Hi y’all. So you must have noticed that I haven’t posted for the past umm… three days. I’ve been very busy (as I told you I’d be) lately thus I had no time to post. Anyway, as I was doing some school stuff yesterday, I realized that there were blogging tips that I learned from school. They’re pretty basic actually, but to be a successful blogger you have to live by these tips. I’d like to keep this post short as I still have to do a lot of projects — they’re due tomorrow! Yikes!

Without further ado, here are the blogging tips that I learned from school.

1. Be friendly. In school, you have to be nice to your classmates and other people around you. No one likes a grouchy person, right? Having a lot of friends can actually help especially if you need to get something done in an instant. For example, you have a presentation to make and you have tons of assignments piled up. Maybe you can ask your friend to start with the presentation (if he has time) to help you. That will save you a lot of time!

In blogging, you need to have friends as well. You have to network with your fellow bloggers to further bring your blog to the next level. Imagine if you were maintaining a blog by yourself and no other bloggers gave you tips to improve your blog. Of course, your blog will be where it is and won’t improve! During certain times when you have no time to blog, other bloggers can help you by guest posting.

You shouldn’t be friendly only to your fellow bloggers — you have to be nice and kind to your readers as well! If they weren’t there, your blog would be a lonely and boring place on the web.

Bottom line is… in blogging, it is very important to have a good network.

2. Don’t give up. I admit, there were times that I was given too much projects which were SO strenuous. Imagine compiling all your files from the first semester of the year to the last day of the school year in just three days. That’s not all, we (my classmates and I) were also asked to write summaries of certain books, and a lot of other tedious tasks. We even had to finish an experiment a week before the final exams (this week)! Even though everything seemed impossible to accomplish, I worked hard and finished all the things that needed to be done. Instead of thinking “I can’t do this anymore!” and giving up, I did my best to get everything done on time… and with quality! I never submitted a sloppy project.

This can also be applied in blogging. If you’re having a hard time in establishing a good readership base, don’t give up and think of a new thing to do. Instead, exert extra efforts into attracting people and getting more subscribers. Don’t think that you’ll fail — if you do, you definitely will! Be positive and do everything in your power to reach success.

3. Set standards. I never settle for anything below “excellent” when it comes to school stuff. Never. If I finish something and then realize that it doesn’t meet my standards, I do it all over again. Why? Because I believe that setting standards will help you achieve greater heights!

This is also true to blogging. If you write posts just for the sake of having something published, you will never attain that “1,000 subscribers” goal or something. You always have to set standards like your posts should be at least 300 words long or something like that. By doing so, you do not only deliver great content, you also learn how to be disciplined (which I truly believe is an important thing).

4. Plan ahead. Whenever the week ends, I always write down all the things that I have to do and when I’d do them. By doing so, I know when I have some free time to go outside, buy a frap from Starbucks maybe, and enjoy. When you organize a schedule, you can easily tell what you need to do on a specific time. You will finish everything that you need to do and you will not end up cramming.

In blogging, planning ahead is also important. If you know that you have to attend important meetings for one straight week, you should probably schedule a post telling your readers that you’ll be away. It’s also good to schedule posts so that your readers won’t get bored of your blog having the same old post on the front page for two weeks already.

Planning is not just about scheduling posts, mind you. It also means that if you’re thinking of running a contest, you should plan first. When will it start? When will it end? When will you give out the prizes? Things like those… If you don’t plan, your blog events will surely be a disaster!

5. Always do your best in everything. In every endeavor in school, I always strive hard and do my best. I never take anything for granted because I know that it will have an effect on my standings in the future. I try very hard to ace all my exams and all, and even if I don’t get 100% in some of them, I still feel great because I know that I did everything I can to get an excellent grade. If I weren’t like that and if I just breeze through the exams, I’d probably get not-so-good scores. And I’d surely regret it!

Just like in doing school stuff, you also have to do your very best in blogging. Always! When writing posts, give it your best shot. Always check for grammatical errors, see if you had typos, etc. Who knows? Someone might read your superb posts and hire you as a professional writer or something. By doing your best, great opportunities will come to you and you will achieve success that you’ve been longing for.

Well guys, that’s it for now. I know it’s kinda short but yeah… I have to finish lots of stuff. By the way, I’d like to thank those who sent me their answers to the contest riddle #2. You guys rock!

Till then guys. Ciao! Don’t ya go anywhere else. For those who are new, you might want to subscribe now. You won’t regret it. Promise!

P.S. Wish me luck, the final round of the Math contest will be this Friday already (and it’s Pi day! 3/14! Yay!).

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