Blog Smart Resources

The original intent of this blog was to deal with how to increase your business influence through blogging as well as provide resources for blogging. Over the time that Blog Smart Resources has been around we’ve also discussed such things as social networking, Web 2.0 and 3.0, RSS and many other off-shoots of the blogging phenomenon.

This article takes us back to talking about blogging for business. According to an article titled Dealing With the Bad Side of Business Blogging ‘blogs take a while to mature, and along the way, every business blogger will deal with languishing in obscurity, cutting criticism, and a lack of motivation.” This has been certainly true in my case as sometimes I have thought about throwing in the towel when it comes to blogging. Sometimes it seems as if my time is limited and I never get time to write a decent post.

Dealing With the Bad Side of Business Blogging gives three helpful tips with explanations in detail on how to handle these growing pains so that a blog can attract new readers, weather growing pains and improve search engine rankings in order to generate new business.

The first tip is that bloggers should get used to speaking to an empty room. Blogs take a while to get indexed by a search engine and to develop a following. It is suggested that you write about content that is relevant at any time.

Secondly the author of this article suggests that you must develop a thick skin as ultimately you will get “flamed” by people. It is also important to separate careless attacks from thoughtful criticism.

The other thing mentioned in the article and something that I have been very guilty of is not posting for long periods of time. Since you’ve worked hard to develop readership it is important to provide fresh content and generate new ideas for features. If you stop posting too long your new content will stop getting indexed and your rankings will fall. You should post at least three times a week or you will struggle to keep your readers.

Taking notice of these points is important and I will try to take these facts into consideration with dealing with this blog as well as any others that I have.

To read the original article make sure to visit Dealing With the Bad Side of Business Blogging.

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