101 Blogging Mistakes That Could Be Killing Your Blog

Today I decided to compile a list of 101 blogging mistakes that I have either made myself or have seen other bloggers make in my 8+ years of blogging.

If you are making any of these mistakes, I would consider rectifying them, as they may hurt your chances of becoming a successful blogger.

1. Not Blogging Daily – Blogs that post daily get 5 times more traffic than blogs that only post once a week or less.
2. Giving Up Too Early – Most blogs don’t start generating a lot of traffic until they reach at least 50 posts.  After your 51st post blog on average your traffic increases by 53%.  After 100 posts it goes up 300%.  After 200 posts it goes up 450%.
3. Blog Posts Too Short – Longer blog posts rank better with the search engines and attract more traffic.  1,500+ words is best.  Not all posts have to be this long, but consider adding longer posts to your mix.
4. Inconstant Blogging – Writing one post per day for 30 days is not the same as writing 5 posts in 1 day, then nothing for a week, then 10 posts in 2 days, then nothing etc.  A regular blogging schedule is always best.
5. Focusing Too Narrowly on a Specific Niche – Contrary to what most people believe, forcing yourself to just Blog on one narrow niche topic is not necessary.  You can blog about many different topics on the same Blog and it will NOT confuse your audience or make them hate you.  Your audience will just read those posts that interest them, and ignore the rest.  Focusing too narrow may cause you to run out of content to write about, cause burnout and boredom, or to abandon your Blog if the narrow topic you selected no longer interests you.  It’s better to have a Blog where you just Blog about whatever you’re passionate about at that time.  Over time your Blog will most likely end up being about only a few topics you’re passionate about anyways.  So don’t worry about topic selection. Just start Blogging.
6. Not Categorizing Your Posts – Dumping all of your blog posts into one category called “Uncategorized” shows your readers that you are lazy or just don’t care enough about them to spend 3 seconds to categorize each post.
7. Not Marketing Your Blog – Writing Blog posts is awesome, but you also have to market your posts and syndicate them on Social Media etc.
8. Being Scared to Monetize – You can monetize your Blog from DAY ONE.  Don’t be scared to implement a monetization strategy to start making money from your blog from day one.  If you hate money, you can donate it to me or participate in micro-loans helping entrepreneurs around the planet.
9. Spending 6 Months on Theme Selection – Spending more than 1 hour on selecting your first theme is a form of procrastination due to the fear of writing your first post.  Just start blogging.  The theme can always be tweaked and changed after, at any point in time.  Chances are you’ll probably change and tweak your theme 5-20 times before you’re really happy with it, so don’t waste your time spending weeks or months lying to yourself, pretending like you haven’t found a good theme yet.  Choose ANY theme and just start blogging.
10. Ranting – Writing a “rant” post once in a while, like once every 200-500 posts might be okay, but spending your days just writing nothing but rant posts complaining and whining about everyone and everything is a waste of your time.  Nobody wants to spend their time reading negativity and whining.  Keep it positive!
11. Trying to Be Too Diplomatic and Neutral – Although you don’t want to be negative and whiny, you DO want to have an opinion.  People want to read blog posts written by people who have an opinion about something and are not afraid to state it.  Stating your opinions will polarize your audience, which is a good thing.  Read why here.
12. Stop Being a Perfectionist – Your Blog posts do not need to be perfect.  Don’t spend a week writing one post.  You’re Blogging, not writing your thesis for your PhD.  Most of your posts will only get a little bit of traffic anyways and most people care about the content, not whether your blog posts have impeccable spelling or grammar.  Any blog posts that become high traffic blog posts that draw large amounts of traffic can be improved later on anyways.  Just Blog – stop trying to be perfect!
13. Don’t Be Sloppy – The other side of the coin of not being perfect is to not take it to the opposite extreme and get super sloppy.  Blog posts that have a crazy looking layout that is hard to read because you copy and pasted them from some word processor and were too lazy to correct how they look are NOT going to build your brand or credibility with your audience.  You have to TRY to make things look good, but you don’t have to be perfect.
