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5 Great Tips for Blogging Success

5 Great Tips for Blogging Success

by on May 13, 2010 · 30 comments

For years now, blogging has skyrocketed from just a hobby to various other things such as making money online, building relationships, getting fame, building authority and credibility and many other things. It is very important to be successful in what we do.

When talking about blogging success, it might be in terms of traffic, influence or income. Below are 5 great tips to help you achieve any type of blogging success you really want to get.

1. Know Your Audience:

It is very important not to neglect the power of your audience. When blogging you have to really understand who your audience is, what they love and what they hate, their passion, what gets their attention easily, the type of people they are, their nature and many other important things about them. You might decide to neglect the power of your audience, but whether you like it or not, your audience will determine so many things about you. Your audience will determine the amount you are making because if they are not interested in your service, then no money for you, your audience will also determine how popular you will be, you can’t expect to go far blogging with the wrong set of people, you don’t expect to go far having the wrong type of audience. Your audience has a major role to play in your blogging career so you have to know them well. Is it young entrepreneurs who are your audience or work at home moms, or politicians, you just can’t afford blogging for the wrong audience so knowing your audience is very important to your success.

2. Dedication:

It doesn’t matter whether you are blogging full time or part time, your dedication will go a long way to achieving your blogging dreams. You have to be dedicated and committed towards your blogging career, which is why it is very important not to start another blog while you are not yet successful with one. You have to be able to sacrifice enough time towards your blog, you should be able to sacrifice your time towards improving your blogging knowledge by reading various blogs in your niche, you have to sacrifice your time towards verifying the quality of information you have, you have to sacrifice your time towards learning and implementing various tactics to bring traffic to your blog, you have to sacrifice your time interacting with your readers in order to have a better community. It is also important to sacrifice your money when there is need for it, it might not look easy at first but the end result is great.

3. Passion:

Passion is a great prerequisite for achieving blogging success. You should have passion for your blog in order to move far. Your passion is what determines how far you can go and how the quality of information on your blog will be. You can easily write various articles and do many other things for a blog you have passion for, but you will find it difficult to put in the same effort towards another blog you don’t have passion for. Your passion will help you achieve greater things because it will be the driving force towards most of the things you do. You might have an intention to make money from your blog but your passion will make sure you don’t quit after long months of waiting without making money online. Your passion will help you blog as if you will not do it again. Having passion is very important to achieve your blogging goals.

4. Consistency:

Consistency and persistency are two important things to becoming a blogging success. You might have done great things, tried your best but yet everything seems like you are not progressing, you have done great things towards achieving your goals but it seems the world is turning against you, being consistent will help you make sure you don’t quit because “winners don’t quit and quitters don’t win”. Being consistent will make sure you are working hard to achieve success irrespective of how it looks from the onset, being consistent will make sure you don’t give up and who knows? You might get what you want soon.

5. Your Goals:

Glad to know you want to be a successful blogger! But if I may ask, what is your definition of a successful blogger?

I don’t expect you to have the same answer because the answer I give will be quite different from what you will give. Your definition of a successful blogger might be in terms of wealth e.g. “I want to be making 5 figure a month”, your definition might be in terms of traffic e.g. “I want to reach 1500 unique visitors a day before the end of this year”, your definition might be in terms of influence e.g. “I want to be as influential as Darren Rowse, and I want the entire blogosphere to be respecting me”, you might have various definition for success but the most important thing is “your goals”. Do you have any goals? Not having a goal will make sure you waste your time and achieve nothing because you will inhabit a characteristic of “I will still do it”: I mean procrastination. Having a goal will make sure you are dedicated towards achieving it because it is already registered in your mind. It is also very important not to limit yourself with small goals such as “I want to achieve 50 unique daily visitors in 3 months” (what a limiting goal), set yourself high goals. It is also important not to set yourself goals that are too high, because the can overwhelm you and make you discouraged which will eventually make sure nothing gets done. Having goals is very important to achieve online success.

