Wow! I can already feel the glaring eyes of all my readers, but give me a chance to justify myself! I have been blogging for over a year now and reading blogs for even longer that that. In this time it has given me a great chance to watch how bloggers act, react and interact, and there are a few things that I have noticed that are common among most bloggers - that may not necessarily be good.
Here are 5 attributes that most bloggers have that annoys me!
1. They Think They Deserve To Be Popular
Now don't get me wrong. Everyone deserves the opportunity to be heard - that's freedom of speech. But to think that you can just rock up, create a blog and the next day be getting 1,000's of visitors is something that seems to be becoming all to common among new bloggers. They see the likes of Chow, Cow and Co and expect to get straight to their level, as they never saw the hard work that was put on by these 'pro bloggers' to get to where they are. To be successful at blogging you have to put in the hard work with quality posts and being active in your niche! AND YOU NEED TO BE CONSISTENT! Blogging success doesn't come over night, but it will if you stick around long enough!
2. They Can't Handle Criticism
How many times have you seen a blogger lash out at one of the comments on their blog? Does anyone else get the feeling that a lot of bloggers cannot take constructive criticism? Now I'm not talking about personal attacks. I'm referring to people leaving comments that are their own opinions which just happen to be the opposite of those held by the blog author. Why is it so hard for us to understand that not everyone is going to agree with us? That is the beauty of such a diverse world! How boring would life be if everyone agreed about everything?
3. They Are Followers
I'm not saying don't change when you realise your blog is heading in the wrong direction. But I see a lot of bloggers totally changing who they are and how they blog just because a 'pro blogger' is doing or saying something. I would like to think that as bloggers we are the ones setting the pace, we are being creative and unique. Why are we so busy following the latest trend to make use of our freedom of speech. I remember when pretty much everyone would make a post about how much John Chow was earning the day after he released his monthly earnings. Now I know that it is a great encouragement to find out that this money is able to be made blogging, but does everyone need to stop writing quality posts to blog about how much someone is making? Be your own person. Blog about what you're thinking. Take new territory! That is what blogging should be. Leave the rehashing for ezinearticles!
4. They Don't Harness The Power Of Networking
Blogging is the perfect arena to really profit from networking. Why is it that so many bloggers don't take ahold of the opportunity? In blogging their are so many ways for us to network and
build our blogs together. To use each other as steps to building both each others blogs. We can:
* Comment on other blogs
* Link To Each Other In Our Posts
* Use Social Bookmarking Tools
* MSN
* Help Other Bloggers Out With Problems
* Suggest Ways For Each Other To Improve
Think how much more successful all our blogs would be if we truly caught a hold of the power of networking?
5. They Give Up To Easily
I was looking at Marks Top100 Bloggers list the other day and sure the top couple are still the same, but it seems like a whole heap have just disappeared and a new flood have come through. What happened to all the ones that left? I find that a lot of bloggers get flustered when they find out that blogging isn't as easy as it seems. When they are posting everyday, commenting too.
It could be cause it all gets too much. It could be they run out of ideas. Maybe they don't see the value since the money isn't rolling in. Either way a lot of bloggers quit right before it seems like their blog is about to explode.
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