The Tell-All List of Blogging Tips

1. Get connected on social media
2. Invest in a domain name
3. Create an editorial calendar
4. Set time aside solely for promotion
5. Do what makes you uncomfortable
6. Post consistently at least once every two days until you've built a solid foundation of articles
7. Be open to miracles
8. Go with the flow
9. Be okay with not pleasing everyone
10. Explore Podcasts - learn to do them
    
    
    
11. Use Picmonkey to beautify your pictures and/or add text
12. Guest post as soon as possible, even if you don't think you're ready
13. Allow yourself to write, even when your idea seems dumb or doesn't come out right
14. Be persistent and you will succeed
15. Write, write, write
16. Be yourself (for which you must first accept yourself)
17. Become an active observer
18. Learn to listen
19. Engage with life around you
20. Read the news (and react to it)
    
21. Become a person who makes plans, instead of following them
22. Go out of your comfort zone and attend events you normally wouldn't
23. Set (big) goals
24. Promote, promote, promote yourself and your blog
25. Try new things: foods you think you don't like, activities you normally disregard, clothes you don't think are "you", books in genres you pretend don't exist
26. Learn from other bloggers' mistakes
27. Study design (fonts, color combinations, layout) and HTML
28. Don't expect to know everything (no one else expects you to)
29. Test your blog titles
30. Tweet potential blog titles
31. Retweet your posts routinely for at least 2 weeks after they're published, varying your tweets each time
32. Carry a notebook with you for jotting down post ideas
33. And LIFE ideas
34. Use Pinterest to create an "idea" board for blog posts: collect images, quotes, how-to's and other pins that inspire you
35. Use Pinterest to promote your blog
36. Try blogging every day for two weeks to build up the habit of posting regularly
37. Love your readers like you love your family and friends
38. Find out what they love
39. And find out what they hate
40. Ask them for help when you need it
    
    
    
41. And let them know when you're sad
42. Register your blog on Bloglovin'
43. Pave your own path and don't compare your blogging (or life) journey with that of others
44. Try to set aside a specific day(s) and time(s) for your blogging so it becomes routine
45. Be active on Twitter!
46. Join Glipho to build your community in less time
47. Resist the urge to quit in the first 2 months (the average point at which most new bloggers throw in the towel)
48. Recognition takes time
49. Study the blogs you love: their writing, their post frequency, design, & social media habits
50. Be active: go for a walk, take yoga, run at dawn, play pick-up in the afternoon - get oxygen flowing
    
51. Check in with your blogging goals regularly
52. Remind yourself why you do it
53. Play around with other platforms like Vine and Scoop.it
54. Become involved in a local blogger group - make friends, attend events!
55. Be humble
56. Thank your readers. Often.
57. Ask for feedback. Often!
58. Don't be afraid to change direction if you feel like what you're doing just isn't working after a while
59. Do your best and make your best better
60. Smile! As often as you can
    
61. Work on your writing skills
62. Edit, edit, edit your posts before publishing them
63. Periodically look back over previous posts to check for broken links or writing mistakes
64. Learn how to make (good) videos
65. Use images in posts, always
66. Be active on Instagram and link pictures to your blog posts
67. Create a Facebook page for your blog
68. Read, read, read, anything & everything
69. Write book, or movie, or food, or any-kind-of, reviews
70. Want instant hits? Write about your favorite celebrity
    
    
    
71. Follow, follow, follow (interesting) people (thought leaders, celebrities, influencers) and (inspiring) bloggers on Twitter. Unabashedly.
72. Don't go crazy with hashtags-three at most-and try using the same ones to build a community
73. Create your own hashtags
74. Embed links to your previous posts that are relevant to the one you're writing
75. Try making your social media profile names handles the same as, or as close as possible to, your blog's name and URL
76. Think of your blog as a brand, and study brand-building
77. Create a blogroll
78. Make sure your "About Me" page is always updated
79. Go to Quora.com when you're stuck on what to write about
80. Take time OFF from blogging when you need to
    
81. Take time OFF from EVERYTHING when you need to: no phone, no e-mail, no laptop
82. Create a neat and inspiring workspace (!)
83. Realize that the success of your blog is directly correlated to the amount of time you spend working on it
84. If you really want to make money from blogging, you can (see no. 81)
85. If you really want to work full-time blogging, you can (see no. 81)
86. Be patient
87. Comment on other blogs as much as possible and leave a link to yours at the bottom
88. Be vulnerable
89. Ignore negativity (from both others, and yourself)
90. Applaud others, rather than envy them
    
91. Believe in yourself
92. Keep track of your work, your posts, your followers, your successes
93. Celebrate your successes, don't minimize them.
94. Learn to love the numbers, but not be run by them
95. Use Google Analytics
96. Download the PinIt widget to make pinning your favorite pictures easy on Pinterest
97. Don't ignore Google+
98. Learn about using affiliate ads to sell products on your blog
99. Participate in blog challenges, like this one
100. Participate in Twitter chats, or learn about them
101. Have fun. HAVE FUN!!
     
     
     

Did I miss anything?! Surely I did. Help me out and let's get 100 more in the comments. :)