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7 Common Blogging Mistakes + 7 Smart Blogging Strategies

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7 Common Blogging Mistakes

Mistake #1:: Being Stuck In the Mechanical Execution

Content creation as an experience

What matters to YOU as an individual and a human being?

Content creation as a practice Find your groove to express your message

Mistake #2:: Giving Up Too Soon

Content creation is a practice SHOW UP frequently and consistently

Find what works, then get good at it

Be relentless

Mistake #3:: If You Build It…

20% content creation 80% content promotion

“Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.”

~ John Wanamaker

None of us are entitled to an audience. We’ve to work to earn their trust and respect.

Mistake #4:: Getting Stuck In Your Own Bubble

Venture out into the big wide world!

Start somewhere :)

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Mistake #5:: Wall of Text + Other Formatting or Navel-Gazing Mistakes

User Experience + Readability

Clarity + Hierarchy

Mistake #6:: Either-Or Mentality About “Rules”

You’ve to learn the rules before you break them

Content marketing is often a balancing act of discernment

What’s the point of having your cake if you can’t eat it too?

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Mistake #6:: Poor User Experience

Cohesive experience Fulfilling promise

Relevant CTA

Eliminate unnecessary hoops

7 Smart Blogging Strategies

Strategy#1:: Make Your Content Audience-Centric

How do they describe their problems and challenges?

How do they communicate their frustrations? How do they talk about what they want?

What do they think, how does that make them act, and what emotions does the action trigger?

Strategy#2:: Select Engaging Topics

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Strategy#3:: Build Trust and Relationships

Relate on a personal and emotional level

Build trust, credibility, resonance and relationship

Make yourself memorable

Strategy#4:: Continue the Conversation

Lead generation + lead nurturing

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Strategy#5:: Understand Basics Principles of SEO

Gather helpful resources from reputable authority sites to support your content, provide information that’s valuable and relevant to your audience, and write in an engaging

style so your readers will spend time reading your articles, bookmark your site and share your content.

Strategy#6:: Drive Traffic from Other Blogs/Websites

Guest posting Commenting

Strategy#7:: Distribute Your Content

Influencers

Re-post on social media Add to article sites

Repurpose on other platforms

Byline + Call-To Action

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