Top 10 Blogging No No’s I Keep Repeating
You have to love blogging to keep blogging. It can be a wonderful way to make friends, help people, and refine your writing skills. It can also take time, feel overwhelming, and frustrate the heck out of you.
I am never more overwhelmed than after I read a how-to blogging article. I usually don’t understand at least 7 concepts in the article and end up with a constricted chest, gasping for air. I just want to write, not code two pop-up subscription boxes and test their conversion rates. Please don’t make me run SEO analysis, I am merely a humble juicer and stay-at-home mom. I like to help people. Not craft misleading titles to lure innocent people into my world of quinoa.
No, marketing isn’t my strength, so I owe all of you loyal readers to the slow and steady spread of the Dalai blog. Thanks for passing it along, my friends, because I seem to be doing my best to break all the rules.
According to every article I’ve read, I’m doing mostly everything wrong and hitting some top taboos with vengeance….
1. I write about everything. The internet does not appreciate my diversity. It confuses google (and probably my readers. Sorry)
2. I will go days without tweeting or checking Face Book
3. I do not have a free ebook to offer
4. I will skip a day or two if my life gets busy AND I blog on different days (heavens!)
5. I am totally clueless what to do with my Google+ account
6. I do not count how many times I have the word “detox” in each post
7. I don’t do enough titles with “Top Ten…” in them (did today’s work?)
8. My tags would likely make SEO expert laugh
9. I am terrible about commenting on other blogs I love
10. And finally…I don’t have giveaway contests (yet!)
But, you all keep coming back, so I must be doing something right. I like to think I have extremely intelligent fans who appreciate a rogue warrior forging her own path through cyber space. I’m paving my own way, one post at a time. Thanks for hanging with me.
Anyone else out there ignore the rules?
Hello, my name is Christine, and I am a rule breaker.
I relate to all ten of these, especially 1, 5 and 10. Google + scares me, my diversity is off the charts, and I have nothing to give away but random observations velied with self-deprecating humor, and my ability to quote 30 Rock and Arrested Development lines on a dime.
I love perople who break Bloggersphere rules. It’s like meeting up behind the bleachers for a smoke after recess – except we smell better and live longer.
Here’s to coloring outside the lines. Le’ts frame our work and send it to SEOs.
Of course you can relate to me:) I just need a internet fairy to do all the technical hullabaloo.
I knew I liked you, but you have reached an all time high with Arrested Development…
“I’ve got the marriage and none of the good parts. It’s like so far it’s been all chain and no ball.”
“I want to cry so bad, but I don’t think I can spare the moisture.”
God, I hope the movie is good.
I feel the same way — don’t want to expect that the movie will be as good as the show, but in the back of my mind… how could it not be?
“Her?”
“It’s those glasses. They make him look like a lizzard. Plus, he has no self-esteem.”
“Get me a vodka tonic.”
“Mom, it’s breakfast…”
“And a piece of toast.”
OMG, I almost did that one. One more because this makes me happy.
“I care deeply for nature.”
“You’re wearing ostrich-skin boots.”
“Well, I don’t care about ostriches.”
Like Frank Sinantra sang out, “…and I did it My….. Way…….”
It’s music to my ears :)
GREAT post! Great comments :oD
In my opinion: I am a blogger, I blog, I don´t care about the marketing and Dos and Don´ts. I blog about what I like, I pick weird tags as well I guess…
Well, 309 readers can´t be wrong I think and even if just 1 person reads what I write, I´m more than happy :o)
P.S.: I just stole
“Get me a vodka tonic.”
“Mom, it’s breakfast…”
“And a piece of toast.”
and put it on facebook since it´s 10:30AM over here and it fits my current situation ;oD
Amen, sister! I totally agree!
Hope you got that Vodka tonic with your toast this morning. Although now it is 3pm and totally acceptable to start drinking :)