Old-Fashioned Guide to Blogging Success

As blogging is evolving, we are coming up with new methods to rank high, short cut tips to increase our traffic, and sometimes we don’t even reach the high metrics. That is because in the middle of all these new tricks, we are forgetting the classics. The old-fashioned Guide to Blogging Success still works. Don’t let the old-fashioned part of it fool you. You must implement the basics before climbing the next step, if you hop on to quick, it is easier to fall down further.

1. Be Patient

Majority of the blogs that are started are not successful, and the reason is because the blogger lose interest. They don’t have enough patience and perseverence. You have to be consistent with your writing. If you are not seeing the big numbers in comments, subscribers, and your user contribution then just be patience. The top blogs which you see today and envy started the same place where you did. The difference is, you just quitted, and they survived through the crucial hard times.

2. Stay Humble

You need to be humble in order to succeed. Classic saying but it does work. Blogs take years into making, and it is the love of your readers and the contribution that makes it go far. Whether it was a small peice, or the big peice, all of the links help. After achieving the point, you must not forget where you started from because it shows you that you should be humble and show your gratitude.

Your users did not owe you anything, so be thankful. Write them thank you notes, personally contact users.

Yes it takes time, but the little time and patience that you put in your blog shows that you are dedicated, not someone who is in for quick bucks. Always link to others because it was the links that put you where you are. You must not stop giving back to the society.

Don’t just write for yourself, write for the web. Because the web is full of riches and it is what we want it to be. Add quality to the web because we already have to much spam. If you write quality articles, I can guarantee you that you will succeed because it always stand out.

3. Be a Good Friend before You ask for Favors

A good blogger is a good friend. A big difference between spammers and good friends is that good friends only ask good friends to do them a favor, whereas spammers ask just about everyone. Think about it, lets say you meet a guy on the road, and few minutes later you asked them to help you move. Why would I want to help you move your house when we don’t even know each other that well. This is exactly what the other user would think, and they will ignore you in the future.

So before you ask others to start doing you favor, think about your relationship with them and is it equal. Do you do them favors as well? If you ask others to link to you, have you linked to them before.

Spammers usually send link requests to blogs when they have no clue what is going on the blog. Make sure you are genuine about your relationship. Because it is something that cannot be faked.

4. Remember You are a Blogger

While it is true that a small part of the day bloggers check stats. Don’t make it any bigger than that smaller part. I have seen people getting obsessed with their stats. I know I had obsessed with them for the longest time. I got over my habit. All that does is makes you procrastinate. It decreases your productivity, and you won’t be able to gain alot out of it. Bloggers get their success from the rate of their audience.

If you have built a good and loyal audience, who cares how much users you get, and how many pageviews you get. If you are getting good number of comments which are genuine, then you are good.

Blogger’s don’t put their value on success hundred percent instead they value their audience.

Building a successful blog is not a one day job. It takes years into making. Each comment, every link, every single post on your blog will build your blog’s reputatoin. Your reader’s caution will turn into their love and trust. And when you look back you will see how being consistent and going through the hard times has made you come this far.