Don’t be a Skeptical blogger
Darren’s second tip is:
Run a First Time Reader Audit on your Blog.
This is a very refreshing tip. The first time I have come across this idea of asking someone who has not read our blogs before, to read and then, observe their reading patterns when faced with our blogs. When we come across fresh ideas or tips like that, my tip is,
Don’t be sceptical
I have my fair share of scepticism when I go surfing for fresh ideas. Sometimes I find ideas so far out that I just skip the whole article and go looking somewhere else. I did not even give the benefit of doubt to the writer, that maybe, just maybe his ideas might work.
Perhaps my scepticism stems from the fact that there are too many guru wannabes about giving out imaginary tips that only works in their imagination. Some are just theories which have been never proven practically, and some are just ideas copied from somewhere and altered a bit to make it theirs. I simply hate to read blogs that says something like, “I am going to teach you…” or, “I am going to reveal to you…” then proceeds to feed you with tips that you have read a thousand times somewhere. Perhaps they are targeting the newbies who has just started, but I think it would have been nice of them if they had said something like, “I would like to share with you something I learned from…”
Anyway, my scepticism has been a major obstacle for me in trying out new ideas. If I had been less sceptical and tried out all the tips that I have read, maybe I would have really found one or two that might just work for me. Coupled this scepticism with my laziness, you see before your eyes, a blogger that is destined to fail. So my second tip to be build a better blog is,
Don’t be a Sceptical Blogger