14. No Images – Make sure you add some images to your Blog posts.  Find some royalty free sites to get nice images from.
15. Stolen Images – Stealing copyrighted images by going on Google Image search and just ripping off images from there, thinking that they are free to use just because they’re on Google Images is a mistake that many bloggers make.  If you do this, sooner or later you WILL be contacted by the stock image website owners out there and charged with copyright infringement.  They may ask you to pay $500 per image infraction.  So don’t just rip off images.  Look for royalty free image websites that allow you to get images for free or sign-up for a subscription service that gives you access to stock images.
16. Stolen Blog Posts – Reading someone’s blog post(s) or a group of people’s blog post(s) and then formulating your own opinion and writing a blog post in your own words is perfectly fine and awesome.  But going on someone’s blog and just ripping off their blog post and posting it on your site is NOT COOL!  Not only is it illegal, but Google will not send you traffic on that post anyways as they will detect it is duplicate content.  If you’re going to post someone else’s work on your Blog, always make sure you have permission first.
17. You Don’t Need 9,000 Widgets – If your Blog looks like a the Griswald Christmas tree with 9,000 animated widgets, 3d maps, dancing hamsters, ding-dongs, and flashing pictures that can cause people to go into epileptic seizures, you may want to consider removing some of them (or all of them).  Less is more.
18. No Opt-In Box – Start building your email list from DAY ONE.
19. No Call to Action – At the end of every blog post you should have a call to action.  What do you want your readers to do once they reach the end of the post?  Do you want them to click on something?  To leave a comment?  To share your post?  To Subscribe to your email list?  Always ask them to do something.
20. Confusing Blog Titles – Your Blog title is one of the most important aspects of your blog post.  It should tell the reader what the blog post is about.  Don’t be cryptic, confusing or too clever.  Just tell your reader what is the post about.
21. No Color – Don’t be afraid to use different colors in your blog posts to highlight certain aspects of your posts.
22. No Headings – Learn how to use headings in your blog posts to break things up and make them easier to read.  Your Blog post title will use the H1 (Heading 1) tag, so use H2, H3, H4 tags in your posts to break up the content with different headings.
23. No Paragraph Breaks – Short paragraphs with a few sentences each are easier to read than one paragraph with 50 sentences.  When in doubt, add another line break to break up your content.  People love reading short paragraphs because they’re much easier to read.  Your Blog is NOT for your English class teacher to critique.  You’re not going to get in trouble for writing short paragraphs.  You’ll get rewarded by your readers actually reading your content.
24. Not Using Plain English – People prefer to read content that is written in plain English or conversational English.  Write as if you’re talking to someone, not like you’re writing a formal letter.
25. Not Caring About Your Topic – If you chose a very specific niche topic for your Blog, there is a chance that after a while you might get bored with it.  Your audience can tell.  Whatever you’re blogging about, you should be interested and/or passionate about it.  If you’re bored with the topic, change topics!  Don’t expect people to be engaged and excited to read content that was written by someone who is BORED with the topic.
26. Not Knowing Your Target Audience – Do you know who the target audience is for your Blog? If not, find out.  If you’re writing for “everybody”, you’re writing for “nobody”.
27. Hiding Your Personality – People who want a neutral, unbiased, unopinionated, dry research paper will read a reference manual or research journals.  This is a Blog.  Put your personality into it!  Don’t be afraid.
28. Hiding Your Face – Unless you’re Blogging as the masked magician, somewhere on your Blog… such as in your header and/or below your post, or at least on your “About Me” page, you should have a picture of your face so people know who wrote the post.
29. No Sharing Buttons – If you want to build an audience you have to make it easy for your readers to share your content on Facebook, Twitter, Pintrest, or whatever other social media platforms are popular right now.  Make sure you have social media sharing buttons at the top and/or bottom of your posts.
30. Bad Headlines – At some point in your Blogging career you should either take a course or research how to write strong headlines and use that skill to write better blog post titles and/or sub-headings inside your posts.
31. Not Commenting – When people leave comments on your Blog posts, respond to them.  A blog is a two way conversation.  If people leave comments and you don’t respond, they’ll just go somewhere else.
32. Allowing Spam Comments – Make sure you are not allowing SPAM comments to appear on your site.  Setup a plugin or a system which traps spam comments and doesn’t automatically approve all incoming comments.  If you don’t do this, your Blog will become nothing but a massive repository of spam comments with links to adult website, gambling websites or worse.
