Sunday, October 2, 2011

5 Ways to Improve Your Writing and Become a Better Blogger

When it comes to being a better blogger and building a successful blog it is important for you to realize that your communications skills matter a lot. Working on improving your writing as a blogger can result in great rewards for you since writing is one of the major modes of communication for bloggers.


Whether you like it or not as a blogger you have to write everyday. Your writing can be in the form of articles on your blog, it can be in the forms of guest posts on other blogs, it can be in the form of your contribution on forums and it can be in the form of comments on other blogs. This article will be giving you a few tips to help you improve your writing and make you a better blogger.


1. Write Everyday


This can be something extremely difficult to do but is something that can help improve your writing significantly. While reading is one of the best ways to improve your writing skills it is very important for you to know that practice makes perfect, and no amount of reading will help make you better unless you start writing regularly.


Try to write at least one article everyday, no matter how short. You don’t need to publish that article, you don’t need to submit it as a guest post to another blog but writing constantly makes it easy for you to see what you’re doing wrong and as a result work on improving on it.


2. Read Everyday


Another way you can improve your writing as a blogger is by reading everyday. It doesn’t matter if it is a book, if it is a top blog in your niche or if it is comment made by your readers. You will be able to notice a significant improvement in your writing skills if you are able to read any good thing you lay your hands on. You shouldn’t be restricted to books or blogs in your niche alone, but anything that is written in the English language, and anything that is written by an author you trust.


3. Learn from the Leaders in Your Field


It is also very important for you to realize that, as a blogger, while reading a lot of great books and articles in magazines can help improve your writing, learning from the leaders in your industry can also have a significant impact on the results you get. The leaders in your niche have been blogging for years now, they have experience with writing for your field and they have improved their skills over time. By observing how they write and why they do so you’ll be able to develop your skills and write perfectly for your audience.


It is important to realize that you don’t just have to copy them blatantly though. The best way to build a successful blog is by being unique. Don’t try to be what you are not but make effective use of every opportunity to learn from others.


4. Write Your Mind


Another thing you should realize as a blogger is that the best way to succeed isn’t just to write, but to write well. Learning to write well isn’t just enough, but learning to write your mind might make a whole lot of difference.


In most cases a lot of people who read books today do so because it is necessary and in most cases it isn’t necessary for your readers to read your blog so don’t write like you are writing their next school book. One of the key to writing content that gets results as a blogger is by connecting to your readers emotions, and the best way to do this isn’t by trying  to write the next perfect article but by writing exactly what is on your mind.


The key to writing content that gets results isn’t to write the perfect content but to write to your true self. I have seen bloggers without perfect English get great results and I have seen people write posts with perfect grammar that goes nowhere. The reality is that if you learn to write your mind and do it regularly (tip #1), and you also follow the second tip in this article you will be able to improve your writing skills significantly.


5. Get Feedback


As bloggers and writers it can be quite easy to deceive ourselves with the hope that our writing is great when it indeed isn’t, it can also be easy for us to believe our writing sucks when it really doesn’t. When you do the same thing over and over again you get used to it and hardly notice the changes and writing shouldn’t be any different. The only way to know if your writing is improving isn’t just by writing and telling yourself it is, the best way to know if your writing is improving is by getting feedback. Try to get your readers to give you feedback about your writing. Try to get them to give your suggestions and over time work on writing the perfect article.

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