Bloggers should a have a blog strategy for their blogs. But what are blogging strategies? They are steps that you can take to achieve your goals in the long-term run. Becoming a popular blog can take time and you need to be prepared for the process.
Do you see writing constantly and frequently during years? You’d develop a long-term strategy hence these actions will improve notoriously your performance and making your blogging fun plus effective.
There can be countless of advices but I’ll show you 9 principal tips to have success with your blog for the long-haul.
# Target a Niche Where You’re Passionate With
Trying to write over and over in subject that you don’t like or is indifferent, really don’t work. Passion is the fuel of the soul and it’s impossible to have success without it.
In case you’ve an established blog and you want to redefine your niche, communicate the changes to your readers as soon as possible.
# Aim Concrete Topics for Your Blog
It’s fundamental to have few or at least solid themes as points to write. If you jump persistently on different areas can be confusing.
At my blog you know you’ll have mostly two areas: foodie-related and blogging/social area with a touch of tech’s flavor, period.
But choosing random topics constantly can be puzzling for your readers; then is paramount to have clear about what are you trying to say.
# Aim Concrete Narrow Themes for Your Blog, but Not Too Much!
If we go to strict narrow topics, it can be beneficial perhaps because may be there is less competition – but, are there enough themes to write for years?
# Avoid Social Media Fails with Other Bloggers
You know that bloggers need bloggers – they aren’t your competitors – is a win-win relationship but if you interact with other bloggers correctly.
Avoid social media mistakes if you want a healthy and fruitful relationship with your peers in the long run.
# Keep a Bank of Ideas
When the inspiration is off, takes your drafts, notes or writes you’ve done – backed up for those moments. Get inspiration for your writing from social media. Brain storm, save your ideas at your mobile or notebook or online at your email. These forgotten topics can enter in your mind, just in time!
# Keep a Bank of Images
At least you’ve your own pictures, it’s a good measure to save these attractive pictures that you’ve found for your post, to spice up the articles. Remember, you cannot use every image you find in the cyberspace, it should be with a correspondent creative commons license or public domain. Here are several resources for stock images free or royalty-free.
I use Google bookmarks and delicious frequently because my bookmarks are mobile with my gmail or at any browser, but you can use your favorite social bookmarking service for that purpose.
# Maintain a Consistent Calendar for Your Posts
It’s clear now that the frequency of your post is the key and not the quantity. You’d publish everyday or every week- having a regular patron of posting – is in this way that your readers will have an idea when you’ll post again. The myth you need to update everyday isn’t true, quality is better than quantity. Focus in the excellence of your posts.
# Learn and Continue Learning Without Lower One’s Guard
Bloggers should know how to engage their readers reinventing themselves constantly according with technology changes; open their blogs for guest posts for new fresh airs; blogging on trending topics, updating regularly their SEO skills for improving Google rankings to increase blog traffic and the list goes on and on…
Summary
As every aspect of life, several factors must be combined for a successful blogging strategy and your long-term goals should be concrete more realistic, one step at a time.
Now, which are your blogging strategies for the long-haul? Do you have a concrete strategy for your blog? I’d like to read your advices and experiences in comments!
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Thanks very much for sharing those tips. I find them very useful. I do hope I’ll be blogging for a long, long time. Hope others do, too.
Thanks and I wish the same for all the bloggers
Thanks for the tips,Gera!
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You’re welcome!
Hi Gera,
Great tips ( of course) and happy to say that I can tick most of the boxes – but there’s definitely quite a bit to do before the long-term noaspa goal of a million votes is reached – and I can happily walk away from this awareness project.
Or maybe they’ll stop using aspartame and sodium fluoride before the target is reached ?!!? – and then we can all just concentrate more fully on your sweet stuff
( a much better option)
Cheers
Will
Thanks! I agree the better option is people stop using aspartame and sodium fluoride – in that way you minimize the campaign, till zero!
amazing amount of information, thanks for the time you spend investigating for us very helpful!
