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I have been blogging since the age of 13. 4 years of successful blogging has given me all, right from criticism to appraisal I have experienced every bit of blogging. When I started blogging, as a beginner I was prone to mistakes. As people say “Practice makes a man perfect”. Though 4 years of blogging did not make me a perfect blogger, still I have learnt a lot of lessons from blogging.
Blogging is a vast platform. Every day there are a lots of blogs being added. So its obvious that we have many newbies to blogging everyday. It is also obvious that they are prone to making mistakes.
Here are some common mistakes that a newbie must avoid doing.
1. Waiting For Magic To Happen:
Every field in this world has competition. Though blogging is not a competition you do have people around you of same interests. You are not the only blogger in your niche. There is no way a blog can get visitors without promotion. Promotion is a major factor that decides a blog’s fate. Blog Commenting, Guest Posting, Article Submission and social sharing are few ways one can promote blogs being a newbie.
2. Preferring Quantity of Posts than Quality:
This is a much repeated quote when it comes to blogging
Content Is King
It is rightly said. One killer post can prevail for a longer time than many poor quality posts. There is no meaning posting 10 poor quality posts a week. But one quality post a week can do it all. This can bring you traffic flooding. So Quality is always more needed than quantity.
3. Writing Out Of Niche:
Blogging out of niche increases a blog’s bounce rate and can also frustrate regular visitors. A Multi-niche blog is a tough job to develop. It needs a lot of work. Maintaining a single niche and posting within the niche is the secret behind every blog’s success.
4. Having no Good Knowledge about their Niche:
This is one of the several reasons people write posts out of their niche. You need to have a thorough knowledge about the niche before writing about it. If readers find you struggling with your content its tough to maintain the blog’s traffic.
5. Considering The Internet Giants (Search Engine Optimization):
Google, Yahoo and Bing would pose greater challenges to you than your blog’s traffic. Search Engine Optimization is one of the most important factors of a successful blog. It is a major contributor of blog’s rankings and a blog’s traffic. Most of the newbies forget this key factor.
6. Work Smart Not Hard:
Finally it is for you to decide. Most bloggers sweat it out hard to bring up their blog. Especially in Internet Marketing and Making Money Online niches. It’s really easy to develop a blog if you work smart on it and not hard. There are conventional ways to develop blogs but smarter people take up unconventional ways. That’s where smartness comes into play. Working smart gives you more positive outcomes than working hard.
So,
Work Smart Not Hard
The last one was one lesson I learnt in my blogging career that could be applied even in daily life. It is something every blogger must follow.
Its your turn now,
Is there anything I left out there?
Have you learnt any thing else from your mistakes?
Do let me know by commenting below. To connect with me you can visit my blogs linked in my profile above
Twitter: jksingh99
Hi Harish,
The points you’ve mentioned are quite valid and hold true in most of the situations.
However, in the case of point 2, writing less content in the initial days can become a hurdle for newbies. In the initial few days, newbies need loads of motivation to keep their engines running and for that they need a constant source of traffic as well as feedback in the form of comments. Else, blogging can become a lonely affair and bloggers can drop the idea of blogging altogether.
In the very initial days, newbie bloggers can focus on gaining new viewership day-in and day-out. In fact, they might have to write everyday as well. Pretty soon, if all the optimizations are in place and the posting is regular, the blogger will see readers returning back to the blog. It’s only later on, after a viewership has been achieved, can the blogger start taking time off to write the superb stuff.
Regards,
Jay
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Thanks for your opinion Jay. I do accept that newbies have to be frequent in updating the blog, but still there is no meaning of updating without checking the quality. Quantity along with quality do wonders.
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Yes Harish, Quality can never be replaced and is a mandatory part of one’s content to ensure a writer’s authority in a particular domain.
Regards.
Jay
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Hi Jay ! I agree with your comment that newbie needs lots of motivation and need to pst lost of article to get quick ranking and indexing the blog. Newbie should keep regular updating their site. It help to increase the SEPR.
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Seems like you need to balance between the frequency and quality of your posts. I do agree, nothing really great can come of busting out numerous posts in one day.
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Working smart not hard is definitely one I can relate to. I’ve spent years doing the opposite and have only just realised that I need to know where most of my results are coming from and concentrate on these.
This also applies to the time we spend on social networking sites for example. Not all of these sites suit all types of blog niches. We have to work out which ones give us more traffic and concentrate on them. I recently stopped spending time on twitter because I found that it yielded me just a handful of traffic.
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Actually Twitter is a very powerful tool for bloggers. It has the ability to drive traffic more than any other means. But the fact is we must know the way it must be properly utilized. And yeah working smart always pays off.
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I agree Harish Twitter is a very useful tool for bloggers and internet marketers, anyone who isn’t involved now is in danger of being left in the dust.