33. Allowing Haters to Take Over Your Comments – Readers who pop by and share their opinions and/or question what you write, or ask questions about it might be fine.  But if you’re getting haters posting stupid comments that serve absolutely no purpose except to spread negativity and fear, delete them and ban them.  Let them go “hate” on you on THEIR blog instead.  They might even link to your site when doing that, and help you get better SEO rankings. 🙂  And if they don’t have a Blog, well then that’s their problem.
34. Quitting When Haters Show Up – EVERYONE who ever does ANYTHING in life has haters.  Most of the time, in real life our haters say the nasty things they say about us behind our backs, so we might not even be aware that we have haters…but I assure you that they are out there.  When you start a Blog, you’ll reach a point of success where haters will start showing up on your site and start bashing you, or leaving negative comments etc.  This is NORMAL.  It’s a sign of SUCCESS.  Don’t make the mistake of misinterpreting it as a signal that you’re doing something wrong or that what you’re Blogging about is not worth reading.  Quite to the contrary, if you’ve been blogging for a while and you have no haters yet, you might be doing something wrong, such as not polarizing enough.  When haters show up – don’t quit!  It’s normal!
35. Obsessing About SEO – Having a basic understanding of search engine optimization is fine, but spending all day long obsessing about trying to make your blog post the most SEO optimized post on the planet is a waste of time.  GOOD CONTENT will get you ranked high anyways.  Write for PEOPLE, not the search engines.
36. Completely Ignoring SEO – Not understanding ANYTHING about SEO is not good either.  At least understand the basics of it, such as how the Blog title affects how the search engines see your posts, etc.
37. Not Joining a Community – Joining a blogging community can be a HUGE factor in helping you to become a successful blogger.  Trying to do everything by yourself is not going to help you succeed and it also makes the process of being a blogger super boring.  It’s way more fun to be part of blogging community / team.
38. Allowing Non-Successful People to Stop You – Sometimes the most opinionated and outspoken people out there are those who are also the least successful in life.  Don’t let them stop your from building a successful blog by being negative and pessimistic or telling you that it won’t work, or that you’re wasting your time etc.
39. Not Having an About Me Page – One of the most highly traffic’d pages on your Blog will be your “About Me” page.  People want to know whose Blog they are reading, usually after reading a few of your posts.  So create an “About Me” page and share a little bit of information about yourself.
40. Not Having a Contact Me Page – Depending on what type of Blog you have, and what you Blog about, and whether or not you are selling something or offering some kind of services on your Blog, you should have some way for people to contact you.  Having a “Contact Me” page tells people what method of communication you prefer them to use when trying to contact you.
41. Not Linking To Your Other Posts – If you’re writing a post and there is another blog post that dives into a topic you’re covering in more detail, link to that post from within your post.  This will help you rank higher in the search engines and will also let your readers know you’ve written on that topic.
42. Not Linking Out to Anyone Else – Some people have this fear that if they link to ANY other websites out there, that they will lose their audience or that the search engines will penalize them or something.  It’s actually the opposite.  When you link out to resources that are useful for people, they will trust you more, and so will the search engines!
43. Not Sharing Your Best Stuff – Don’t be afraid to share some of your best content on your blog.  You don’t have to give away the farm, but don’t be afraid to give away a lot of great value on your blog for free.  Chances are, whatever your “best stuff” is today, tomorrow you’ll have something even better to offer the world anyways – so if you ever want to put together courses or workshops, you’ll have plenty of material to charge for.
44. Not Having Your Own Domain – Start building your brand from day one by registering and owning your own domain name.  You can get one for just a few dollars at GoDaddy.
45. Doing Nothing But Selling – There is absolutely no problem with monetizing your blog and offering people the opportunity to buy products or services that you recommend on your Blog, but writing blog posts that don’t offer any actual value whatsoever and just provide a few words with links or pictures that link to products is not “blogging” – it’s basically just spamming.
46. Not Embracing Video – A lot of people today enjoy consuming video content.  Embrace video on your Blog.  Whether that be by shooting talking head videos where you speak to the camera, or doing screen capture videos where people can hear your voice and see a slide-show, but can’t see your face, find some way to create at least some video content and share it on your site.
