In my last post I covered the first three of my top five blogging fallacies and in this post I will complete my list. In the first part of my list I talked about how you should not assume that fellow bloggers will always lend a helping hand as some will think of you as competition and others will consider you simply unworthy of their help. Of course there are many that will help but my point was simply that you should not assume that everyone will.
I also talked about how what you are blogging about is more important than how you write it. Blogs are unique in the fact that they don’t require a high level of wording as they are in place to evoke feelings and responses rather than inform like a book or newspaper would. Lastly, I spoke about how promotion of a blog is hugely important and that it is simply not good enough to assume that just because you write a blog it does not mean that everyone will read it.
I will finish my list and go into my last two points in my top five blogging fallacies:
4. Blogging is easy
Just because you don’t have to write with long and arduous words it does not mean that blogging is easy. Firstly, finding the spare time to blog can be tricky for many, especially those who work full time or have families at home. If you are short of time and write rushed blogs it will be painfully obvious in your posts, which will lead to a lack of readership through discontentment about what you have created or sheer boredom. You have to be consistent with the level, quality and substance of your blogging as well as subject matters. You cannot simply post at random as your readers will be more inclined to value your blogs if they know when you will be placing new ones on the website.
5. Money will come in from blogging straight away
This is a slightly grey area as some will claim that money will only start to be made from blogs after you have established a readership but others will claim that there Times supplement piece will have a following without much effort and therefore money will come in straight away. Money often comes in from advertising and advertising can be done before you establish a readership or after but it is far more likely that you will only gain money from advertising after you have established your readership. Nine times out of ten, people won’t want to pay out for advertising on a blogging space that has yet to prove its worth.
Blogging is a unique way to communicate with people from all over the world from all walks of life and it is an important part of SEO. Knowing and understanding some of the misconceptions is a great way to get started as you will be under no illusions when it comes to what you can expect from your blogs.
