I saw on one of those breakfast TV shows, a teenager called Dion introduced as Amy Winehouse’s god daughter and described as a new singing artist.

Unlike the music industry where hanging with the stars and being signed on their label could improve your record sales no end – not so in the blogging world.

Hanging out with A-list bloggers, piggy backing on the hit blogs doesn’t guarantee you traffic to your website/blog.

From my observations, you have to do the donkey work yourself – you’ve got to deliver the goods. Catchy titles, short, snappy and tangible content as well as consistently updating the site are top tips for getting repeat visits and unique visitors.

There’s nothing more irritating than searching for a blog or following a link to a blog only to discover the latest content was posted months or weeks ago. Or to realise the content is boring, regurgitated – and a pure waste of web surfing time.

Music artists come and go, one hit wonders, here today, gone tomorrow. The blogosphere is rife with dormant blogs (sometimes I wish there was a thorough clean up)

Hang out with the blogging superstars as much as you like, but remember there’s no guarantee the star dust will rub off on you.
Keep your blog alive, keep it real and keep it fresh.

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http://www.ben-lang.com/ Ben Lang

Great post
-Ben!
http://www.ben-lang.com/ Ben Lang

Great post
-Ben!
http://www.yourblogtools.com/ John Lufadeju

Thanks for your comment Ben
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Thanks for your comment Ben
http://www.freestylemind.com/ Oscar – freestyle mind

I agree you have to do the donkey yourself, otherwise people would not have reasons to read a particular blog, but after that, some “marketing” is nice.
http://www.freestylemind.com/ Oscar – freestyle mind

I agree you have to do the donkey yourself, otherwise people would not have reasons to read a particular blog, but after that, some “marketing” is nice.
http://www.mikeslife.org Mike CJ

Interesting – I posted something very similar myself this morning. It's too easy not to stay focused on the key job we need to do as bloggers – write posts!
http://jimijones.com/ Jimi Jones

This is absolutely true, John. Hanging around the big dogs won't get you a thing besides lessons in how to be successful. The real deal is taking action and showing your commitment.
http://www.mikeslife.org Mike CJ

Interesting – I posted something very similar myself this morning. It's too easy not to stay focused on the key job we need to do as bloggers – write posts!
http://BlogOnlineBiz.com jimi jones

This is absolutely true, John. Hanging around the big dogs won't get you a thing besides lessons in how to be successful. The real deal is taking action and showing your commitment.
http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog.aspx Robert Bravery

Hear hear.
It takes commitment. I agree, very frustrating to find a blog, but only to see that the latest post was weeks ago. If you do not care to keep your blog updated, why whuold I care to read it.
One thing I've learned, blogging is hard work
http://www.integralwebsolutions.co.za/Blog.aspx Robert Bravery

Hear hear.
It takes commitment. I agree, very frustrating to find a blog, but only to see that the latest post was weeks ago. If you do not care to keep your blog updated, why whuold I care to read it.
One thing I've learned, blogging is hard work
http://ericasays.com EricaMueller

Great stuff John! I see people starting blogs every day, thinking it's going to be an easy money-maker for them, especially if they follow so and so's blog course. I hate to burst their bubbles, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into blogging! Unless you're a natural and love to write, finding time to come up with content can be a real killer!
http://ericasays.com EricaMueller

Great stuff John! I see people starting blogs every day, thinking it's going to be an easy money-maker for them, especially if they follow so and so's blog course. I hate to burst their bubbles, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into blogging! Unless you're a natural and love to write, finding time to come up with content can be a real killer!
http://ericasays.com EricaMueller

Great stuff John! I see people starting blogs every day, thinking it's going to be an easy money-maker for them, especially if they follow so and so's blog course. I hate to burst their bubbles, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into blogging! Unless you're a natural and love to write, finding time to come up with content can be a real killer!

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