The Things All Bloggers Wish They’d Known

Blogs are exceptionally popular. There’s thought to be literally millions of them, and millions of new posts are published every day. Blogs are easy to start and can grow into something amazing. If you want to be a hobby blogger, it’s a great way to make friends, learn skills and find a hobby that you love. But, if you want more, you can turn your blog into a career. It takes a lot of work, but many successful bloggers earn very well.
However, blogging is a learning curve. In the beginning, most bloggers know very little. They set up and learn as they go. Wherever they end up, there is always a lot to learn. Most bloggers find that they wish they’d known things at the beginning. Things that would have made their journeys easier and saved them a lot of time. Here’s a look at some of those things all bloggers wish they’d known.
It’s Hard Work
Many people think that blogging is easy. They think that they’ll write the odd post, and thousands of people will read. They assume that in no time at all, they’ll be getting paid to write posts, sent to exciting events and getting products to review.
This isn’t the case for most bloggers. No one will read your first few posts. It takes a lot of time and effort to build a following, and if you want work, for the most part, you’ll have to pitch for it, brands will rarely come to you with good offers. Many bloggers wish they’d known how much work it was going to be when they started. They’d have done it anyway, but it would have been nice to be prepared.
Design
The design is a huge part of creating a successful blog. Many new bloggers get carried away and throw everything at their blogs. There’s color everywhere, random photos and designs, a lack of white space, clashing colors and hard to read fancy fonts. Sites like this can be hard to read and will instantly put your readers off.
A digital agency can help you to get your designs just right. To help you to keep things subtle and attractive while staying unique and showing off your personality.
SEO
New bloggers often don’t have a clue about SEO. Their first posts are utterly devoid of keywords and alt text, and the SEO is none existent. Then, later as they learn more, they are faced with having to go back and make changes and improvements to old posts if they want them to do well.
Learn about SEO before you get started, and make sure you are doing it right from the beginning to save yourself time later and get you more views from the start.
Photography
Photography is one of the main things that sets the serious bloggers apart. Good photos break up your text and grab your reader's attention. Most bloggers started out taking awful photos on their phones and posting anything. If you don’t have a camera, learn about iPhone photography and editing to make sure you are doing the best that you can.