7 things people forget when Building a Blog [or website]
#1 Functionality.
No one expects you to be a designer/programmer, but before you start creating that “Free Website” – take a look at your competition, their design and setup is probably working for them.
#2 Provide a way to Contact You!
Today I went searching for bloggers to write reviews for a product, so many had wonderful Media Pages and NO contact information.
#3 No YELLOW
Bright Neon Mellow Yellow background will drive traffic away. Nough said!
#4 It’s a Blog not a Book
The attention span of the average internet user is 1.4 seconds.
You may be the ultimate authority, but if your readers wanted to read a book they’d be on Amazon.
Give a synopsis of how your article is going to help me and the Back Arrow will be clicked. Small chunks of information without filler information is the way to go. Break it up!
#5 Politics and Religion apply to blogs.
Unless your blog is about politics or religion, don’t write about it.
If your selling something, don’t support a candidate.
Some religious icons are pretty safe Mother Teresa, John Paul II, Gandhi, the Dalai Lama – even the most relentless Atheist will agree those were/are good people, but refer to them with a negative under tone and you can get yourself in trouble.
Just stay clear.
#6 Your Media/PR Kit page should NOT contain the following:
a. “When I do a review my opinions are my own and I‘ll tell my readers exactly how I feel about your product, so don‘t send me trash.”
b. “If you send me a product I do a review and a giveaway you get nothing more.”
c. “My Blog. My Rules”
d. other rude comments
#7 If you do #6, you won’t need to worry about #2.
[From eDee: Dear Bojan, My PR Rank is 4, 5000+ Fans and 3000+ Followers – you may get there some day – keep trying 🙂 ]
I can tell you a couple of things. First things first, you aren’t an authority on blogging per se, that’s why your blog is filled with Ads. Any professional blogger doesn’t take this route. If there are ads, there isn’t many of them.
Second, attention span of the readers is way longer than you think, it all depends on the information and attraction, so not only you are not authority, on top of that you give bad advice.
Third, format your blog posts for easier reading.
Fourth – Blogger can write about anything he wants, that way he will associate himself with like minded people. There are 7 billion people on the planet, and out of those 7, there are 2 billion on the internet. Write politics, write religion, it’s your God given’s right by the first amendment.
Fifth, listen to your own advice under the number 1. Everything seems more important than the content on this blog.
Take your time with blogging, don’t put up with an expert status, when you don’t have one. It will develop over time. Bloggers are different breed, and takes time to develop an awesome one. Be patient, it’s all gonna go well in due time.