You can read all you want about how to improve your blogging skills, but you aren’t going to get that much better unless you can answer YES to all the following questions. Get to that point, and I promise you will see an immediate improvment in your blogs.
But I thought you were going to teach me how to write better blogs? I am! Just bear with me here. I’m not an English teacher, but I can help your blog. Think beyond the words in your blog, and think more about the driving force behind the words you type. Then watch as your blog quality steadily improves.
- Are you blogging about something you are passionate about?
If not, your readers will see right through it. Your blog will become dull because the day to day task of writing will become a drag to you. - Do you continually expand your knowledge on the topic?
If you don’t, your first few posts will be awesome, but once you run out of knowledge on the topic, you’ll also run out of blogging skills. - Do you read other blogs that have similiar topics?
NO? Why not? Not only will you gain a ton of knowledge (see question #2), you can also learn from their mistakes. If you didn’t enjoy their blog, ask yourself why, and improve on it. But also remember, DO NOT COPY their content. Get inspired, but create your own content.








July 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Nice post. To find success in anything you need to be passionate about it other wise you’ll find your self getting frustrated and at the end it will just not work.
By the way i love your blog design!