Hundreds and thousands of blogs take birth each day, but the number of blogs that die are equally high as well. They say you need to give at least 5 years for a business to survive and in the blogosphere we say, give it 3 months for a blog to pick up the pace. Most of the bloggers get so frustrated within such a short period of time that they kill their blog too early. This is exactly what “ Blog Suicide “ is – the death of a blog before it even had enough time to mature!
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Avoid Blog Suicide By Following These Simple Tips

  • Stay clear from being a Stats Addict. Check stats once a day or twice at the most
  • Don’t worry about RSS subscriber numbers. It’s nice to have more but don’t let that cripple your mind and blogging as a whole
  • Do not worry about writing killer posts. Write as you normally would. With time you will start writing killer posts without even knowing
  • Realize everything takes time
  • Market your blog effectively by networking
  • Don’t spend excessively on blog marketing. There are ways to effectively market your blog without spending a dime
  • Be passionate about what you write
  • Make sure to respond to your readers queries
  • Try to know other bloggers in your niche
  • Focus on reading, not just writing
  • Read other blogs on your niche and learn from them
  • Email influential bloggers and try to connect with them
  • Join Social Networking sites
  • Write articles that show your writing skills
  • Marinate your posts before you publish
  • Do not bash other bloggers directly
  • Respond to comments
  • Treat your blog as your home
  • Keep it clean, do not clutter with too many advertisements
  • Get your mind off the money making madness
  • Network, network and network
  • Spend considerable amount of time making friends
  • Create content that provides value to the reader
  • Write with a personal touch. Use your voice not someone else’s
  • Email commentators every once in a while and thank them randomly
  • Write an ebook when time allows and pass it on for free
  • Remember your other priorities
  • Do not stress about updating your blog
  • Unless it’s your full time job, keep your blog as a way to express things rather than focusing only on making money
  • Give perks to your subscribers, doesn’t always have to be in terms of money
  • Create a resource list that is useful and provides value to your readers
  • Follow the footsteps of top bloggers
  • Learn from others mistakes and adapt their success strategies
  • Have a clear goal why you want to have a blog.
  • Set realistic goals before you start out
  • Give it some time and build some patience
  • The Key to success in blogging is networking
  • Instead of going after advertisers, go after influential bloggers and get in their circle
  • Try to keep your blog simple yet elegant.
  • Make it easier for readers who are not very web savvy to get around easily. Create a blog that’s user friendly
  • Pay attention to other aspects of life
  • Do not get so wrapped around with your blog that you start ignoring more important things in life
  • Have a clear mindset on what niche you want to explore. You can’t write what you ate for lunch if your blog is an SEO blog, unless you specify it as your personal blog as well
  • Look at blogging as a means to open opportunities and expand your reach.
  • You don’t need to make money directly from your blog, open up other opportunities through it
  • Give yourself a break every once in a while.
  • Blogging needs to be fun not stressful
  • Do not stress over your blog. Build it slow and easy
  • It takes time to cook a good meal and the same rule applies to a good blog
  • Don’t fall for the numbers. Stats, reader number and linksare important but the less you think and run after them the more you will gain.

I am pretty sure you can come up with more reasons that might save new bloggers from killing their blogs. Please take a moment and share some tips with the rest of us.