Last week I wrote an article here at Blogging Tips about the long-term approach to blogging. In that article we looked at some of the differencs between a short-term approach and a long-term approach. In this article, we’ll look at 11 keys to building a successful blog for the long-term.

1 – Patience – Popular blogs with huge numbers of subscribers aren’t built overnight. Having patience means that you will consistently put work into your blog and stick around long enough to reap the rewards of that work. A lack of patience…

INTEREST LEVELS OF YOUR READERSHIP
When you write your daily blog or weekly content for your main site pages, you must visualize in your mind the various interest levels in all of your current and future readership’s minds. That way, you will be sure to easily categorize your main subject headings and sub-title headings that will allow ALL readers to your site to just grab what they want from your content before moving on to another of your site’s web pages, or clicking on one of your many ADSense text ads…

Have you ever heard of “Blogger’s Block?”

Well, that’s the term that I always use whenever I get spaced out before writing a blog entry. This is the same as writer’s block, the only difference is that I experience it in blogging.

I have different ways of coping when it comes to Blogger’s block. Here are some helpful tips when I find myself in a corner (literally) when blogging:

a. RSS - Ah! The joys of RSS. If ever I find myself really drained with wonderful ideas, I always turn to my RSS…

The game’s about getting linked baby!

There would be very little disagreement on the statement that - popularity of a blog can be directly related to the number of incoming links to it.

Links are like votes to you. I like Darren (for many reasons), therefore, I link to him. It’s my vote or my appreciation to him for having written in a style that appealed to me. Such is the case of many bloggers.

Bloggers link to another blog because of various reasons. Here are a few I could find -

• To show one’s appreciation
  Out of all the reasons,…

Many of you find the transition to working at home very difficult, understandably.  There is a lot of risk in quitting your job to sit in front of the computer for fourteen hours a day.   I know, because I have done it myself.  I spent twelve years of my life working construction and building maintenance, knowing the entire time it was not what I wanted to do.

Now days I make my living working from home as a freelance writer and blogger for several blogs as well as my own projects(my…