So, you just finished creating your blog. It took a few days to do it and the list of to-do things isn’t getting any smaller.

That’s exactly what a new blogger is going to face. More and more things you just have to do.

There are obviously less and more important things so the one question everyone who just started asks, is:

What should a new blogger focus on?

If that’s the question you ask yourself it’s a good sign.

Some people never do that. They think they know everything and they Focus on absolutely everything.

This is like the worst approach to running a blog EVER!

In this post we’ll try to show what are the most important factors that will decide whether you blog will be a success.

Let’s go!

Creating High Quality Website Content

You guessed it! The first thing is the content.

It’s a base for everything else.

Without high quality blog posts and engaging articles there’s no blogging.

But what does a blog owner has to learn to make his content worth reading and sharing?

Master Writing Skills

Even though lots of people focus on optimizing their posts for search engines the level of writing is still super important.

Google can’t really evaluate the quality of writing.

They can obviously check the spelling and other kinds of mistakes but what they can’t do themselves is check the user experience. They need searchers to rate it so if you create a great blog post and your visitors spend a lot of time reading it tells Google that what you wrote is decent and they’ll surely rank you higher.

To Become a Top Writer:

• refresh or learn the basics of grammar and spelling
• write and read a lot
• be critical of your writing and always try to improve it
• avoid fluff and unnecessary words
• do a thorough topic research
• always proofread before publishing

Get The Keyword Research Right

You can write a great blog post it won’t be enough to make people read it.

Why?

They may not find you or your articles in the first place.

To show up higher in search results you got to make sure you choose the right keywords.

By the right keywords in mean those that you can actually rank for.

Since you’re new to this blogging thing you have to do a deep analysis. What you will try to get from this research are low competition keywords.

What do You Have to Do In Order To Find Long Tail Keywords You Can Rank For:

• analyze the search volume – the higher the more competitive the keyword is going to be
• analyze the competition – check both the content and the authority of websites that rank in Google (if the quality of the blog posts or authority of the domains is poor go after it; if there are results from forums like Quora in the top 10 go for it; if there are blog posts that do not necessarily answer the query go for it)
• to find the best keywords you can use FREE tools like Google Keyword Planner and Google Suggest; to get more info on the competition use Ubersuggest
• ask yourself if you can create better content than the competitor; can you do a better research? Can you add some valuable images or provide some unique data?

To sum it up:

If you think you can beat your competitor then write the content.

Getting Traffic

The second thing every new blogger should focus on is getting Traffic.

If you get no traffic to your blog it’s a worrying issue and you should deal with that immediately.

There are many places you can drive visitors from but we’re going to focus on two sources right now.

Let’s find out what should a blogger put his work on to drive thousands of people to his website.

Master SEO

Traffic from Google is the most valuable out there. That’s why we need to focus on it a lot. Especially in the beginning stages of your blog’s life.

Since every article uploaded to a fresh website needs to wait a least a few months to be ranked and to receive decent amount of organic traffic we have to put as much content right after the start as possible.

People tend to lose motivation when after three or four months of hustling they see no results. It should start improving significantly between 6-9 months.

If you still get no traffic from search engines after 9 months then it’s either something wrong with your website or the keywords you chose were too competitive.

Putting out a lot of content in the beginning isn’t the only thing from the SEO area that you should focus on.

There are hundreds of factors Google analyses when ranking websites.

Let’s try to list what you as a beginner should do in terms of optimizing your website and content for SEO.

What are The Most Important SEO Things That a New Blogger Should Focus on:

• make your website mobile-friendly
• optimize your website’s speed
• optimize your content
• make your website secure
• improve user experience
• use keywords throughout the post and inside the URL
• create internal and outbound links

Search engine optimization is obviously much more than this but this is what you should start with if you want to achieve good results.

But remember, it takes some time to get a decent position on Google.

Master Pinterest

Why should I be learning Pinterest? Google is a giant, wouldn’t getting traffic from them not be enough?

The first reason is to not put all of your eggs into one basket and the other one is that Pinterest traffic can come quicker and almost for as long term as Google.

Pinterest is no social media. It’s a visual search engine and there are some similar things you should do to get great results there.

Let’s check them!

How to Get Good at Pinterest:

• use keywords in your boards and profile
• create high quality, click worthy vertical pins
• use unique images
• write awesome pin descriptions using relevant keywords
• join highly engaged group boards
• be consistent
• follow manual pinning strategy and use Tailwind if you’d like to save time

You Can’t Focus on Everything If You Want To Be a Successful Blogger

There’s a problem with people who are new to blogging.

They try to do everything in the beginning and never realize it’s a big mistake.

Not only they don’t put their entire energy into what can bring them success but they often spend weeks or even months working on their themes, social media accounts, etc.

It’s not what blogging is about.

Blogging is about creating lots of helpful content that brings traffic and as long as you don’t focus on that you’re failing.

Sooner you realize that sooner your blog will be successful.

Thanks for reading!

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