Thinking about how to get noticed? Thinking about how to be outstanding as a new tech blogger? Well, here are six things you should know. They will be of great help to you.
1. Uniqueness: What will make people to keep coming back to your blog when there are millions of blogs out there? What are your patterns? What kind of language do you use? The answers to the above questions along with some other factors like niche, frequency of content, etc are determinants of uniqueness of your blog. This is not really something you might initially be aware of.
Linda Ikeji has gone far because of blogging. What do you think makes people visit her blog as if they can't do without it? Not just Linda, what of YomiProf, OgbongeBlog, Misstechy, Tech Cabal, GeekNg and many more? Those are blogs that most of you even as bloggers can't do without visiting. Why? Find out why. Then know what makes your own blog distinct from millions of blog out there. It could turn out to be the accuracy of your contents or even the unimportant jokes you put in between the lines of your sentences. It could even be that your unique way of using language.
2. Contents matter: Not really design. Solve unsolved problems with them, though not necessarily. If I can get all the tech info about Africa in Techcabal which has been recognized for detailed write-ups, do you think I'll still frequently visit blogs that exactly or almost have the same thing to offer? Hell No! I have to believe that ogbongeblog that is owned by Jide Ogunsanya is a blog you know and you must have got some tips that has really helped you and your blog. The contents of that blog are problem-solving. Time might fail me to talk about YomiProf, Misstechy, Geek.ng, Nairaland among others. What I am trying to make out is that these blogs have contents that quench your thirst in ways. Don't just write merely, write contents that people will find really availing.
3. Be an Expert to an Extent: Hey! It is a tech blog you own. Right? I know you don't have to be a damn guru, but you still have to be a damn guru in a way or the other. The thing is that you will get people coming with techy questions sooner than later. You can't grapple with what you have no clue about. This is not really a strict factor. There is always room for learning and working on oneself.
4. Know your Niche(s) in your Niches: Being a doctor doesn't make you useful in all illness treatment. You can specialize on eye care only yet still be known as a doctor. So this same thing applies to blogging. You seriously need to know the areas you are good at and focus on them instead doing every single thing that comes around. If you are a computer guru, that could be on the software aspect only. Not that one can not be good at the hardware at the same time. However, you can't expect one person to do phone issues, hardware issues, software issues, tech news, web design, android programming language. That might make you lose visitors. You have to choose the few ones you are good at. Even if you want to add contributors to your blog, you still need some rules on what should be updated.
5. Money Should not Be Your Drive. It Shouldn't Have Been for Now
Though money is really important, obsession of it brushes off the quality of the posts a lot. You might not even be aware of it. Write your posts to make your audience satisfied and happy. Make them have strong trust that your contents are reliable and you can't gain people's trust when money is your only motivating factor. Every blogger, whether in tech niche or not, wants to be making at least little money from his/her effort, this we all know. But having high hopes and expectations that the money is going to start coming quickly may make one even finally give up blogging because it really a serious business that is going to take your time and resources without you gaining them back immediately.
6. Always Keep Learning New Things: Owning a tech blog doesn't make you all-knowing. You have to be an ardent learner, that way, you will always be alive techily and have what to offer. There is a saying: " he who stops learning, starts dying". The death is not physical death though.
So these are the six things UpGhetto wants you to have in mind as a new tech blogger.
1. Uniqueness: What will make people to keep coming back to your blog when there are millions of blogs out there? What are your patterns? What kind of language do you use? The answers to the above questions along with some other factors like niche, frequency of content, etc are determinants of uniqueness of your blog. This is not really something you might initially be aware of.
Linda Ikeji has gone far because of blogging. What do you think makes people visit her blog as if they can't do without it? Not just Linda, what of YomiProf, OgbongeBlog, Misstechy, Tech Cabal, GeekNg and many more? Those are blogs that most of you even as bloggers can't do without visiting. Why? Find out why. Then know what makes your own blog distinct from millions of blog out there. It could turn out to be the accuracy of your contents or even the unimportant jokes you put in between the lines of your sentences. It could even be that your unique way of using language.
2. Contents matter: Not really design. Solve unsolved problems with them, though not necessarily. If I can get all the tech info about Africa in Techcabal which has been recognized for detailed write-ups, do you think I'll still frequently visit blogs that exactly or almost have the same thing to offer? Hell No! I have to believe that ogbongeblog that is owned by Jide Ogunsanya is a blog you know and you must have got some tips that has really helped you and your blog. The contents of that blog are problem-solving. Time might fail me to talk about YomiProf, Misstechy, Geek.ng, Nairaland among others. What I am trying to make out is that these blogs have contents that quench your thirst in ways. Don't just write merely, write contents that people will find really availing.
3. Be an Expert to an Extent: Hey! It is a tech blog you own. Right? I know you don't have to be a damn guru, but you still have to be a damn guru in a way or the other. The thing is that you will get people coming with techy questions sooner than later. You can't grapple with what you have no clue about. This is not really a strict factor. There is always room for learning and working on oneself.
4. Know your Niche(s) in your Niches: Being a doctor doesn't make you useful in all illness treatment. You can specialize on eye care only yet still be known as a doctor. So this same thing applies to blogging. You seriously need to know the areas you are good at and focus on them instead doing every single thing that comes around. If you are a computer guru, that could be on the software aspect only. Not that one can not be good at the hardware at the same time. However, you can't expect one person to do phone issues, hardware issues, software issues, tech news, web design, android programming language. That might make you lose visitors. You have to choose the few ones you are good at. Even if you want to add contributors to your blog, you still need some rules on what should be updated.
5. Money Should not Be Your Drive. It Shouldn't Have Been for Now
Though money is really important, obsession of it brushes off the quality of the posts a lot. You might not even be aware of it. Write your posts to make your audience satisfied and happy. Make them have strong trust that your contents are reliable and you can't gain people's trust when money is your only motivating factor. Every blogger, whether in tech niche or not, wants to be making at least little money from his/her effort, this we all know. But having high hopes and expectations that the money is going to start coming quickly may make one even finally give up blogging because it really a serious business that is going to take your time and resources without you gaining them back immediately.
6. Always Keep Learning New Things: Owning a tech blog doesn't make you all-knowing. You have to be an ardent learner, that way, you will always be alive techily and have what to offer. There is a saying: " he who stops learning, starts dying". The death is not physical death though.
So these are the six things UpGhetto wants you to have in mind as a new tech blogger.
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