Bloggingtricks

If you're a professional writer or communicator, this trick won't come as a surprise to you. If you want to be a better blogger, start reading other blogs. Read as many blogs as you can. Subscribe to them. Check their feeds regularly. See how others are doing it.

Start by reading blogs in your own field of interest. Read your competitor's blog. Then branch out. Just start reading blogs that offer posts on subjects you find interesting. Then start reading random blogs. Hitting the "Next Blog" button on the Blogger Dashboard is a great way to find random blogs to read.

Once you've read several blogs, you'll have a better idea of what you like and don't like and what people will reasonably expect from you.

It sounds simple and it is. Yet many new bloggers skip this step at their peril. Before you start serious blogging, start serious reading and you'll save yourself some time and heartache.