47. Not Getting Your Blog Indexed – Your Blog should have an automated system in place that generates a Google compatible sitemap, and have it configured in such a way that Google is notified whenever you publish a new post and through your sitemap file they can index your new content as soon as it’s released.
48. Buying Shady Discount SEO Services – There are a LOT of fly-by-nite companies out there offering so-called “Discount SEO Services”, which promise to “optimize” your Blog and “skyrocket your rankings” for just a few dollars.  In reality, most of these services employ old, completely outdated SEO strategies like link spamming and such, and they can actually do more harm to your site than good.  Avoid them like the plague.  If you don’t understand the basics of SEO, don’t hire some discount shop to do it for you.  If you’re going to hire an SEO firm, make SURE they are reputable and only employ so called “White Hat” strategies.
49. Not Commenting on Other Blogs – One of the best ways to build your Blog is to visit other Blogs, read their posts and leave meaningful comments.  Most Blogs out there allow you to link back to your Blog when you leave a comment, so that will start to build links to your site, but also you will start to “pull” users from these other Blogs to your site when they read your comments and like your opinions.  It’s like going to a party and socializing with others, and then once they get to know you, they might come over to check out YOUR party.
50. Wasting Too Much Time Posting on Other Platforms – Many people spend hours and hours posting on Facebook, asking questions, answering questions, posting pictures and videos etc. and then they say that they don’t have time to Blog.  Instead of posting those pics of Facebook, why not create a Blog post, post the pics there with a write-up and then share the Blog post on Facebook.  Instead of posting a story on Facebook, why not write a Blog post about it and share that post on Facebook.
51. No Blogging Goal – You should always have some kind of goal for your blog.  Whether that be an activity goal such as writing a certain number of blog posts per month, or a results goal such as trying to hit a certain amount of traffic per month, or a goal to build your audience to a certain size, or maybe an income goal for your Blog if you’ve monetized your Blog.  You should have some kind of goal you’re going after at all times.
52. Too Many Goals – On the opposite side of that spectrum I have seen some Bloggers who are trying to do EVERYTHING at the same time.  When I ask them what their goal is, they have 25 different goals but no focus or clue on how to achieve any of them.  You should have one chief aim for your Blog that you’re working towards.  Of course we all want all these other things like to get more traffic, more visitors, more sign-ups, more money, more of everything – but you can’t focus on everything at once.  Pick one thing to focus on for a period of time and just focus on improving that one thing.
53. Not Enough Self-Education – Blogging is “output”.  Your Blog posts allow you to communicate and to teach from your experiences and ideas.  However, you must also embrace “input” which is where YOU learn from YOUR mentors.  I never run out of things to Blog about because I’m always learning new things and always testing new things and having new experiences, ideas and cognitions related to the topics I write about.  Never stop learning and you’ll never run out of things to Blog about.
54. Comments Turned Off or Not Working – If you’re not getting Blog comments on a regular basis, you should be testing your commenting system from time to time.  Your comments might be accidentally turned off, or might not be working for anyone who is not logged into your site.  Meaning, as an administrator on your own site, you might be able to leave comments, but as a regular visitor the system might not be working.  Try logging out and leaving a comment to make sure everything is working properly.
55. WWW or NO WWW? – From day one you should decide if your blog’s URL is going to start with a “www.” or not and set it up so that one re-directs to the other.  For example, if your Blog’s domain was “www.blog.com”, and someone typed “blog.com” into their browser, they should be re-directed to “www.blog.com”.  This way when people link to your blog posts they will like to one of those options, not both.  However, you should also setup your Google Webmaster Tools settings so that Google knows which domain preference (www or no www) you prefer, because by doing that Google will count ALL of your links towards that one domain instead of splitting them up.  If you don’t know how to do this, find someone who does and get them to set this up for you.  It only needs to be done once.
56. No Analytics Tracking – You should always be tracking your Blog analytics – from day one.  I recommend Google Analytics.  It’s free and it’s awesome.
57. Not Fun! – Regardless what kind of Blog you run, you have to let your fun side show at least once in a while.  If the President of the United States can let his fun side show, and still be taken seriously, you shouldn’t have an issue.  Be FUN.  People want to see fun, not just seriousness all the time.
