Tips on How to Succeed as a New Blogger on the Block by Esther Omikunle

General Overview
- Of Blog Niches, Themes, Headers and Taglines
- Leveraging on Social Media
- Consistency is Queen
- On Growth : Organic or Paid
- Networking is King
- Learn, Learn, Learn
- Useful Tools

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1. TIPS ON HOW TO SUCCEED AS A NEW BLOGGER ON THE BLOCK Esther Omikunle
2. Contents  General Overview  Of Blog Niches, Themes, Headers and Taglines  Leveraging on Social Media  Consistency is Queen  On Growth : Organic or Paid  Networking is King  Learn, Learn, Learn  Useful Tools
3. General Overview Blogging is fun and fluid - This might not seem to be the case all the time, but you can choose to make it true in your case. Your blog shouldn’t ne about you and you only, put your audience in mind. Passion Is Key - There are many tips to share on blogging. However, you must be ready to learn, make mistakes, fall, rise and keep going. SEO is KING - Search Engine Optimization is a topic that should be treated on its own and it is very important for every blogger to learn how to make their blog SEO-friendly CONTENT is QUEEN - If SEO is king, your blog content is QUEEN. It is your post contents that make your readers want to come back again. NO PLAGIARISM. Be unique, be spontaneous, be entertaining, be educative but DO NOT PLAGIARIZE.
4. Of Blog Niches, Themes, Headers and Taglines Niche blogging is the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it to market to a particular niche market – Wikipedia Don’t stress to much on themes – start with one, learn, then change Headers- let your blog header mirror what your blog is about Taglines – a summary of your blog scope/niche
5. Blog Niche Ideas  Lifestyle  Fashion/Beauty  Travel  Health/Wellness  Science  Finance/Insurance  Technology  Entertainment  News/Gossip  Photography  Food  Personal development
6. Of Themes, Headers and Taglines Headers – Let your header be unique and suited to you and your blog. Taglines – It is advisable that your tagline describe what your blog does, or better still, your niche.
7. Leveraging On Social Media  Have official social media pages for your blog, separate from your personal account.  Encourage your followers to follow you on social media by putting links to your social media handles on your blog page  Have share buttons (for difference social media platform) after each of your post  Have a subscribe by email button on your blog page, and DON’T SPAM YOUR READERS.  Share links to your blog via your social media handles.  Let your official pages be official  Engage your readers
8. Leveraging On Social Media
9. Consistency Is QUEEN One major key to being successful as a blogger is CONSISTENCY.  Have a blogging schedule or calendar  Schedule your posts ahead of time if you won’t be available to write.  Curate posts from blogs you follow
10. On Growth : Organic or Paid Secret to Growth  Original content  Useful content  Engaging your readers  Giveaways, collaboration, etc. It might take time but Organic Growth is the best.
11. Networking is KING  The place of networking cannot be overemphasized  Attend Meetups and Networking Events  Collaborate with fellow bloggers and brand  Feature guest authors on your blog  Write as a Guest Blogger for other blogs
12. Learn, Learn, Learn Another secret of growth is CONTINUAL LEARNING  Read posts of top bloggers that you admire  Join writing groups/blogger support groups  Review your writings and improve on them  Subscribe to blogging platforms that teach blogging secrets, etc.  Build yourself daily  FAIL FAST AND GROW
13. Useful Tools  WordPress mobile app  Google Keep, Evernote – Save your drafts, to-do’s, etc.  Canva, Desyner, Pixabay – High quality images  Pocket, Flipabay – curate your favorite news and stories in one place  Grammarly, Hemingway App – Ensure your writings are topnotch  Trello, Asana – team collaboration and project management  Buffer – content scheduling and management
14. THANK YOU