3 Things you should do within 30 days of a New blog.
I’m a firm believer of just getting started. So, I always tell my students, do not worry about a beautiful design, having the whole years articles planned etc, JUST GET STARTED. Why because that is where 90% of people fail, so firstly do what 10% of successful people do and just make sure everything is just good enough to get started.
However, there comes a time where you need to start working on improving things. The aim initially is just to get started, but the mindset should be to continually improve things until they are the best. So, after seeing a number of students follow my lead in starting a new blog, I though I should now share 7 tips on where to focus improvements within 15 days of setting up a new blog.
Within 15 days of a new blog you should:
1) Know where the spell check button is within your chosen text software.
Time take: 1-5 min per article
I personally focused first on writing good articles. I didn’t stop myself to check spellings, I simply let the writing flow. I decided to write my posts within the WordPress editor but I did not know where the spellcheck was, so didn’t spend to much time on it, I simply made sure the article was good enough and then posted it.
After a week however, I found the button and started using it. Initially people can forgive a few spelling mistakes, but if you do not take the time to spell check you documents, then you will look less and less professional and possibly hinder your blogs growth.
(In WordPress the spell check button is simply the one with ABC and a tick mark underneath)
2) Adding an avatar image to your own comments.
Time taken: 5 min
Adding an image to your blog comments, not only makes them more personal but also makes your comments stand out, heck it’s your blog, why shouldn’t your comments stand out?
In WordPress these are known as Gravatar and have some cool benefits which you can read about by clicking here. I also provide instructions on how to add them.
For other blogging programs do a quick search on the Internet to find a solution.
These two simple things, make your posts readable and look professional, and
In the next part of this series I will be giving more advanced tips, as I will assume you are done with the learning phase of your new blog. This includes adding an image (Favicon) to your website tab, as well as ways to increase your subscriber count. ’7 Things you should do within 30 days of a new blog’ article coming soon.
