Hello all,

Thanks to each of you for these awesome tips. I’m somewhat new to blogging, having began a few months old and it’s thusfar been an interesitng journey. Couple of things that I have learnt:

1) Even if your topic/niche is crowded, you can still succeed, as long as you have a unique persepctive and an authentic voice.

2) Try to help peaople in real life with your skills and do the best job you possibly can. Real life testimonials (even better if they are via video) on your website make a huge impact.

3) HARO is a useful resource (Help A Reporter Out). They post several enquries daily on varied topics from well known media sources. If you can add something of value, you could get quoted in a widely read media source. It adds to your online authority.

4) As Marissa and Molly said, don’t write when you feel you “should”, but ratehr when something moves you. Be on the look out for such stuff in your daily life and keep and note pad (or use your phone) to jot down these thoughts as they occur. For e.g: A few days ago, I spent hours staring at the computer screen, then gave up and went to watch a movie a with a friend. The movie topic  inspired me so much that I was up until 1 am writing a post 🙂

5) Learn basic copy writing skills (I’ve found copyblogger and problogger to be amazing resources).

6) Follow the mantra of “Give, give and give some more”: the returns will then come naturally.

Best,

Kavetha

http://www.talk-doctor.com