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The Blogging fundamentals 

After going through several blogs and books on blogging, making money out of your blog or website and marketing on the internet, it has been my observation that all bloggers agree on certain things that each successful blogger has religiously followed throughout the years. Here are the principles I observed:
1.) It's all about passion - Articles you write in your blog should be something that you are passionate about. Topics that you have somewhat achieved a level of expertise in, topics that puts you on fire, topics that makes your eyes wide open when discussed about, topics that awes and amazes you and opens your mouth wide.
2.) People First ! - People should be the primary consideration when writing in your blog. This should be kept in mind, although search engine optimization is something that should be seriously considered by all bloggers. The most important thing is that people keep coming back to your site because the posts in your blog actually helps them or is relevant to them. Things like keywords, tags or any other gimmick out there in order to make sure that we all each get a higher search engine should be of secondary consideration. Legendary blogger John Chow aptly said it when he said "People First before Google."
3.) Blog frequently - The length of the post is not as important as it's frequency. Posts may be long or short depending on the topic covered. What is important about the blog is that the blogger frequently updates his blogs.
4.) Blog anyway - Don't worry about your site statistics or that you still do not have comments on your site. This is especially true for new bloggers. It will probably take a while for search engines to index your site. Traffic will just flow if you don't stop writing good posts for people.
5.) Learn more about blogging - Bloggers should not stop learning about how to be more effective in their craft. Learn more about topics on how to be effective on your blogging, about search engine optimization, etc. The moment you stop learning, you stop to blog.
6.) Bloggers are readers - Personally I believe that there is nothing to blog about if you do not read about your passions. You must have an insatiable thirst for learning and a passion to communicate what you have learned to your readers.
7.) Schedule your blogging - Being an organized person, following a structure brings out the best in me. A blog schedule will also ensure that I have more or less an equal number of articles on the categories that I write about. It is my pesonal belief that a blogging schedule will somehow force you to think of something to blog about. This may not work well for others as they just write on whatever stuff comes into their mind. But for me this is how I do it.
8.) Be personal - Inject some humor if you have to ! Your readers must feel as if you they are talking to a pal when they read your blog. The language and words you use should be so understandable that your readers should not have to resort to a dictionary before they could understand what you are trying to say. Explain things in layman's term as much as possible, even if the subject matter is so technical.
9.) Blog excellente !- Make sure that you edit your posts and that you review your layout and presentation. Your posts and blog must be very user friendly. Aiming for excellence in blogging very much pays.
10.) Be a blogger for life. - Blogging should not be viewed as something that you are temporarily doing since you don't have anything to do as of now. It also should not be viewed as something which you just do in order to achieve a certain amount of money and afterwards you will then stop since you have already achieved your desired goal. You should be a blogger for life. While blogging may bring you monetary "blessings," always consider that such is only secondary. As you live your life each day, having an attitude of being a blogger for life will make you more appreciate the experiences that comes to you since you will always be looking forward to writing it to posting it in your blog.

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Zigfred Diaz writes about making money online, SEO, blogging, investments and managing finances among other topics. He is now competing in the Busby SEO Test challenge. Why dont you drop by his blog today !

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