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byA.K.M. Jahidul Islam.

A narrow niche is not much fun to write for. How many times can you write about a really tiny topic before it gets boring? Try to choose a broader topic - not so broad that you're overwhelmed by the sheer volume of potential topics, but broad enough that you can write more than a dozen posts on it.
Don't choose one topic then write about something totally different. If your topic is boring or there aren't enough posts for you to write, either start a new blog or change the existing one. If I started publishing my thoughts about the latest videogames at Top Ten Blog Tips, wouldn't you get a bit confused? I would!
Write about things that actually interest you. Whether it's a topic that sits squarely in your niche, or it's only loosely related, make sure you're writing posts that you want to write. What's the point in blogging if you hate doing it? How likely is it that your blog will last longer than a few months?
Have an opinion. Does it matter what two other bloggers think about the latest WordPress feature if you aren't adding any thoughts of your own? In fact, why even bother reporting what's in the latest WordPress release if you can't be bothered to include your views on the latest changes? (Not that I use WordPress... it's just an example.)
Avoid those silly link spam posts. Mr Linky, Music Monday, and so on - you know, the posts where there's barely anything to read except for a huge list of 100 links at the bottom. 'Add your link here, and pass it on!' Guess what? The first person on the list is getting loads of free links - you're getting very few indeed. Also, some sites will brand your blog as a link farm - which effectively kills any positive results you might otherwise get from these links.
Paid posts are so transparent. If I come to your blog and every post contains a sneaky link to a site, e.g. 'I went to the dentist today, by the way have you heard of this Las Vegas hotel?', then I'm not coming back. OK, so it's usually a bit more relevant than that, but it's far too common to see a fairly uninteresting post that twists and turns and just happens to hit a rather obscure point - which means the paid link can be included at that point. You want to make money? Fine - just don't claim to be blogging 'for the love of it' if all you write are paid reviews. And don't complain if you have hardly any readers or commenters. You'd do a lot better to run the paid reviews on one blog, and have a second blog that's totally free of any such links.
If you're going to copy content, at least write something about it. 'Hey I just found this news story... check it out' - it's incredible how many of these people try to claim that they're not copying content when it's so obvious that they are. Too many sites are posting the same content as it is - if you have the same content as every other site, why would anyone visit your site over the next one?
Forget about writing daily. Your content will suffer. You'll burn out. You might quit blogging. And you'll overwhelm your readers. It is good to get a decent amount of content on your site over the first 6 months, but even then, why post daily if you're not writing decent posts? I've heard some people suggesting that it's good to write one GREAT post a week, amongst your other posts. Why not just write the GREAT post and ditch the rest - or work on the rest until they're as good as your best post, too?
Site-specific posts can be OK in small doses. Specifically, a post that talks about how your site is progressing, your stats, a weekly round-up, that kind of post can be acceptable. But I would avoid writing posts that are totally off-topic unless you have a personal blog, where anything goes. On any other blog, it's not really relevant.
Strong titles are absolutely vital. A vital title? I like that! If your post title does not give people a compelling reason to read the post, why would they click it? Search engines, blogging networks and feed readers usually show the post title far more prominently than the content of the post - you may not even have the option to view the content until you click through. With so many potential posts to read, readers will gravitate towards the best titles. Bland titles just don't stand out.