Blogging success can seem like a distant dream when you start out. You aren’t  quite sure what to blog about. The choice of technology can be overwhelming.  Then learning to use the features and functions of your blogging software is a  maze of confusion and confronting choices.

What plugins do I choose? How do I optimise for search engines? What are  widgets and how do I use them?

Then you start and draft  your first post.

Then more doubt sets  in.

How do I write those awesome headlines that will draw attention? What marketing  tactics should I focus on to achieve the best results?

Then the killer doubt.

Why would anyone want to hear what “I” have to say?

So you push past the fears and you hit the publish button. You tweet and  share it with your 500 best friends on Facebook. You have started.

Six months into your blogging journey more nagging fears arise. Yes, I have a  few readers. People are starting to leave comments and I am attracting some  attention.

But world domination is felt to be more a fantasy than reality.

Persistence is key

This is maybe what you don’t want to hear. You need to persist. Success is  almost never overnight but a journey of a thousand steps.

It is a matter of keeping the faith in yourself.  Friends and family can  be your worst enemies. Passion, purpose and belief need to come from within.

Press on.

My secret sauce recipe

So what’s worked for me?

What has sustained me and kept me ahead of the blogging curve can be  summed up with three words, reading, writing and doing. Mundane but  necessary.

1. Read as much as you can offline and online. Blogs, news and books. Watch TED  talks.
2. Writing drives discovery and research so it accelerates the learning  process. The art of expression facilitates in structuring and making sense of  the incoming information.
3. Doing is where the rubber  hits the road. My blog is my social media, marketing and digital laboratory.  Helping other brands both corporate and personal keeps also keeps me real and  connected.

A trait to be treasured

But there is one small  human trait that is sometimes overlooked.

Curiosity.

Will that headline work? How do I grow my Twitter followers? How do I make  this blog rock?

Stay curious.

Marketing tactics for blogging success

So what are some tactics that you need to start applying to achieve blogging  success?

Here are some of the key nuts, bolts and tools to put in your blogging  marketing toolbox. This is maybe the longest infographic in the world but it has  some awesome tips to make your blog rock.

Read more at http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/08/23/120-marketing-tactics-for-blogging-success/#H7sCZx7wLRubsyd6.99