58. Share Your Journey – Blogging is about sharing your journey.  None of us are perfect.  If you learn something new, share it.  If you made a mistake, admit it.  Blog about what you’re learning, how you’re evolving and what’s working for you right now and what isn’t.
59. Not Being Authentic – BE YOURSELF!  Don’t try to be someone you’re not.  People will see right through it.
60. Not Having a Mentor / Coach – You should always have a mentor that you’re working with.  Someone who has at least achieved more success as a Blogger than you have.  Someone you can learn from, model, bounce ideas off of and talk to about your Blogging journey.
61. Taking Advice From Well Intentioned Family & Friends – Your primary concern on your Blog should be towards your target market.  You should listen to what THEY are saying, not what your family and friends are saying.  Your friends and family might not be your target market so they won’t understand what you’re doing and listening to their advice might work against you.
62. Relying Solely on Adsense as Your Monetization Strategy – Google Adsense burst onto the scene many years ago, and it could be argued that it was Adsense that gave birth to the Blogging industry’s sudden explosion.  The idea that you can post Adsense ads on your Blog and start making money almost instantly is very alluring to most new Bloggers.  However, Adsense is just ONE way to monatize your Blog and it’s not one of the better options either.  There are much better options out there.  It’s fine to start with Adsense, but learn about other monetization methods if you want to learn how to make money with your blog.
63. Not Having an Ethical Bribe – Having trouble getting people to sign-up to your email list?  Create a valuable resource, like an eBook or report of some sort that you can offer for free to people who sign up for your email list.  People often need a little “nudge” to sign-up.  Just saying “Sign up and get updates” isn’t going to produce the best results.
64. Not Utilizing Content Upgrades – Another way to build your email list is to offer content upgrades for some of your best Blog posts.  A content upgrade is where at the beginning or at the end of the Blog post (could be in the middle as well or in all three places) you offer your readers a chance to get some sort of resource that adds even more value to the post that they are currently reading.  For example a checklist or a cheat sheet that is related to the post you are writing, has been proven to work even more effectively than having a standard “ethical bribe” eBook or PDF report in your sidebar.
65. Broken Links – Check your links.  Make sure they go where they’re supposed to go before or after publishing your post.  If they’re broken – fix them!
66. Unnecessary Image Links – When you upload a picture to your Blog, one of the settings that you are asked to select is where the picture is supposed to link to if someone clicks on the picture.  Unless you are specifically using the picture to link to something, select “NONE” as your option.  There is no point having a picture on your Blog that just links to itself.  When people scroll through a Blog they’ll usually click around on the page and many times they’ll click on an image when they didn’t mean to.  If the images is linked to ITSELF the page will re-load and show the picture by itself, confusing the user as to what just happened.  They will then have to click the BACK button in their browser to get back to reading the post you wrote.
67. No Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions – Your Blog should have a basic Privacy Policy in place and some Terms and Conditions.  Google likes to see these things in place, and may even penalize you with less traffic if you don’t have these in place.
68. Crazy Colors – Black text on a white background is easiest to read for people.   Don’t go crazy with colors and start trying to write your content in a pink font on an orange background or something horrible like that.  Stick to black text on a white background for the majority of your content, but don’t forget that it’s okay to use some color as well.
69. Not Utilizing Font Options – Learn to use bold and italics and underlines when appropriate.
70. No Links to Your Social Sites – It should be easy for your readers to find your Facebook page, your YouTube Channel, your Twitter page, your LinkedIn profile or any other social media sites you use.
71. Content Spinners – Content spinners are tools that allow you to take a Blog post that you write, and by using synonyms for certain words the tool can create dozens of variations of the same Blog post.  This used to be one of the strategies that SEO’s utilized to “spin” articles that they would then submit to various article directories.  DO NOT use any kind of content spinning tools on your Blog.  Your Blog is about YOU writing original, valuable content for your target audience.  It’s not about filling your Blog with JUNK content, trying to trick the search engines into thinking you have a lot of content on the site.
72. Lack of Patience – Blogging is not a “get rich quick” strategy.  You have to have patience.  It’s a long term play.  There are tremendous benefits to blogging, but the majority of them are long-term benefits.  Be patient.
