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17 Blogging Tips For Beginners

1. Niche down

Statista estimates that the number of bloggers in the U.S will reach 31.7 million by 2020. And that’s only the U.S!

Which means: if you’re starting a blog today, there’s a lot of competition.

Luckily, there is a way to stand out and attract readers to your blog:

Go niche.

What does that mean?

It means focusing on a hyper-specific topic and becoming the go-to expert on that topic. Here are some tips by www.coolblogger.com to think about.

For example, if you’re starting a travel blog, you might focus on only UK travel. If you’re starting a business blog, maybe starting a successful home-based business for time-strapped parents is the way to go.

Later, once your blog has gained some traction, you can branch out and cover broader topics. This is what we did at Ahrefs. We started out focusing solely on SEO and trying to do it better than everyone else. This helped kickstart our initial growth spurt.

It was only in 2018 that we started to cover broader topics like marketing ideas and podcast advertising.

It’s not just us either. Plenty of top bloggers started the same way.

Mark Manson’s blog was originally about masculinity and dating. Ramit Sethi, founder of I Will Teach You To Be Rich, started his blog by writing about the intersection of psychology and personal finance.

The lesson is clear: if you want to gain traction, niche down.

2. Write about topics people are searching for 51% of all website traffic comes from organic search. Which means: for your blog to do well, you need to write about topics people are searching for.

The question is: how do you find such topics?

The answer: Use a keyword research tool to generate ideas.

For example, you can enter a keyword into AnswerThePublic—a free tool—and it’ll show you related questions people are typing into Google.

There are plenty of free keyword tools out there, so take your pick.

Unfortunately, while such tools are excellent for ideas, most of them don’t show keyword metrics like monthly search volume. That’s a problem. After all, there’s no use writing about something if hardly anyone is searching for it.

The solution? Use a professional keyword research tool like Ahrefs’ Keywords Explorer, where you’ll see a larger pool of ideas, plus important keyword metrics.

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SIDENOTE.You can also try our free SEO toolkit. 3. Tackle your competitors’ best-performing topics Wouldn’t it be fantastic if you could see which of your competitors’ articles get the most traffic  so you could try and replicate their success?

You can.

Many blogs show off their best-performing articles, like this:

Urban Beardsman the Beardbrand Blog

From here, it’s relatively easy to figure out which keywords they’re trying to rank for by looking at their URL and headline.

For example, when I click through to the article—The Ultimate Guide to Men’s Hair Products—I can guess that Beardbrand is targeting the topic “men’s hair products” or “hair products.”

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Get started blogging

Are you looking for an easy guide on how to start a blog?

The step-by-step guide on this page will show you how to create a blog in 20 minutes with just the most basic computer skills.

After completing this guide originally posted from https://www.blogtitans.com you will have a beautiful blog that is ready to share with the world.  But why should you blog? Because it can build you a great asset that pays you in the long run.

This guide is made especially for beginners. I will walk you through each and every step, using plenty of pictures and videos to make each it all perfectly clear.

If you get stuck or have questions at any point, simply send me a message and I will do my best to help you out.

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