Blogging is powerful because of its immediacy. The best blogs are regularly updated; a stale blog is a dead blog. When you start blogging remember this, you have to feed it regularly or the blog monster will die unmourned by readers.

The power of blogging flows from directly connecting with the readers, key to that direct connection is honesty. Readers like and want you to be honest that are why blogs which tell only one side of the story totally fail to connect.

Know your audience. Who do you want to reach? Make your content relevant to that audience. Have a conversation as equals – the comments you get back will rapidly let you know if you really reach your readers.

Here are the top ten tips for a successful blog:

1. Write something every day
2. Don’t write an essay. Be short and snappy
3. Interact with your readers who make comments
4. Don’t try to copy another blog. Make yours unique to you
5. Choose a blog name that is easy to remember and not too long
6. Don’t pander to what you think people want to hear
7. Be controversial, but not for the sake of it
8. Don’t be afraid to offend or be offended
9. Link to your favorite blogs and ask them to link to you
10. Sign up to a Stat Counter which can track how many hits you get

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