73. No Access to Training – Blogging is a skill.  And just like any other skill, you will learn it faster and master it faster if you have proper training.  Don’t make the mistake of thinking that you can figure out everything on your own.  Get access to proper Blog training.
74. Not Guest Posting – Guest posting on other people’s Blog can be a great way to build credibility, relationships with other like-minded people, and maybe even links back to your site.
75. Too Much Routine – If you’re constantly writing Blog posts on the same topics, in the same style, try mixing things up once in a while.  Change something and see how it goes.  Do something you don’t normally do.
76. Boring Background for Video Bloggers – If you’re creating Blog videos, and your background is always the same, try changing it once in a while.  If all of your videos are inside your room with a white-board behind you, try going outside!  If your videos are outside, try doing some white-board videos etc.
77. Not Re-Marketing Your Blog Posts – Spending time after you write a Blog post to market it to your audience and on social media is awesome, but don’t forget that you can also re-market your older content again and again.  Many people might have missed the first time you promote your post, or maybe they weren’t in your social media circle at that time.  Don’t be afraid to dig up some of your older posts that you’re proud of and promote them today.
78. Ignoring Blogging Until You Sit Down to Blog – As a Blogger, I’m *ALWAYS* thinking about different ideas and things that I can Blog about as I’m out and about throughout my day.  If I see something cool that I like, I’ll take a picture so that I can Blog about it later on.  If I have an insight or an “aha” moment, I’ll pause and consider if it might be a good Blog post idea.  If so I’ll write it down or email it to myself so that I don’t forget later.
79. Allowing Excuses to Stop You – If you set a goal to become a successful Blogger, and you get started, you will almost instantly see that all kinds of excuses show up to distract us away from Blogging.  We may see them as “legitimate reasons” but in the majority of cases they are just excuses.  Be honest with yourself and don’t let excuses stop you.
80. Lack of Research – You should always be researching and learning about your target audience.  Find ways to get to know them better.  Who are they?  What makes them tick?  What are their dreams?  What are their daily challenges?  How can you help them?  How can your Blog help them?  etc.
81. Comparing Yourself to Others Too Much – While it’s fine to look at the success of other Bloggers out there to inspire you, don’t allow someone else’s success to make you feel bad.  The only person you’re competing against is yourself.  If you just focus on improving a little bit every day, you can make your dreams come true.  You don’t need to be better than everyone else.  You just need to be a little bit better than you were yesterday… improving just a little bit every day.
82. Quitting Within the First Two Months – Most Blogging “miracles” and results start to happen after 60 days of SOLID consistent effort on your Blog, and most Bloggers give up before that 60 day mark.  Keep in mind that when I say 60 days of consistent effort I’m talking about daily blogging or at least blogging on a regular schedule several times per week and NOT 60 days from the time you setup your Blog and then do nothing for 60 days.
83. Know Your Why’s – We all have different why’s for why we blog.  The more clear you can get on YOUR WHY, and the BIGGER your WHY is, the more likely you are to succeed.
84. Not Emailing Your List – Some Bloggers start building an email list but then they are afraid to email them because they worry that they are “bothering” them etc.  Don’t be afraid to email your email list.  The subscribed for a reason.  The want to hear from you.  If they don’t, they’ll unsubscribe.
85. Don’t Be Afraid of Unsubscribes – When I first started Blogging, I was obsesses with tracking how many people subscribed.  I watched patiently to see my subscriber count grow from 1 person to 2 to 5 to 10 to 20 to 50 etc.  But when someone would unsubscribe I would start thinking “OH NO!  WHAT DID I DO WRONG!? WHY DID THEY LEAVE?!”  Don’t do this.  If you’re doing this correctly, and polarizing your audience, you should expect that at least 50% of your subscribers will leave you.  In my Blogging career I have had over 22,000 people subscribe to my Blogs, and I have had over 12,000 unsubscribe!  Do I miss them?  Nope…I don’t even think about them.  I’m sure they are great people, but they are NOT my target market.  I focus on the 10,000 people who ARE subscribed.  They are my target market.  Learn about polarizing here.
86. Don’t Use “FREE” Blogging Platforms – There’s no such thing as “FREE” blogging.  If you’re investing your time to write a Blog post, then you deserve to see it pay off.  To build a successful Blog, use a professional blogging platform like the Kalatu Brand Station.  It’s built on top of the world’s most powerful blogging platform – WordPress – and it extends WordPress by simplifying it and at the same time making it more powerful with the built in optimized plugins and themes.  If you’re using any kind of “free” blogging platform, you are essentially making THEM money, while losing it yourself.
