Start Your Blogging Journey on the Right Foot: 7 Common Mistakes to Avoid as a Beginner Blogger

Introduction

Blogging is a great way to share your ideas and opinions with the world. It's also a great way for beginners to get started on their journey as bloggers! But if you're a newbie, there are some things I would recommend avoiding:

1. Don't set deadlines for yourself

One of the most common mistakes we make as bloggers is trying to set deadlines for ourselves. This can be both a good and a bad thing--it's important to enjoy the process of blogging, but it can also feel like a race that you're not in control of.

The best way to avoid this pitfall is simply by remembering that blogging isn't about getting published or making money; it's about sharing your knowledge with others in an engaging way so they want to keep reading your content.

If you enjoy writing and want people who care about their careers but don't know where to start with their own blogs (or aren't even sure themselves), then maybe this could be something worth doing! It might take some time before anything concrete comes out of your efforts, but if nothing else happens within 30 days then consider yourself lucky...

2. Be a good listener

As a blogger, you need to be a good listener.

This can be an acquired skill and there are many ways to improve it. The first thing you should do is listen carefully when someone talks about their experience with blogging or how they became successful at it. You might even want to ask questions so that you can learn more about the person's story and how they succeeded in building their blog into what it is today.

Listening also helps when other bloggers share their tips on blogging or other topics related: if they have done something similar before then this will give us some insight into what works best for them too!

3. Make sure that you're creating content that is valuable

In order to be successful at blogging, you need to make sure that the content you create is valuable. This means that it is important and will help your readers in some way.

A good way of doing this is by making sure that when people read your blog posts, they will leave comments with their thoughts about what they have just read. If a reader doesn't leave a comment or doesn't appreciate your work enough for them to do so, then it's likely that their interest in reading what you write may diminish over time.

You also want people visiting your site regularly so they can see new updates every time they visit again! This means having decent SEO (search engine optimization) skills where keywords relevant towards those interested in specific topics matter most."

4. Don't be afraid to cross into other languages!

Don't be afraid to cross into other languages!

If you're not sure how to write in another language, there are plenty of resources out there. It's easy to find examples, tutorials and guides for every major language.

And if all else fails, just use Google Translate--it's a great way for beginners like us who don't know any other languages at all (or even intermediate) who want their posts translated into other languages easily without having to hire an expensive translation service or go through all of the trouble involved with trying something new like learning Chinese before writing about Chinese culture. It'll help grow your audience!

5. Don't give up easily

The fifth thing to avoid is giving up on your dreams and goals.

You might be tempted to think that blogging is too hard, or that you don't have the time, or even that it won't work out for you. But the truth is that if you stick with it, even if things get rough at first (and they will), at some point in time something will click and make all the difference in your life. You just have to keep going!

6. Give a shout out to your readers on social media every now and then!

Give a shout out to your readers on social media every now and then!

If you're not already doing this, I highly recommend giving a shout out to your readers on social-media every now and then. You don't need to do it constantly, but once or twice is great for building up their trust in you as an author.

If they see that you're active on social media and interacting with other bloggers, they'll know that the content coming from your blog is worth reading!

7. Comment on other blogs post!

Commenting on other blogs is a great way to get your name out there. It also allows you to link back to your own blog, which is another way of getting new ideas and sharing them with readers.

If someone comments on a post you wrote or find valuable information in their blog, then it's worth knowing what they have said so that you can use it in future posts!

Commenting does not have to be limited only for friendlies though--you can also comment on posts from authors who write within the same niche as yourself. The best part about this is that if those authors use affiliate links in their posts (which many do), then all of them will show up when people search for those companies/products through Google's algorithm!

Start blogging, you will learn how much fun it is but do it right!

Start blogging, you will learn how much fun it is but do it right!

Write about what you know. This doesn't mean that you have to be an expert in everything and everyone can write about their own experiences. You can always find something interesting in the world around us and write about it for others who may not know about that topic or event as well.

Use a good title for each article that goes up on your blog platform (such as WordPress). These will help search engines like Google index them so people who are looking for information related to those topics can easily find them when they search online using keywords related to what's written on any given page/post within this site's structure/design layout.

Which means even if someone doesn't want anyone else seeing what they've written until later when no longer relevant anymore (which isn't always easy), then still won't affect SEO rankings too much either way because there won't be anything posted anywhere else except maybe something private like Facebook where only friends see posts being made public publicly visible without warnings beforehand!

Conclusion

Blogging is a great way to share your knowledge with the world. It can also help you get more exposure for your work and build a community of followers. But there are some things that will make sure that you don't go down this path in vain!