It’s great for building an audience, through sharing stories related to your topic. This generates interest in you as a market leader and in turn your blog.
Twitter: ithauphy
Hi Harish.
I am one of those who made ​​the mistakes above. I write whatever I want, not based on niche and it was very difficult. Thank you for your suggestion, I will try to focus on one niche..
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Hii Harish..
Quite a analysis..nice work..New bloggers should take a note..!!
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Thanks for the complement Rahul.
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Gerat list. I totally agree with you, especialy with 1. point – Waiting For Magic To Happen! It’s very important to promote your blog.
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One mistake i did as a newbie blogger was that i was too worried about the Page rank and Alexa rank and just wanted to earn money right from starting. Later i realised that its all in vain until i give out quality articles
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Earning money as a blogger takes a little time. All that we need is patience.
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Hi Anchit,
Yes, that’s a mistake most people make, including me. Even I used to obsess about Alexa Page rank even more than Google Page rank.
Although, I do not disregard the value of that page rank, as it does establish a perception in the viewer’s mind that this author is pretty good, so much so that Google themselves have accorded a higher to rank to him/her. On one hand you have the good content and on the other hand the page rank and author rank to establish your credibility as an authority writer.
Regards.
Jay
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This is so true! I totally agree… you need to build popularity and trust before…and then you can start slowly monetizing your work…it’s a long run…
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Hi Harshit ! Thank you for sharing best blogging trics.
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Hi Jay ! I agree with your comment. Newbies need lots of motivation and they nned to work hard. In the earlier time newbies should post many post to get quick ranking. And also need to regular update the blog. It help to reader for regular visit.
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Great Bullet point Jay, regular update is one of the hard thing to for newbie like me. I hope I can handle it, of course it need lot of motivation to consistent writing for readers.
I think I have made the mistake from time to time of creating articles just for SEO and not writing something interesting for others to read.
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SEO is important for the blog but content is more important.
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The best and first thing any new blogger should do is to learn how to get traffic and also learn to use social engine effectively so at the end, they wont have problem. and as you say; it is good to focus on quality than quantity. nothing equals originality. thanks
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You are right,content is the king and Quality is what Google loves,not the quantity.
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Excellent! your website really amazing its very interesting stuff getting impressed by seeing your blog thank you very much for such a blog i will be coming back for new updates in your website! Thanks a lot !
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Most of the Bloggers Just go Posting Without Proior Knowledge about the Topic and Post continuously which have no Quality content,where as i have seen many bloggers who post hardly 10-15 blogs/month still they have good Traffic just because of their Quality Content
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Hey Harish,
You’ve written a superb article. Effective writing evolves in stages. Your points are valuable lessons learned along the way.
I might also add that “distraction” is a definite killer of motivation and progress. Tough one to manage. It’s all around us. And “persistence” is a big factor,too. A lot goes on to produce a quality blog.
Thanks,
Fred
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Harish, good stuff and some valid points there. Another big pitfall to avoid as a new blogger would be ‘writing for search engines instead of human’. While there are perhaps tons of other mistakes that new bloggers make, this is one of the biggest ones made by many bloggers, new and old.
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You gotta make mistakes to learn from them. Thanks for the great advice!
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Can’t agree more about the multi-niche / multi-topic thing. I love to write, so when I first started blogging I tried to write about too many different topics…
I’ve found now that it’s better to focus on a specific niche for each project, and if I have other topics I want to write about I can do that at another writing site (i.e. Yahoo! Voices or HubPages) or on another, unimportant blog (like a WordPress or Tumblr site).
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Hi Brian,
Indeed, finding a niche is very important for an author to gain authority.
You’ve made a valid point here regarding a separate site for topics apart from one’s niche. That’s a good idea actually.
Regards.
Jay
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Hi Harish,
Great post! So nicely you have pointed out the major mistakes done by the newbie bloggers and these mistakes could be done by the experienced bloggers sometimes by mistake. Waiting for the magic to happen is the greatest stupidity, there are no angels waiting out there for you to bring the magic but doing SEO could bring you the magic.
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Great one Harish. The mistakes you mentioned are all real common mistakes done by every newbie. Other than these things I think the other mistakes would be just ‘not writing what they love’, ‘not conveying useful information’, ‘not writing about the hot trends’, ‘ not well organised content’. They should stick to there passion in writing and never repeat the mistake once they get to know it was the mistake.
Twitter: internetdreamof
Beginners always make mistakes at the beginning which is all fine.
Not creating meaningful connections with other people on the internet is a bad thing for not doing.
Remember, connections lead to suceess
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Getting new ideas and writing something apart is the way to success in Blogging . And yup that true that mostly Newbie Bloggers doesn’t concentrate on Quality and Promotion of articles .
