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You Know Your Blog Is Destined For Failure When….(35 Reasons)

Author: Tom Category: Blogging
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  1. Your Posts Are Riddled With Spelling Errors

  2. You Are Not Consistent With Your Posting

  3. You Have No Personality

  4. You Lack Patience And Perserverence

  5. Your Blog Posts Lack Formatting

  6. You Are Not Active In Your Niche

  7. You’re Not Building A List

  8. There Are Too Many Ads

  9. You Try To Buy Visitors From Traffic Brokers

  10. Your Blog Design Makes Visitors Want To Vomit

  11. You Don’t Have A Visible RSS Button

  12. You Have No Passion For Your Blogs Niche

  13. You Rely On Just One Source For Traffic

  14. Your Research Shows No One Is Interested In Your Niche

  15. You Forget To Add An About Page

  16. Your Blog Takes Forever To Load

  17. Your Blog Is Not Solving A Problem

  18. You’re Not Using The All-In-One-SEO Plugin

  19. You Have Not Installed Google Analytics

  20. You Do Not Check Where Your Traffic Comes From

  21. You Have Disabled Comments

  22. You Try To SPAM Readers With Affiliate Offers

  23. You Do A Lot Of Paid Review Posts

  24. You Do Not Focus On Your Readers

  25. Think You Will Become A Problogger Overnight

  26. You Stop Learning About Your Niche

  27. You Fail To Learn From Your Mistakes

  28. You Try To Focus On Too Many Blogs At One Time

  29. You Lack A PlanYou Keyword SPAM Your Posts

  30. You Are Unable To Stay On Topic

  31. You Do Not Offer A Bonus For Subscribing

  32. You Ignore Negative Feedback On Your Blog

  33. It Is Not Showing Signs Of Profitablity

  34. You Are Starting To Burnout

  35. You Are A Mad Keen Procrastinator

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14 Comments

  1. Melvin said on  May 29th, 2009 at 12:28 am

    LOL, some of the things in the list are hilarious yet true. Liked it and will stumble it for you. :D

  2. Play Games Win Prizes said on  May 29th, 2009 at 1:17 am

    I have to disagree with this post as you can create a blog and do NONE of that if you are a “SOMEBODY” :D

    -Mike

  3. Donace said on  May 29th, 2009 at 3:20 am

    woops think I got 3 out of those :p i’ll get around to adding an about page soon…though staying on topic…cant promise ;)

  4. Ragnar said on  May 29th, 2009 at 8:14 am

    Hmm, you’ve got some valid points if it’s about niche blogs. Some of the most profitable blogs online are about nothing in particular and solves no problems.

  5. Ragnar said on  May 29th, 2009 at 8:23 am

    “You Ignore Negative Feedback On Your Blog” I don’t know if it’s just me and my light sensitive eyes but your blog’s main page makes my eyes hurt. Kind of annoying because I rather like what you write.

  6. Tom said on  May 29th, 2009 at 8:51 am

    Melvin – glad you liked it! Thanks

    Mike – that is definately true! If only we were all somebodies :D

    Donace – An about pageis important. But sticking to your topic is up to you.

    Ragnar – Yea, it really does depend on the type of blog that you have! And thankyou for your comments on my home page. What is it about my main page that makes your eyes hurt? The colour or the layout itself?

  7. Harish | Blogging Kid said on  May 29th, 2009 at 9:08 am

    These reasons obviously lead to failure. Some of the above reasons are nowadays ignored by bloggers. Great post Tom :)

  8. Blog SEO Expert said on  May 29th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

    Nice list! I fail to understand how people can’t take care of some super basic stuff like spellings and formatting!

    Slightly disagree with the “All-In-One-SEO Plugin” point. I personally feel the HeadSpace plugin is more powerful – although “All-In-One-SEO Plugin” is better for beginners.

    And in any case, I wholeheartedly agree with the spirit of the point – everyone needs some method to tweak post title / description / slug / etc.

  9. Tom said on  May 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm

    Blog SEO Expert – I have never heard of HeadSpace so thanks for letting me know! I will have to go and check it out. But the point was to at least spend some time of SEO for your blog.

  10. Salwa said on  May 29th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Awesome list, all very true!

  11. Kevin Lam said on  May 29th, 2009 at 11:00 pm

    These are very great tips for people to follow and understand the reasons why their blogs are failing. Just added you to my Twitter since you added me already. Thanks!

  12. Affiliate Failure said on  May 30th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    Decent post friend! I’d add not responding to reader comments to this list. Something you seem to do very well! Many times the blog comes alive in the post comments, and if the author’s not involved you wonder how much they care. Interested to hear your comments. Thanks

  13. Tom said on  May 31st, 2009 at 10:24 pm

    Salwa – Thank you

    Kevin – Thanks for following me on twitter. DM me at anytime if you need me :D

    Affiliate Failure – Responding to comments is very important in building a community around your blog – great point!

  14. sohbet said on  June 30th, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    hi
    Yeah, I wish you would have gotten the money quote correct the first time around. Good job by the people who made the correction. And great Friedman video, Jay!

    Maybe another Bible quote, this one from Jesus, can help. This is from Matthew 6:24 (NIV):

    “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.”

    So, nothing necessarily wrong with capitalism or money … but there is something wrong with the LOVE of money … putting your desire for money ahead of God. I also would say don’t put money ahead of family … and I’m sure each of you have your own things you wouldn’t put in second place to money