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5 Blog Topic Ideas for New Bloggers

September 13, 2024 By in Blogging Tips Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , 2 Comments

The writer’s block is real and I have experienced many times in the last few years. It intensifies when you are very busy and you still want to juggle along with so many other commitments. The good thing about experiencing the writer’s block is that it forces you to take a break and also shows you why it is important to plan your blog content well in advance, so if and when the writer’s block hits, your blog would stay updated. If you are a new blogger, and you are wondering where to start when it comes to blog topic ideas, you have landed on the right page. Here are 5 blog topic ideas for new bloggers you may find inspiring –

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Fashion Blogging

This blogging niche is quite broad, which is a good thing. It allows you play around with different fashion topics, and decide on what you want your blog to focus on. You could blog on your personal style or focus on celebrity style and fashion news. The choice is yours and there are loads of options to pick. You could also blog about different fashion topics and give it your own personal touch. I enjoy reading fashion blogs, and I believe there is always space for more fashion and style blogs because every blogger brings their own signature style to the world of fashion blogging.

Money Blogging

I love reading personal finance blogs and books. They are very informative and if you are interested in talking about money and personal finances, this is the blog topic for you. Everyone handles money in one way or the other, so if you are good at managing your personal finances, you may want to consider being money blogger. There would forever a gap in the market for amazing personal finance blogs.

Travel Blogging

Travel is another fab topic to focus your blog on. If you travel a lot, and you have the talent for writing and capturing beautiful locations, this may just be the right niche for you. I love reading travel blogs, it’s always nice to read reviews about great places to visit. Travel blogging is very lucrative. Many successful travel bloggers make a small fortune from affiliate marketing, so go for it if you have the passion for blogging and travel.

Health Blogging

Health and wellness are very important, so if you have the passion for these areas, you should look at setting up a blog. There are many ways to stay healthy, and blogging about these holistic health tips could attract many subscribers to your blog and help your readers in many ways.

Parenting blogging

Parent blogs are also very popular. Every one is different and we all parent differently in a way, but it is always interesting to read about different family dynamics. So if you are a parent and you’re thinking of setting up a blog, you may want to consider a parenting blog. People are very nosey, so there would always be space for more parent blogs.

 

From a coursework to a blog…

July 31, 2024 By in Blogging Tips, True Stories Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

The world of blogging has changed massively in the last few years. It is so different from when I started blogging many years ago, but that should come as no surprise since I have changed as a person over the years. With life comes changes, and the ones who can adapt are the ones who carry on.

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From a coursework to a blog…

Fashion and Style Police initially started as a coursework project. I was a student at London College of Style (LCS) in 2012 and was studying the styling course to break into the competitive personal styling industry and part of the course work was to create a fashion and style blog from scratch. I have always been interested in writing and setting up a blog was one of my goals, so naturally I was drawn to this part of the course. The course was mind-bending but enjoyable. I completed the course and stumbled briefly into the world of personal styling, but I quickly realised it was not for me, but blogging was, and I have been at it for almost 12 years now.

The many changes in the blogging world

This blog that started as an assignment quickly began a hobby/creative outlet for me, and now a side gig for me. I enjoy writing, and being able to run Fashion and Style Police all these years has been a dream come through. Having said that, the many changes happening to SEO over the years have changed the blogging experience for me. It has been off-putting, to say the least, but since the passion is still there, the show must go on. My love for blogging keeps me on this platform, against all odds, and so the blog started as coursework, then became a hobby and a creative outlet, then turned to a side gig, then a full-time job, and now back to a side gig.

I won’t change anything in the journey to becoming this version of myself and the blog. The experience has been one of many twists and turns, which all have brought me to where I am today, and I would be forever grateful.

Do you have a blog or a different creative outlet? What led to you creating this space? Please share your story in the comments section, let’s chat! You never know but your story may inspire someone today.

Thanks for stopping by, have a good one.

3 SEO Strategies for your Blog

April 22, 2024 By in Blogging Tips Tags: , , , , 2 Comments

The whole idea behind Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is to make your blog or website easier to find and navigate, so it ranks well on search engines. for It is so important to pay attention to SEO if you are looking to grow your blog. Having a great blog with poor SEO is not a smart way to blog. You don’t have to enrol on a course to improve your blog’s SEO. Having some basic knowledge of key SEO principles would be sufficient to help improve your blog’s ranking and attract more eyeballs to your content.

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If you are new to blogging and wondering how to get started, here are 3 SEO strategies for your blog that you may find very useful –

Keywords research

This is something I started doing in the early days and I still do it. Carrying out a mini research on the keywords you are interested in for your content helps boost the rankings of your blog posts, which would eventually improve the overall blog rankings. Conducting a keyword research is super straightforward, you can use SEO tools like Googles Keyword Planner or Ahrefs.

Use short and catchy titles

The shorter a title, the better the SEO, so resist the urge to make your blog post title complicated. Just make sure the title includes the relevant keywords and it relates to the article itself. You should also include relevant sub headings in the body of the article to help boost the ranking of the blog post, and catch the attention of your readers.

Add relevant links

Another quick way to boost your blog’s SEO is to add relevant external and internal links. Every blog post should contain at least 1 external link and 1 internal link. The magic is in the quality of links, so aim for internal links that are similar to the main theme of the blog post you are writing, and opt for external links that are related to theme, but not too closely related,  so they don’t compete for the same rankings.

Please share your tried and tested SEO tips in the comments section. Thanks for stopping by.

 

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