Are you holding off from starting a blog simply because there are so many other bloggers out there? Worried about standing out from the pack and wondering how you’ll ever get traffic, lots of incoming links, and a high page rank? A little bit intimidated with blogs with tons of content and several years worth of posts in the archives?
First of all, remember that no one makes the A-list overnight. You may get spikes of traffic from a great post or by being popular on the social bookmarking sites, but building an amazing blog takes time. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Focus on the little things, and think of each incoming link, unique impression, and new subscriber as a building block for your blog. These all occur one at a time, but they definitely add up. Building up content is the same way - make the effort to post several times a week (or even every day if you’re ambitious), and before you know it, you’ll have created quite an impressive archive of knowledgeable content.
Search engines love sites with tons of content on related topics, so the simple act of writing a post helps with SEO (of course, it’s even better if it is a keyword-rich post, but you knew that, right?). Of course, search engines also love sites that are constantly updated, so posting as often as possible is another simple SEO boost.
It’s also important to remember that you don’t need to write a book every day. Some of the best, most informative articles out there are only a few paragraphs long, and it’s difficult to read tons of text on a computer screen anyways (so be sure to break up blocks of text somehow, whether you use bold headings, bullet points, or similar techniques).
So get started on your blog, take it one day at a time, and you may end up being amazed at what you’ve built.
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