Great Advice for Both New and Experienced Bloggers

When you are new to blogging, it can be difficult to find your groove. New bloggers are often still trying to figure out their blogging "voice" and what style of posts will be the mainstay of their blog On the other hand, when you're a veteran blogger, it can be tough to fight blogger's block. Veteran bloggers often find themselves running into a wall with the feeling that they've already written everything there is to write on their blog topic. That's where Ryan Caldwell comes in with a list of Ten Articles All Bloggers Should Read.

Ryan explains:

I have about twenty bloggers working for me at any given time. Many new bloggers are often not familiar with the details of blogging software (e.g. the screwy video embed issue with WP) or they don't know much about the art of blogging (other than writing about the blog's topic).

Many of these posts overlap in theme, and some even cover the same topic. But reinforcement never hurt anyone.

Ryan's articles run the gamut from writing magnetic headlines to the importance of scannable content.

One of my favorites from his list is Darren Rowse's article about "Converting One off Visitors to your Blog into Regular Readers..

Darren writes:

One of the first things you can do with any new reader that is likely to pique their interest is to engage them in conversation. Blogs are ideal for this as most have a comments section that invites it - but you need to be willing to interact with your readers - especially new ones. The way you write posts can draw readers into conversation on many levels - ask questions, invite opinions and experiences, leave your readers room to be experts (don't answer all the questions for yourself all at once) etc. When readers leave a comment email them or reply to the comment wherever you can. I know if there is a robust and interesting conversation happening somewhere on the web I can go back to it numerous times in a day to check for updates and every time I go back I'm a little more likely to add it to my regular daily sites that I visit.

The reality of blogging is that most bloggers find themselves getting in grooves. They might have a month where they can't keep up with the ideas and articles that keep popping into their brains. The next month, they might find themselves sifting through RSS feeds, starting and scrapping posts and otherwise coming up against writer's block.

Ryan's list of articles does a great job of tossing out some insight that could help you overcome your next bought of writer's block. If you don't have time to read through them now, just bookmark it and do some reading the next time you're having trouble writing a new post.