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Happy to hear that Claudia
Hmm really good tips- thanks! It’s definitely got me thinking about a clear strategy for our blog.
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Thanks! Yes these are posts to think a little about
I love your tips and tricks. Thanks!
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Thanks so much Angie!
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Gera, TY for including me, I Appreciate it man.
You def covered all the basis for a blogger to stay relevant, and successful long term.
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My pleasure John! There can be tons of advices but I think these are the fundamental.
I started a blog for strictly personal reasons and have discovered a lovely world. I love your strategies – they make sense. But I never thought about being strategic with the blog. I have that enough in my work!
Of course work is always first! But some of them can applied independently of that, e.g. bank of ideas can be often useful
This article is very helpful Gera, I learn a lot from you, thank you.
I am one of those blogger that doesn’t have any discipline on what day I should post. I did try, I used to post on friday or saturday only, but then I’ve been cooking a lot lately and can’t really wait to share them, so I just to post it right away. I think I should choose what day, and post only that day.
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I understand and I’ve the similar feeling
to post it immediately but a regular calendar is better. In case you can’t post some week, a bonus is that you’ll have more articles in reserve for that purpose 
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My blog is my journal that has turned public. Being public keeps me honest. I go back and forth with the desire to increase reader activity but working full time at the “real job” keeps me from jumping all in. Hopefully one day I can go through all your great tips and tricks to be a better blogger. In the meantime… oh well.. I do my best.
I look forward to your social media info. every week now, Gera. Very helpful.
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Most of us are part-time bloggers with “real jobs” and we must manage our time the best as possible. Some tips can improve our efficiency and the way we communicate with our readers. Thanks a lot for your thoughts
Hi Gera,
Great tips for planning for the long term, and these are also really helpful when starting out.
Cheers!
Tia
So happy Tia you like them and yes the first of them are great at beginning-states but can be useful later too.
Great tips! I love the community of bloggers so definitely that’s an important one. We finally figured a calendar which is so helpful! A portfolio of images is also key – you are great for keeping us on our toes.
I try my best when I can of sharing practical tips for us, bloggers
Thanks a bunch!
Great tips, Gera. I feel that I can check most of these items off on my list, but need to work at doing all of them well consistently.
Thank you! Yes sometimes is easier to tell but hard to put in practice consistently, because we forgot too quick (I’m included) so this type of post is good to refresh the memory
Hi there! This is some very important information you have here. As a blogger I love leaving comments and love to recieve comments. Again this is a wonderful post. Have an awesome day
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Cheryl thanks for stopping by!
This was a really big help.
I have just hit 1 year of blogging. I spent these 12 months pretty much ‘head down’ and focused on developing a voice and content. Now I am lifting my head and taking a look around and figuring out the long haul.
Congrats for 1 year! And this is a good measure, to expand new boundaries for your blog. Thanks for stopping by!
Very useful tips! Thank you for putting this together!
Thanks a lot Natasha!
Thank you for the tips. I have been thinking lately of having a post a week dedicated to an ongoing series to target a certain niche. Your post may have finally kicked me to get it going.
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I know and, work for you? Yes, then practice is better than the theory. Go ahead with your weekly successful routine
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I think I go against the grain with most bloggers in that I don’t really follow a niche, I just blog about anything, ok, it’s “Mixed bag” niche, but that’s the way I do it and it hasn’t failed me yet, I also try to post at least everyday or every other day to keep my blog fresh
If it’s ok for you Karen – go ahead! You can “break” the rules
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These are fantastic tips Gera! I wish I knew these when I was starting out!
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Thank you! I wish some of them, earlier for myself too
Great ideas everyone. I have 2 blogs, one for pleasure, and one for my work as a consultant, and its funny, they are really 2 different beasts, the business one is more of a challenge for me because its been harder to find my voice but I have to say that everything you mentioned here is spot on.
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Thanks! Find the voice is hard and more related to business. The only way is learning from other bloggers in that niche that are doing things properly.
