Managing a blog can be challenging, but staying true to a few tips can help it become successful. While there is no universally correct way to manage a blog (seeing as how you are the one in control), there are some core tips that are vital to ensure sustained success. Whether you are an expert or a novice, there is always room for improvement. Here are five tips from Sourajit Saha to manage your blog in 2019.

1. Get Ideas From Your Audience

Perhaps the most important thing you can do for a blog is to listen to your audience. Why? This determines what your audience is interested in reading. Whenever you post a blog, and if a reader leaves a comment, take it to heart, jot it down, and make improvements for next time. That way, you can ensure that not only you will retain your old audience, but potentially track new ones.

This also serves as a great way to gather information in regards to what audience you want to be targeting. While there are different genres for each blog, find what yours is and ensure that you are able to attract new eyes on your work.

2. Follow the “Three P’s”

If you want to build a successful blog, you are also going to have to build upon the three P’s. They are:

• Patience
• Patience
• Please

When it comes to a blog, many get frustrated that they do not see instant success. This can lead to sloppy, rushed content and the desire to give up. However, if you are going to be in it for the long haul, you have to learn the art of patience and realize its value. The bloggers that are not only patient but persistent will have incredible returns. This is because they do not give up when they do not get the results instantly, and strive to do better. Remember that good things always come to those who wait.

3. Build Connections

There is invaluable worth in building connections and promoting other bloggers. While many shy away from this tactic for the fear of losing their audience to someone else, but if you make your presence felt with other prominent bloggers, you will get attention as well.

Comment genuinely on the blogs of others promote their content, and they, in turn, may be moved to promote you. This instantly boosts your credibility and helps you gain authority as a blogger. Try to gain connections with as many prominent bloggers as possible, and you will put yourself in a position to increase traffic on your content.

4. Be Passionate About Your Work

If there is one thing that many bloggers who eventually quit lack, it is motivation. You should be picking a topic that you always love covering. It should be something that you should constantly learn something new about every day. Make writing about the work you put out your reward. The monetary value that comes from your work should be considered a bonus.

Everybody struggles at some point, but there should be no way that you lack the desire to write about what you want. Make blogging your passion, energy, and fun. Eventually, the hard work will pay off. While the timeline for success varies from person to person, the ones that stay true to what they write are the blogs that will remain in the end.

5. Do Not Obsess Over Metrics

For many bloggers, one source of constant discouragement, especially a novice, are the metrics. If they do not see instant results and thousands of viewers coming to the blog immediately, they instantly believe their work is a lost cause.

Every major work has to start small. Just how the most successful YouTubers who have millions of subscribers start out with only a couple hundred views, you have to believe that eventually if you work hard enough, more people will come over, traffic will increase, and the metrics will be in your favor.