Here are some of the 6 biggest mistakes that bloggers make.  I myself struggled with a few of these blogger makes from the start.

1. Not launching your blog: Just thinking about getting your blog finished, but never actually doing anything. You might have a nice template, but where are your articles?

2. Using a sub-domain (ex: myblog.typepad.com): If you want to blog, then blog right. Buy your own domain name, don’t send traffic to other websites. Get a .com, .info, .tv, anything besides

3. Avoid spending way too much time on design: I’ve done this personally. You spend ours picking out the design, so long tat you actually never get anything done. Just pick one for now. They are easy to change. You’ll probably want to change any blog design in the future anyway. Write great content, then worry about the design.

4. Keeping your blog a secret: Don’t feel embarrassed to tell your friends. They should be supportive anyways. Expect the first days to be hard. It takes google at least a week to inde x your blog, you won’t have any traffic, and the only way people are going to be able to read your stuff is by telling people directly.

5. Giving up too early: Things take time, don’t give up. Like they always say, Rome wasn’t built in one day. Neither was Google. Give it six months, and then think about giving up.

6. Putting ads too early: There is a lot of debate on this issue, whether to put ads on your blog from the start, or to wait until you have real traffic. I put ads on my blog right from the start. I think users might find it awkward to just visit your website one day and see blaring ads everywhere…

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