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First I would like to thank for an awesome article for a newbie like me. This post would help me a lot in future. I will take care of all the above mistakes and hope I wont do the same . And the quote “Work Smart Not Hard” this is something kewl . Ya I will try to work smart
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Working smart is one of the proved secrets of successful blogging.
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Hi Harish,
You’ve really mentioned some solid points here, which mostly ignored by newbies. They tend to think that once they start their blog, it would automatically start getting traffic. Though it’s not true and you should have right strategy for promoting your blog.
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Harish,
Thanks for posting this! As some individuals have said before, your article provides insight that many beginner bloggers might not have. I think many of the principles of blogging can seem so overwhelming for beginners at first, which inhibits them from following through on their blogs. I am one such beginner, fighting to stay motivated. =P
One thought, which I believe pertains to blogging as much as life in general, would be that, whilst you repeat the common phrase “quality over quantity”, the actual ideal would be to have both quality AND quantity. So if you can in fact post every day two high-value articles, you are doing it right!
Thank you again for posting this.
Twitter: sjrancor
Really a superb article,
I think we must use simple and small sentence. language must be straight forward. Idea should be new or interesting and the blog gives full knowledge about the topic(idea).
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very helpful article i agree with all 5 points i did all these mistakes when i start blogging in 2007
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Twitter: prabhatrayal
hello harish,
nice tips for bloggers and specially for beginners and newbies. i am blogging since 10 months and i do feel that all the points mentioned above are really true and it happens with almost every blogger.
they give priority to quantity and design of blog and they forget to write quality posts.
thanks for the tips
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Good Post Harish,
Every blogger do mistakes that is human nature but if he/she wants to be successful than he/she should learn from the mistakes that he have done.
Do you agree with me?
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Hi Harish,
Great points, I agree with all. Especially from my experience important are points 2 and 6. Other you can develop with time, but those two are key points and implementing them can bring great results really fast.
Thanks for this post.
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hi Harish,,
You did a great job and your post is really helping for newbies. Well, I am newbie in blogging field. I learned something new in your post. Thanks a lot for helping me and keep writing for newbies
Stay blessed!
Thanks!
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I think another issue that a lot of bloggers come across is time. Either not having enough time to thoroughly develop a project or niche, or taking too much time and not moving quick enough. I find that time management, and having a good balance with it, also helps the newbie blogger focus on their idea and stay consistent with it as well.
I am all new in blogging, just made my own blog page 14 days ago. So this was very helpful reading. Thank you for sharing you\’re knowledge.
Twitter: nerdsoncall
“It is rightly said. One killer post can prevail for a longer time than many poor quality posts. There is no meaning posting 10 poor quality posts a week. But one quality post a week can do it all. This can bring you traffic flooding. So Quality is always more needed than quantity.” I think it is common for many to mistake “Content is King” for quantity over quality. It has to be a balance. You can lose good customers with poor content, ie… irrelevant to them, poor grammar, spelling, repeated content…
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I think, we should say: Good Content Is King!
I often hear “Content is King” but as we all know, not all content is good!
Twitter: freesimpleseo
I do believe that all of your points are exactly right. I name it as “patience”. new bloggers don’t have patience and they need some miracles for their blogs. Your article is great for new bloggers.
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These are some of the nice points, infact when I was a newbie in blogging industry I used to make lot of mistakes which are described above!
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well, having no good knowledge about niche..you are right about this..most of us do this stupid mistake
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GREAT POST!!! I must admit, when i was new to blogging, i made a lot of the same mistakes. Waiting for the magic to happen is the greatest stupidity, there ain’t no angels waiting out there for you, doing SEO can bring you the magic.
All of these mistakes are very common that we can imagine. Start fixing it’s a great idea.
Twitter: quibustrainings
Patience, one of the must personality trait of a professional blogger.
Most of the mistakes mention above are result of anxiety.
I used to see many blogger with loads of potential lagging behind just due to this.
Nice Post!
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hello Harish,
really you are wright all the newbie suffers for this problem when i was working in the blog i all suffer from the problem that i gives preference to quantity than quality.so, i guide all the newbie to work on quality.
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Im defiantly guilty of all 3
Great post thanks for tips.
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The other problem could be money which could end up losing one’s creativity. Have to work hard to become a good blogger.
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hi there. you have mentioned that in blogging you must work smart not hard which is always true even in other forms of businesses. can you give an specific example of working smart and not hard.
thanks and nice article
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Picking up the topics such as make money online and writing on those topics on which you don’t have much information are few of the mistakes that newbies do most of the time.
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Hello friends,
This is only fro improving new one, not feel guilty or don’t be depress. just improve urself and keep blogging.
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Surely blogging ‘out of niche’ simply requires an understanding of the ‘out of niche’ blog you are contributing to, together with a little common sense and a valid point of view?
