WordPress and Blogger. You can easily add this to your sidebar which is a better option to take attention of visitors. This social icons with hover effect is available only on AllBlogggingTips. I made it to work for both Blogger and WordPress Blogs. I show you How TO Add Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect v2 Widget To WordPress and Blogger. Check out demo below.

Features: We had added new most commonly used social media profile icons like Google+, Facebook, Twitter, RSS and Email which was not in previous V1

See also

Live Demo

Credits

This Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect Widget V2 is first shared on AllBloggingTips. Bloggers are requested to link back if they are going to share above widget with there visitors.

Add Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect v2 Widget To Blogger

Adding CSS Code

Go To Blogger > Layout > Edit HTML
Search For ]]></b:skin>
And paste the code below just above ]]></b:skin>

/* Social Widget by AllBloggingTips*/

#subscribe2 {
background:#f3f3f3;
border: 1px solid #ECEDE8;
font-size: 90%;
margin: 0 0 15px 0;
padding: 7px 5px 3px 5px;
width: 288px;
}
.subscribe-icons2 {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 286px;     background: #f7f7f7;
}
.subscribe-icons2 li {     -moz-border-radius:6px;
display: inline;
float: left;
font-size: 11px;
margin: 0 2px 10px 2px;
width: 52px;
text-align: center;
}
.subscribe-icons2 a {
color: #444 !important;
display: block;
padding: 56px 0 2px;
-moz-transition: all .2s ease-out;
-webkit-transition: all .2s ease-out;
}
.subscribe-icons2 a:hover {     -moz-border-radius:6px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 4px hsla(0,0%,0%,.35);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 4px hsla(0,0%,0%,.35);
color: #369 !important;
text-decoration: none;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-youtube a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_googleplus.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-twitter a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_twittert.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-facebook a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_facebook.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-rss a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_rss.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-email a {
background: url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ee20tH09o24/Ty1cavc7UtI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/0wIS7Fgjs_k/s320/gmail-email%2B21.png) center top no-repeat;
}

Adding social icons with hover in sidebar

Go To Blogger > Design
Click choose a gadget
Select HTML/javascript widget
Paste the following code inside it

<div class='subscribe2'>

        <ul>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://plus.google.com/103280517588083500359">Google+</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/allbloggingtips">Twitter</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/allbloggingtips">Facebook</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/latestbloggingtips4u">RSS</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=latestbloggingtips4u&amp;loc=en_US"> Email</a></li>

        </ul> <!--end .subscribe-icons-->

        <div/>

    </div>

Make Following Changes

Replace AllBloggingTips with your Twitter, Youtube, facebook, Feed and Email username.
Replace https://plus.google.com/+AmmarAlii/ with your google+ ID

Add Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect v2 Widget To WordPress

Goto WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Editor and Select Style.css from right side .
Copy And Paste The Below Code Into The CSS file:

/* Social Widget by AllBloggingTips*/

#subscribe2 {
background:#f3f3f3;
border: 1px solid #ECEDE8;
font-size: 90%;
margin: 0 0 15px 0;
padding: 7px 5px 3px 5px;
width: 288px;
}
.subscribe-icons2 {
margin: 0 auto;
width: 286px; background: #f7f7f7;
}
.subscribe-icons2 li { -moz-border-radius:6px;
display: inline;
float: left;
font-size: 11px;
margin: 0 2px 10px 2px;
width: 52px;
text-align: center;
}
.subscribe-icons2 a {
color: #444 !important;
display: block;
padding: 56px 0 2px;
-moz-transition: all .2s ease-out;
-webkit-transition: all .2s ease-out;
}
.subscribe-icons2 a:hover { -moz-border-radius:6px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 4px hsla(0,0%,0%,.35);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 4px hsla(0,0%,0%,.35);
color: #369 !important;
text-decoration: none;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-youtube a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_googleplus.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-twitter a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_twittert.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-facebook a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_facebook.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-rss a {
background: url(http://karrersimpson.com/obituaries/tomchuk-helen-1575/icon64_rss.png) center top no-repeat;
}
.subscribe-icons2 .subscribe-email a {
background: url(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ee20tH09o24/Ty1cavc7UtI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/0wIS7Fgjs_k/s320/gmail-email%2B21.png) center top no-repeat;
}

Adding social icons with hover in sidebar

Goto WordPress Dashboard > Appearance > Widget
Click choose a Text widget
Paste the following code inside it

<div class='subscribe2'>

        <ul>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://plus.google.com/103280517588083500359">Google+</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/allbloggingtips">Twitter</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/allbloggingtips">Facebook</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/latestbloggingtips4u">RSS</a></li>
            <li><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=latestbloggingtips4u&amp;loc=en_US"> Email</a></li>

        </ul> <!--end .subscribe-icons-->

        <div/>

    </div>

Make Following Changes

Replace AllBloggingTips with your Twitter, Youtube, facebook, Feed and Email username.
Replace https://plus.google.com/+AmmarAlii/ with your google+ ID

That’s All IF you face any problem adding New Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect Widget V2 in WordPress and Blogger feel free to ask.

Credits

This Cool Social Icons With Hover Effect Widget V2 is first shared on AllBloggingTips. Bloggers are requested to link back if they are going to share above widget with there visitors.

Peace!!