WordPress for Newbies #1: Consistency

Let’s get this out of the way.  I’m a newbie blogger.  Well, that’s both true, and false.

Technically speaking, I’ve run this blog since 2003 in one shape or another but it’s only recently that I’ve become serious about making something out of it.  I’m by no means an expert, but I wanted to share with you what few great tips and tricks I’ve discovered so far along the way.

Lesson 1 – Post early, post often, post consistently.

Nothing kills a blog faster than a visitor finding “last updated April 2003” for the last article you wrote on your site.

When you create a blog, you’re either serious about it, or you’re not.  Either way, if you want your blog to be more than your own private psychobabble outlet, you need to realize that you’re making a commitment to post regularly.

I fell into this trap.  Most people do.  Work, real life, and just general bleep happens to get in the way of your blogging success, but if you stay focused, keep posting, and appeal to your readers, good things will happen.

Even if you consciously make the effort to post one thing that interests you per day, in a little over 3 months, you could have 100 different articles on your favorite subject.  They could be sharing your perspective on a particular set of subjects, teaching others how to do certain tasks, or literally anything else you might think of.

If you take nothing else away from this lesson, please understand that “Content Is King”.  Without content, there’s nothing to read.  No readers, no blog.  Get it?

Wayne Hunt
segwayne.com