Susan Johnston

10 Tips for New Bloggers

09.18.08

Last week I blogged about terms that bloggers should know. Now I'll touch on tips for building a successful blog.

Find a niche and stick to it. Most successful blogs focus on a single topic. Some rely on the blogger's unique voice and charismatic personality to unify otherwise unrelated posts, but this is hard to do.

Kathleen

Thanks for these very useful ideas. I've been doing a reading about how to start blogging. I like this list of tips because they are all instantly "actionable".

September 19, 2008 6:00 am

Kristina Summers

http://everydaypr.blogspot.com

Great list. I have been bogging for a little over a year but am just now really hitting my stride. This list would have helped me to overcome some of the hurdles in the beginning and will continue to be a good reference. Nice.

September 19, 2008 6:18 pm

Holly

I am pretty new to blogging myself, and found your post extremely helpful. I work as a recruiter in Boston for Hollister Staffing (www.hollisterstaff.com) and blogging has gotten onto my radar more and more recently. I am starting to realize how great of a tool it is to find advice, network, and also to see what other people are saying about something that interests you. I have recently started recommending to my clients that they start blogging, and I cant wait to show them this post, I think it will be really helpful!

September 23, 2008 8:54 am