13 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Blog, if you keep Doing Them

Every now and then we make mistakes that would give bad impression about our blog to our readers. Some of those mistakes can be repeated and can cause major damage to the blog’s reputation. The key is to be aware of them and not to do it. So, here are those 13 mistakes, which would destroy your blog eventually.

Use emails on your comments for newsletters

People are required to leave their email address when they are commenting on your blog. This is purely to prevent spamming. As you can see their email, this doesn’t allow you to send promotions and newsletters to their inbox.

Use FeedBurner Email Subscription for other purposes

FeedBurner allows your readers to subscribe to your blog via email. That means, whenever you publish a new post an email alert is send to the subscriber. However, some people take the advantage of this and use those emails for promoting their newsletters. If you keep doing this, that advantage will rapidly turn into disadvantage and you will start losing your readers faster than you imagine.

Arguing and disrespecting your commentators

Your readers don’t have to agree to your opinions and they can tell you, why they don’t agree. You also, don’t have to agree to their comments, but you should not argue or get into offensive discussion with the commentators. This will only make you lose more readers and credibility.

Not allowing people to speak their mind

We all love to read good comments on our blogs. However, we should also be open to constructive criticism. By just allowing comments that praise your content is not the way to gain more readers. You should encourage your readers to speak their mind. Remember, you can learn a lot from them.

Not making regular posts

Posting couple of times in a week regularly can establish a solid readership. However, if you have irregularities between your posts, then your readers will stop subscribing as you don’t meet their expectations.

Keep changing the topic on your blog

Don’t confuse your readers. If your blog’s niche is about Internet Marketing, you should stick to that niche. You can see some blogs changing their topic by reviewing other blogs for money. Although money can be attractive, it will surely destroy your blog.  You wouldn’t like it, if I start publishing articles about pills or flowers.

Ignoring comments

You may not reply to all comments. But you must make sure you read every single of them. Because, people can ask you questions or even provide you with valuable information by commenting on your blog. If you ignore those, it will only upset the commentator.

Relying on guest posts

Guest posting is good for free and quality content. However, if your bog totally relies on guest posting then you don’t really share your thoughts with your readers. Blogs that rely on guest posting will not reflect your own personality and there will always be barrier between you and your readers.

Posting articles from article directories

People usually do this, when they struggle to come up with a new content. However, I think this is really unprofessional. If you really like a post from those directories, you should link to them rather than publishing the whole article on your blog. Also, the same article probably gets published on many other blogs. So, you won’t really have unique content.

Not linking to good blog posts

Don’t be stubborn. If you like something on other blogs, then share it with your readers. Provide a link on your blog. This way, you will not only provide a good content for your readers, you will also get noticed by the blog owner. It can even lead to a partnership, which is one of the key factors behind online success.

Not rewarding your readers

You don’t have to splash cash or unrealistic rewards. You should always show your appreciation to your regular readers by tweeting, stumbling, or digging their content. Although they probably won’t expect you to do it, it would certainly make them happy.

Not providing information about yourself

I think your readers have right to know a little bit more about you. You don’t have to give them your life story; the readers certainly want to know more about the person, who writes the blog posts.

Not being persistent

There can be a lot of time you may not feel like blogging. However, during those times you need to push yourself harder than usual. Otherwise, you will start losing your readers and you will abandon your blog.

If you would like to add any other mistakes to this list, you can provide your thoughts in the comments section.

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