{"id":17723,"date":"2024-02-09T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/what-i-wish-i-knew-before-i-started-blogging-blogging-tips-for-beginners\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T19:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:39:16","slug":"beginner-blogging-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/beginner-blogging-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"What I Wish I Knew Before I Started Blogging – Blogging Tips For Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of my favorite things about blogging is that even after running WebMonkey for more than a year<\/a>, there is always more to learn when it comes to growing a successful blog.<\/p>\n Content planning, marketing, graphic design, SEO…the list of tasks associated with blogging seems endless, and I have certainly gone through periods of uncertainty and confusion when it comes to blog management.<\/p>\n Now, I've already written a blogging SEO basics post, and other posts that aim to help novice\/intermediate level bloggers grow their audience and make more money<\/a>, but I want to expand on those helpful resources by discussing some of the greatest mistakes or missed opportunities I experienced when first starting my blog.<\/p>\n I've definitely been lucky to have a lot of great people share their blogging tips with me over the past year, so I figure it is time to pass some of them on! Additionally, I hope that by outlining some of my own blogging mistakes and missteps, you can avoid some unnecessary aggravation and setbacks and fast-track towards success.<\/p>\n On to the blogging tips!<\/p>\n Note: these are actionable blogging tips, not shit like ‘just be yourself,' or ‘know that blogging is hard work' We're here to grow our blogs, not sing Kumbaya!<\/p>\n I'm going to break this post into a few different sections, but the most foundational advice I can give for new bloggers relates to organization.<\/p>\n Without a sense of your blogging direction, goals, or action plan, you run the risk of aimlessly working away at a project that doesn't even have a purpose or outline. Hopefully some of these organizational blogging tips can help set things straight!<\/p>\n Let me preface this entire post by saying that a lot of the mistakes I made when starting WebMonkey are either still present or have only been patched up slightly (some mistakes are hard to revert, and I also need to put more time into fixing things).<\/p>\n WebMonkey is, to be blunt, a complete mess. It's better now than it was in the past, but it really is a spattering of money making\/money saving ideas, blogging tips, and bits of marketing\/tech talk.<\/p>\n I'm personally okay with this, but I know that I didn't help myself by writing about several different topics at once out of the gate. For the first few months this blog was truly all over the place.<\/p>\n If I could redo the launch of my blog, I would have only had 2 categories: making money and saving money. I would have spent a few months filling out those categories before adding an additional category such as investing or marketing…think of it like adding layers to the foundation of a house before moving on to other parts.<\/p>\n If you are starting a new blog don't bite off more than you can chew! Pick 1-3 categories to start with and really flush them out with content before expanding.<\/p>\n Extra Reading – <\/strong>45 Blog Niche Ideas & How To Pick A Niche<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n A blogging content map can help keep you on track with your content, maintain a consistent brand image, and even improve how you utilize on-page SEO to link between your articles.<\/p>\n At the start of my blogging journey I didn't plan anything. I just wrote posts as ideas came to me, and that's why I was publishing social media marketing guides one day and hating on Bitcoin the next. It made no sense.<\/p>\nBlogging Tips for Beginners – Organization<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Don't Start With Too Many Categories<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Use A Content Map\/Planner<\/strong><\/h3>\n