Achieving blogging success takes sometime and lots of efforts on your path. The above are 5 sure-fire ways to achieve success for your blog.

Article by Onibalusi Bamidele

Onibalusi Bamidele is a 16-year-old entrepreneur and founder of YoungPrePro. Subscribe to his blog and follow him on twitter.

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Barbara Mckinney January 10, 2012 at 3:52 am

Great post as always Oni!

Got to agree with the five tips for blogging success you’d listed. Setting your goals are very important to measure success. These goals drive you to work hard and attain something.

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Carla June 27, 2011 at 6:58 pm

I think that consistency and passion play an important part for someone to be a successful blogger. Even if you want to write if you aren’t passionate about blogging you can’t succeed.

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John Paul September 20, 2010 at 8:48 am

Oni.. good stuff man.. some the fundamentals of getting your blog to succeed.

I would add.. stay on topic. If you blog on dogs, then dont start blogging on cats lol
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Brain June 9, 2010 at 11:55 pm

Thanks for telling how to success Blog, Those are three very basic and important points and all are very important. Need better content to keep the traffic. if you collect some quality links and do optimized every post then it’s good to get ranking and SERPs.
very valuable tips for us..
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Hesham June 10, 2010 at 12:43 am

Would you plz add your name (next time when you comment) like the way I edited it?!

Tell me if I am asking for too much! ;)

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John Paul September 20, 2010 at 8:49 am

No way my friend.. I started asking the same thing, and to not add site links in the post. I think it helps keep everything clean a benefit to all commenter’s.
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Biodun from UK Webmaster Forum May 20, 2010 at 3:08 pm

Good points, really the better you know your target audience, the more effective your writing will be. Writing a blog post is more like having a real conversation, the better you know your audience the easier it will be and the more naturally it will flow.
.-= NEW from Biodun @ UK Webmaster Forum´s last blog ..I need Links from Music/Movie/Celebrity niches =-.

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Jason from I need lots of money now May 19, 2010 at 9:36 am

This 5 tips are the essential ones for succeeding online with blogging Onibalusi. Especially “consistency”, “passion” and “dedication” will help you never ever to give up hope, while those who wouldn’t have this – would have long time failed. Good thing sharing this.

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lawmacs May 15, 2010 at 10:43 am

These are five brilliant tips setting some goals for your blog is very important as this is a way of measuring your success and yes yo are right your audience plays a very important role in the direction of your blog.
.-= NEW from lawmacs´s last blog ..Blogging is it Working For You =-.

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Colleen from Kennewick Real Estate May 14, 2010 at 8:30 pm

I kinda wish folks enjoyed reading real estate blogs. Generally, the only folks that enjoy reading real estate blogs are other real estate agents. Real estate agents are not our next customer, so we tend to either blog about fun stuff to do in our community, or specific search phrases folks might use when Googling for a home or property.
.-= NEW from Colleen@Kennewick Real Estate´s last blog ..North Richland Washington Homes For Sale and Real Estate =-.

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JR from Internet Marketing
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May 14, 2010 at 9:36 am

Excellent points Onibalusi! I think the dedication portion is essential, without it nothing can happen in blogging or MMO. So many quite everyday before the magic happens, and if you really want it, you gotta stick with it!
.-= NEW from JR @ Internet Marketing ´s last blog ..Make Money Online With Adsense Properly – Google Banning Many Websites =-.

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Anne May 14, 2010 at 8:50 am

I liked how you acknowledge that being a successful blogger can be a lot of things. One’s blogger definition of success can be different from another’s.
.-= NEW from Anne´s last blog ..Blogging about Blogging =-.

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jason smith May 14, 2010 at 5:36 am

Blogging success is very important because it can give you many benefits like
1. Money: Blogging can give you money but requires very hard working.
2. Frame: Frames means that you can get references form the blogging.
3. Knowledge: Blogs are the best to gain knowledge.
4. Interaction: You can interact with any body with out any limitation of boundaries like nation, country or religion.
5. Satisfaction: Blogs are the simple and cost effective material to share your knowledge which can satisfy you because you are free to say any thing there.
.-= NEW from jason smith@Web Design Company´s last blog ..Effective use of J Query to your web pages =-.