Or am I missing something?
Love the work smarter, not harder part. I think that most newbies tend to spin their wheels a lot instead of having a plan of attack that they can use to their advantage.
I’d add making small goals. If you\’re blogging, go big or go home.
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I have started learning the value of quality vs. quantity in posts. Too much can also scare people away, so stick to your niche focusing on articles that will interest your visitors of the site.
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Thanks for the post Harish, its a short one but has covered ALL the aspects of starting up a new blog. I can tell that you are a very experienced blogger even though you’re so young!
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Oh thanks for the complement dude !
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I think another rookie mistake is not understanding your audience when blogging. Often times bloggers write what they want and take little consideration in what their readers actually want. I’ve found good bloggers always keep their ears open to hear what they readers have to say.
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I agree newbies always in hurry to get PR, visits, page views in one night but all these things are not things which can happen in 1 day. SEO is all about patience. You write only 1 article but it should be fruitful for readers to hold them on page for as max time as possible.
I also have a blog and I always focus on content and do linking for only 1 hour each day. I must say that Twitter and stumble are really useful for me to get some traffic on my site. Now I am getting 50 unique visits each day.
But I would recommend to all newbies to focus on quality content instead of just quantity. Google always checks quality first rather than quantity.
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Nice list that should be taken into account even for old bloggers :p
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Yes! even old or new all the bloggers should get advantage of these points.
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Hey Harish,
Great post! your points are a must for every “newbie” blogger to take on board and implement.
Cheers
Mark
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hey author,
well said to work smart rather than work hard. but i find hard work also counts! making backlings ann that too dofollow will improve seo n increase page rank but it requires hard work to a large extent.
also it took me 3 years to know the importance of backlinks ! so beginners should also know this which will indeed save their years to understand it!
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Very nice summary here, as there are many new blogger that come around on a daily basis. One thing for sure, if you post content and just wait, you will be waiting a veryyyy long time. One must promote at first, just like any new company.
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Great points mentioned here Harish. Thin content can initially be a disappointment , as things fall in place and the courage builds, people tend to invest and make wonderful blogs!! Good luck to you and your blogging career!! Blog Smartly;)!!
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Thanks for the input, Harish!
Quick follow-up question: could you perhaps elaborate a bit about the notion of “work smart, not hard”? I have seen this philosophy pay off for me in a huge way when it comes to dating and meeting girls, as well as learning languages and other skills. With blogging and promoting your blog/site, many of us can feel overwhelmed by all the ways to effectively expand the reach of our blogs.
Can you give some examples of things you have done to “work smart, not hard” in managing, marketing and monetising your blog?
Thanks in advance!
EVO
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Another point : Be consistent. If you write 10 posts in the first week, and then you publish no article for the next 2 weeks, it won’t be of much use. Set your targets, and try to complete them in time.
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well said ! i really appreciate
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Hey!its really great and informative post for newbie bloggers.Thanks you lot for share such type of informative post.
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Untill and unless you make mistakes you will never learn how to get success.
And I think you are missing one simple point. New bloggers usually make mistakes while choosing their domain names. So they must know what is their niche and should accordingly chose the perfect one for themselves.
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Yes you are right we should learn from our mistakes. Doing mistakes is not bad but repeating the mistakes is too bad.
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“4. Having no Good Knowledge about their Niche:” – this is the best one. If you do not have knowledge enough, there will be soon nothing left to write about in your mind not mention the inability to answer questions from readers.
Hi Harish. First of all i would just like to say great post! I agree with everything except one thing… why would you include Bing and Yahoo in search engine optimization? They only create 25% of the traffic between them which is poor, just stick with google!
Thanks
Chris
Twitter: Techblowup
If you got traffic through bing or yahoo also then it’s good enough I think. Google is used widely but we should not ignore bing also.
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i worked hard before not the smart way and now i think i am on right path
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Just fabulous. Amazing article buddy. I’m also newbie but i have learned blogging for almost two years. I have joined Yaro’s master mind cousre, purchased Darren Rowse’s all ebook and many other ebooks. I can say you have post a brief summary. And i loved quotes “Content is king” and “Work smarter…”. They are like universal truth.
Thanks for sharing. Keep it up
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I do have some friends who are not even newbie but still commit same mistakes. The main reason behind that one is that they selected a wrong niche to blog on. They were just amazed looking at the CPC of particular niche and they started blogging about that one.
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These are quite good points to be noted. As newbies commits such mistakes like quantity of posts, Waiting for magic to happen. Nice post.
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i am totally agree.. these are some of the silliest mistakes that newbie bloggers can make.
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Hey harish,
Nice post and Yes, these are some mistake taken by most of newbies. In starting blogging requires consistency and patience and we have to focus on one thing.
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Yes sudipto we should put all the efforts in one direction from starting.
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