If there were ever an activity where habits rule, it is blogging. Every blogger quickly forms habits, takes shortcuts, etc. Many of these habits and shortcuts are ultimately harmful to the success of a blog.
Usually, when new bloggers make a common mistake, it is habituated as a mistake in old bloggers. Let's use this thread to identify what you consider to be the biggest mistake that new (and old) bloggers make.
I'll kick things off: the
I'll kick things off: the biggest mistake that I still make is to not link to my "competition" - as Brian Clark pointed out, by not linking out to similar blogs, you are isolating yourself in your own "walled garden" - to grow your readership, you must link out to other blogs in your niche.
the common advice is to
the common advice is to write about stuff that people want to discuss - there's a distinct class of blogging and bloggers where people write about whatever they want and readers lap it up - it's not just fan clubs but respected bloggers like Scott Adams.
A person might be more suited to that type of blogging - celebrity-style blogging - than blogging to help people or foster discussions.
Deb
My biggest mistake was to worry more about bringing in revenue than traffic. Now I know revenue follows traffic.
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