We just came across this post So You Want to Be a Blogging Star on NYTimes.com, which serves as an excellent primer on how to write and keep a successful blog.
Here at BlogBurst central we look at blogs all day, of course, and these points are spot on:
- Don’t do it to get rich (but blog passionately and rewards will follow)
- Blog about your passions, and in your own voice
- Fit blogging into your daily schedule
- Join the community
- Plug yourself
The best thing about the suggestions above are that they’re geared toward fitting your blog into your life and building it slowly over time. We see scores of blogs that are well written and fit a niche, but which don’t last more than a couple of months. The truth is, it’s hard to sustain an extracurricular activity like a blog, especially when blogs don’t make you money unless / until they get popular (which usually takes a long time).
If you have other recommendations for blogbuilding, leave them in the comments below!
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