10 Ways to Screw Up a Writing Blog

You won't believe this, but I just whipped up this post in less than 10 minutes. What's really sad is the inspiration: SIX of these were on a writing blog I just visited. Especially sad because I enjoyed her last post!

Without further ado...10 Ways to Screw Up a Writing Blog:

1. Never make post. Or, only post once a month.
2. Make sure your Twitter button that says “Follow Me!” leads to someone else. Anyone else…but you.
3. Have outdated blogs on your Blogroll. You know, ones that last posted in 2011 or earlier.
4. Make sure your Google Friend Widget is on your blog. It doesn’t matter that it’s been discontinued and leads to a 404.
5. Fill your blog with ads, widgets, badges and “awards”.
6. Hide your past posts. You don’t want anyone to find what you’ve written.
7. Don’t have a Categories section.
8. Don’t include code or widgets to help visitors share your content on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc.
9. Don’t have your contact information listed anywhere.
10. Don’t provide a way for visitors to subscribe to your blog. 

-- Janet

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