10 Essentials For Blogging Success – Part 1

BlogAdda is synonymous to blogging. It is our planet and bloggers are the only citizens we know. Blogging  helps these storytellers to express themselves and explore unknown avenues. Blogging is a great way to let your mind unwind, an amazing medium to showcase your skills and if you think of taking it up professionally then it is the best way to earn a decent revenue as well as work at your own convenience.

However, blogging is not as easy as it may sound. If you are seriously thinking about it, then you need to get certain things right. Apart from technicalities, one needs to have skillsets, expertise, tools and a niche that they are confident about. We always want more number of people to take up blogging, so this week we take you all newbie as well as experienced bloggers through 10 things that are must haves for blogging success.

1. Naming your blog by Ankit Singla

Naming your blog is the the biggest defining factors when we talk about the discoverability or identity of your blog. When someone visits your blog, a name is the first thing that they notice and that is what the visitor will use to recall anything about your blog. Hence your blog name should be easy to remember and yet describe your blog at one glance.

2. Making Money From Blogs by Jitendra Vaswani 

Blogging sounds interesting and making money from blogs even more. But blogging is an art and one needs consistency to attract visitors which is the prime requirement to earn money from your blog. If you think you express well, write beautifully and you are committed to earn money, then you can think of blogging as a serious option.

3. SEO Tools by Rachit Sharma

Blogging no doubt sounds fun and interesting but one has to get the technicalities right to get the blog discovered and stand the test of time. SEO is what makes your blog’s presence in the big world of internet. Grammar, keywords and links are some of the tools that SEO experts would recommend. Get to know more about SEO with Rachit.

4. Strategy and Planning For Blogs by Gurmeet Singh

Once you decide to blog seriously, the first thing that you need is a plan and a strategy on paper that not only guides you but also gives your actions a meaningful start. Because it is soon going to be a regular process. You might wonder a lot of times, how do some blogs manage to attract so many readers/visitors in the initial stage, just at the start.

5. Youtube SEO by RazorSocial

Youtube is a great medium to share content. However one does not think of Youtube as a search engine but more as a place to watch endless cat videos. Youtube has fewer search engine optimization options. That apart, video content on your blog will always be a better way as it is more relatable and easy to remember. Check out these Youtube SEO techniques to optimize your video content.

6. Web Hosting for Bloggers by Mohammad

There are some things that will make you think twice of considering blogging a profession. Web hosting is one of them. Don’t worry, it is not as complicated as it sounds to be. One only needs to ask the right questions to get the right answers. Mohammad tell you everything about web hosting.

7. Platforms for Blogging by Girijesh Kumar
Platforms helps one create a blog. There are an impressive number of blogging platforms available on internet. You can explore each and then pick one that makes you blog comfortably and easily. What one needs to take care while choosing a platform is ease of use, customization and the overall feel of the blog and its appearance. Yes! Appearance counts. The right balance in layout design and pages can make sure the visitors explore your blog more and not just click once.

8. Social Media Tools for Bloggers by Radhika Sharma

Social media tools are a different ballgame than SEO tools. Social Media tools are a blessing for newbie bloggers, startups and entrepreneurs who would like to leverage the power of low cost marketing and low manpower needs. It helps them reach their audience in the easiest and most time bound of all ways and also maintain their relations with customers for a long time.

9. Creating A Forum or A Community On Blog by Ravi Singh

Now you surely do not want only your family and friends to read and talk about your blog. Having like minded people and readers for your blog is only going to make you work harder to define and achieve bigger and better ways of creating content. Also the interaction with your readers/followers through a forum will help you understand the expectations of your audience.

10. Content Marketing Tools for Bloggers by Atish Ranjan

The whole idea of blogging might seem the best option if you have a flair for writing. But that is not enough. One wants people to read the content on the blog and relate to it at a personal level. It is the feedback and the following that will count for all the hard work you put in. That is when one needs content marketing tools to ensure the content is discovered on various platforms and large number of readers.

So these are our 10 things to know for a great blog. This was just the first installment. Stay tuned for our part two in the series in the coming month. Till then make sure you have mastered these 10 tips like a pro. These tips are for keeps. Keep Blogging!