I have no long term blogging strategy, guess I need to get one! lol Thanks Gera for always making me think more about my blogging!
LOL You’d get one. Thanks Ryan!
Definitely some solid tips, especially about continually learner. I haven’t been blogging for long but definitely I have learned SO much and am always open to new ideas.
I need to check out that image bank thing too. I had a feeling all those images on the web weren’t just free to take LOL. I better start using that. Thanks!
I think all bloggers should continue learning because the world and technology changes… so fast.! I know there so good images to try out there …but not.
Wayne thanks for your comment and RT too!
A very complete and interesting list. Great tips!
Cheers,
Rosa
Thanks a bunch Rosa!
I enjoy how your posts and articles always give me much to consider and think about. New and refreshers! Thank you. =o)
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This is the idea to think a little but for benefit of the bloggers and readers. Thank you!
Great tips dear Gera! like always your post is full of interesting things! Hope you are well, send you huggs, gloria
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Hope you are well too Gloria and great you find it useful
Great tips, as always. I think so many of us get into blogging and then just learn by doing. It’s nice that you summarized so many things we ought to know right from the start.
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Thanks! Yes we must take the tour of blogging and it’s better to know a little the road in front of you.
Great Post. I started with an art blog, switched to a food blog and am now writing weekly columns for newspapers and articles for magazines. Amazing how blogging changed my life!
Wow Carol your story is incredible! Good for blogging and congrats as “journalist”
This was really useful. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks!
My hardest time is being consistent on posting schedules. Great post, G!
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Very common, I try myself to stick to concrete dates also. Thanks Chris!
Great tips Gera.
Well, I do lack a long-term goal (by long-term I mean really long), but I have an idea of the things that I will do in the next few days. I try to keep some drafts ready. And as you said, I note down ideas whenever I get some.
I also think that being a part of a community can really aid in the long-term strategy.
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Thanks! It isn’t easy but is necessary to plan some moves for the future with concrete actions in the present. Being a part of a community and making solid relationships with other bloggers pay off for mutual benefit.
Great tips. It’s always good to be consistent with your blog and to know your own voice. We just try to do what works for us, and the rest falls into place. These are great tips for us to keep in mind!
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I believe that one of the most important parts of blogging is to connect with other bloggers. I have made the mistake of not wanting to connect to others and I really didn’t get anywhere using that tactic. Yet if you reach out to others and try to help them then your blog will start to take off.
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Totally with Julius! Blogging without connecting people isn’t blogging, is just links and search engines.
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My immediate intention is to keep up my cullinary journey as a hobby…therefore, I really do not figure strategies in the realm of it all.
For those foodie bloggers wanting to take things in a more profeesional direction…you have served them well…Great info Gera!
Have a great day,
Claudia
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I am all ears. I need all this advise and I thank you! Off to read the links. Have a great day Gera.
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Your tips are excellent and made a good point. For me, you have mentioned all the things we need to remember about blogging for long term. To share my experience, I just used to update my post according to my niche and post different interesting topics that will catch the visitors’ eyes, then install simple themes and do some SEO. When this all works together, I can prove to you it will be in long terms.
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Excellent tips, Gera. I’m so glad constant updating isn’t necessary. And I do “maintain a consistent calendar,” as you pointed out–I post once a week, every Friday morning.
Many thanks for sharing these great tips!
I am sure that many of today’s bloggers do not have any strategy at all, so they should really think about the concepts and issues mentioned in this article.
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thanks for the stock image list. I was using corbisimages.com and it has lot of relevant images. More resources will make me more comfortable.
Yes I believe fellow bloggers are not competitors but coworkers. A good interraction and strong relationship always help you to work better.
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Gera
These are very good suggestions, though sometimes it is hard to be as consistent as you’re recommending. I’m going ot start following you to learn more.
All the strategies I feel are equally important. Its interesting to know a blogger has to focus to derive motivation and success. With what you’ve shared Gera, a blogger is least likely to get faulty with some risky methods or experience boredom. Keep it up!