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Murlu
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May 13, 2010 at 5:40 pm

Setting obtainable goals and rewarding yourself along the way is one of the best tips I can give to anyone that is striving for success.

Keep trying to build the momentum with everything you do. Write as if you’re building an epic which continues to be timeless long after you’ve finished. Create your own niche within a niche and set yourself apart.

Positive reenforcement along the way will help you take it one step at a time. Don’t strive for overnight success, you have to learn to walk before you can fly.
.-= NEW from Murlu´s last blog ..How To Choose A Profitable Niche Blog Topic =-.

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 6:19 am

Hi Murlu,

That is true.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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Mars Dorian May 13, 2010 at 5:28 pm

Heya Onibalusi,

some valid points to be found here : Passion, consistency, dedication – those are the traits that EVERYONE should possess.

And I have add something well: Having the guts to speak with your true voice and be your 100% original self – don’t underestimate this one – it’s absolutely vital !

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 6:16 am

Hi Mars,

Exactly! You are absolutely right.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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Thomas from SEO Services May 13, 2010 at 5:00 pm

While goals are extremely important, I believe that we have to make sure that they follow the SMART system, where they are:

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely

The problem with setting goals like,”I want to be as influential as Problogger” Is that it allows too much room for compromise. You haven’t set a time to complete this goal by – and how can we actually measure how influential Darren actually is?

While I agree that we shouldn’t set restrictive goals, if we are going to set big audacious goals, then we need to have stepping stone goals so that we can make sure that we are on track to meet the bigger goal by the allotted time.
.-= NEW from Thomas@SEO Services´s last blog ..Cheap SEO: Yes It Is Possible! =-.

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 6:12 am

Yeah Thomas!

You are absolutely right.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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Dennis Edell from Direct Sales Marketing May 13, 2010 at 4:50 pm

I’m with Kevin here, without our own uniqueness inserted into everything we do, we’re just like the next.
.-= NEW from Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing´s last blog ..Warning: 8 Posts Coming Back to Back =-.

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 6:09 am

Hi Dennis,

Uniqueness is very important to blogging success.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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chandan from work at home blog May 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Set up our blogging goal is very much important, if we want to blog for business then we should have blog on particular niche and then select some keywords within our niche, and do SEO work for get search engine traffic .
.-= NEW from chandan@work at home blog´s last blog ..7 Best Work At Home Marketplace For Freelancer =-.

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 6:06 am

Hi Chandan,

You are absolutely right, it is very important to have goals.

Thanks a lot for your nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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Kevin M.
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May 13, 2010 at 2:33 pm

I would personality into this list as well. Let your posts reflect your uniqueness.
.-= NEW from Kevin M.´s last blog ..A process for finding your churches full kingdom potential =-.

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 6:04 am

Hi Kevin,

Exactly!

Thanks a lot for the nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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Aminul Islam sajib
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May 13, 2010 at 12:07 pm

Consistency and passion are the most important parts for one to be successful in blogging.

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Murlu
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May 13, 2010 at 5:42 pm

What’s interesting enough is that they both go hand in hand. If you have the passion to keep blogging, you’ll find that consistency will come with ease. As you’re more consistent, you’ll find more passion due to the community taking notice and inspiring you to continue.
.-= NEW from Murlu´s last blog ..How To Choose A Profitable Niche Blog Topic =-.

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Aminul Islam Sajib
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May 14, 2010 at 5:00 am

Yep, I didn’t think it that way, but you’re true. I believe the first thing one must have is passion to blog. Otherwise, no matter how much time and effort they put into it, success is not achieved.

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Onibalusi Bamidele May 14, 2010 at 4:36 am

Hi Aminul,

Exactly! Murlu is absolutely right. If you have passion for a thing the you will be consistent in doing it.

Thanks a lot for the nice comment,
-Onibalusi

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