87. Not Mobile Friendly – Have you looked at your Blog on a mobile device like a cell phone or a tablet?  If your theme is old and outdated and your site looks like crap on mobile devices you might be throwing away 50% or more of your traffic.
88. Not Following Others in Your Field – Whatever you like to Blog about, pay attention to what others in your field are doing.  Being “in the know” can be of tremendous benefit to you.  You can get ideas for Blog posts, such as for example writing a Blog post that offers a contrary opinion to what another Blogger wrote.
89. Not Keeping Up With Blogging Trends – If your main passion in life is dog training and so you Blog about dog training, you should stay up to date with the latest trends in the dog training industry but you should also stay up to day with what’s happening in the blogging industry as well.  You’re not just a dog trainer anymore…you’re also a blogger.  Make sense?
90. Not Taking a Break – Sometimes when you’re completely stuck, and you’ve got writers block or just no motivation to Blog, the best thing to do might be to just take a break.  Go see a movie, or go for a walk or go out for dinner with someone and get your mind off of Blogging.  Then come back refreshed and you’ll be amazing at how much easier it might now be to write something.  If all else fails, sleep on it!  Take a nap or go to bed early and try again tomorrow.
91. Not Knowing About Scheduled Posts – Did you know that you can write a Blog post and then set the exact date and time that you want it to “go live”?  This means that if it’s easier for you, you could write a whole week’s worth of Blog posts on the weekend and then just publish them throughout the week.  You could even write a whole months worth of Blog posts and set them to publish once a day, and then take a vacation for a month. 🙂
92. Negative Self Talk – Sometimes your worst enemy isn’t some negative person buzzing in your ear – it’s YOURSELF!  Avoid negative self talk.  Fill your mind with positivity.  Read positive, inspiring books and listen to positive, inspiring audios and videos to fill your head with positivity and inspiration.
93. Not Participating in Blogging Challenges – One of the best ways to get started with Blogging is to participate in a 21 Day Blogging Challenge.  Blogging challenges work because they help you to build a habit of daily blogging, and the social support and positive “peer pressure” will help you to stay on track and to blog daily for 21 days.  Once you reach that milestone, you’ll find it much easier to keep going than to stop!
94. Not Being Humble and Teachable – Always remember that no matter how much you know, there is always MORE that you don’t know.  Be humble.  Don’t assume you know everything already.  Listen to those who are producing the results that you want to produce and who have been where you are now.  It doesn’t matter if you think you’re smarter than them.  Listen to what they have to say, and see if there’s any wisdom and truth to what they’re saying.  Also, don’t let AGE fool you.  There are Bloggers out there who haven’t even reached puberty yet and who have very successful Blogs.  You can learn something new from anyone that is producing results…it doesn’t matter if they are 9 years old or 90 years old.
95. Not Understanding the Kaizen Principle
96. Not Understanding the 80/20 Rule – The 80/20 rule, also known as the “Pareto Principle” states that 80% of your results will come out of 20% of your efforts.  Always strive to identify those 20% activities that produce the majority of your results, and focus your energy on improving those things and making them better.  The other 80% of your activities that only produce 20% of your results don’t need your focus, even though often times they MAY be the activities that vie for your attention.
97. Not Knowing Your Personality Type – There are 16 main personality types.  Take the free personality test and find out what yours is.  Then learn about your strengths and weaknesses.  Then focus on your strengths!
98. No Search Widget – Give people the option to search through your posts by having a search widget.
99. No Archives Page – Sometimes when people read one of your Blog posts, they might be curious what others things you’ve written about.  They might not know what to search for, but if you have an archives page, they can browse through your blog posts and see if anything interests them there.
100. Not Having Fun – HAVE FUN with your blogging journey.  People enjoy reading content from people who are happy, who are having fun and smiling while building their Blog — not from people who are miserable or who blog because they think they “have” to.
101. Not Getting Started – By far the biggest mistake any blogger can make is allowing excuses and procrastination to stop them getting started as a blogger.

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